Day time napping

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Has anyone got any tips for day naps?
My girl is a nightmare with them, she ends up getting herself so overtired that she’ll litterally spend most of the day awake or if she does nap it’s for like 2 mins then but soooo grouchy because she’s over tired! At night fingers crossed so far she’s good, we give her a bath around 7:30 and a bottle at 8 then out her down for bed at 8, we dream feed her round 11 then she wakes up at lik 3 and 6 but goes back to sleep after these bottles pretty well! I know it’s good she’s doing good at night but I’m not sure how I can stop her becoming SOOO over tired in the day

How old is she?

The best bit of advice someone gave to me was to be aware of awake windows appropriate for the age your baby is, and to look out for tired signals. If its at the end of an awake window and there are little tired signals, try and get them down for a nap. When I see these things with my boy I swaddle and get the white noise out.

@Letsallscreamatthesistene

How old is she?

The best bit of advice someone gave to me was to be aware of awake windows appropriate for the age your baby is, and to look out for tired signals. If its at the end of an awake window and there are little tired signals, try and get them down for a nap. When I see these things with my boy I swaddle and get the white noise out.

She's 7 weeks on Thursday! How long is she meant to be Wake for? Sometimes she's showing these signals whilst feeding though and hasn't finished her bottle yet

Maximum 1 hr at that age I would say. That also includes feeding time, so really it wont long between feeding and trying to get her down again if you see what I mean

@Letsallscreamatthesistene

Maximum 1 hr at that age I would say. That also includes feeding time, so really it wont long between feeding and trying to get her down again if you see what I mean

Sometimes she shows the signs during feedin then doesn't seem to settle 😩

How are you helping her settle? I think I had to sing my boy a song until he fell asleep at that age, whilst he was swaddled, whilst I was rocking him. It was EFFORT! Id rather that than a tired baby though.

Try different methods for getting her to sleep. Some babies like to nap swaddled in their Moses basket is cot. Others like to be rocked in a pram with whitenoise on. Keep the awake windows short and try to find the best way to soothe her to sleep. It could take a few weeks to work out what works for your baby but hopefully you’ll find the magic formula for getting her to sleep - but timing is also key so she’s not overtired. Good luck! Nothing worse than an overtired baby! M m

Where are you trying to get her to nap? She's so teeny that she may not be up for being put down anywhere; it may be a case of needing to nap on you or in a sling?

Another vote for the sling! It's the only place my 8 week old will nap, except for the pram (but that can be a bit hit and miss!)

We realised a few weeks ago that she was going way too long without sleeping, and she actually needed to go back to sleep within an hour of being awake. She had a huge sleep deficit to begin with, but now regularly sleeps 15 or 16 hrs during the night and day, and is a happy wee soul.

I agree with PP, figure out what works for your little one and what her tiredness window is.

As for getting her to nap in her cot/anywhere that isn't in you, I have no advice whatsoever... I'm taking the path of least resistance for now