Daytime naps - Any tips please ?

[NinaGE]

hello was hoping someone could offer some advice.

my lo is 7 weeks old. at the minute he just naps as when, sometimes after feeds, sometimes during and sometimes after play. we don't have a set routine for naps. I've started to implement the EASY routine but at the minute he's having none of it.

some of his naps last 10 mins sometimes longer. sometimes happy to sleep in his moses basket but more often than not he'll only sleep on me. but he will sleep on his own through the night.

I was wondering what everyone else does. There are times he seems over tired but I'm worried about developing bad habits if there is such a thing. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Stick baby in a sling and take him for walks to nap. Or let him sleep on you. He's 7 weeks, it'll be fine! Routines are best from 4 months or so.

My advice would be to make sure he gets the right amount of sleep for his age, however you do it. Overtiredness is a complete bastard and far more important to avoid overtiredness than to worry about bad habits at this age, especially if he'll sleep on his own through the night.

hi

yes definitely going to try the sling but I've done my back in. once it's sorted going to give it go.

I'm sure he should be sleeping more than he his but I'm struggling to get him to sleep more than half an hour in the day and I read it should be at least 1 and a half hrs.

just not sure what to do!

Think at this early age they will do their own thing and a routine will come in time. I had some good advice about the 12 week mark - it's all up in the air until then. Things sort of clicked into place by then- up until then it was go with the flow.

I'm still having the same problems with my 14 wk old DS - if I can get him to nap more than 45mins on his own during the day it's a huge achievement! HV just says that must be all he needs but he usually wakes up grumpy and is tired again half hour later. I find taking him out for long walks helps but not ideal with the cold and wet weather coming! I started napping with him last week with the logic that if I can get him to at least start taking longer regular naps, he'll get used to it and I'll tackle getting him to sleep on his own later! Here's hoping!

Let him do his own thing - he's still newborn. Routines are for when they're older.