Is there a nap resistant baby support thread...?

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If not, would anyone care to join me in one?

In my head I am screaming 'Jesus Christ go to fucking SLEEP!' While remaining calm on the surface. As DS screams himself red in the face because I put him in his cot.

Please, please, please just go to sleep

I think I'm going to bite the bullet and hire a sleep consultant. I've tried everything except throw money at the problem! Will let you know how I get on.

So we've been cracking crib naps for a week and a half now, when we're at home. It seems we are getting somewhere. DD settling herself is about 50/50 but she's usually settling much faster if I need to intervene. We've had a few extended naps by resettling her. Managed 1 hour 40 with no resettling needed yesterday afternoon, I spent the whole time stressing as I had to take DS1 to a party at 3 and I didn't want to have to wake DD. Thankfully she woke in time! Today we have managed two naps of an hour plus. If you had told me this two weeks ago I never would have believed it.

Starting weaning this week and have no concept of how I'm meant to fit this in between settling her for naps, actual napping, breastfeeding, school runs and entertaining DS2 .

That's fantastic! I wonder if it is a developmental thing. Good luck with weaning. My DD is having breakfast and dinner, I don't seem to find the time to give her lunch!

My DD is a month older than yours and no sign of any longer naps.. she did sleep for 1hr 20 this morning but then all subsequent naps were either short or nonexistent. I really hope she sleeps well tonight..

Argh!

I'll join!

I feel mine is completely self inflicted as I've wanted to treasure every moment so much ds has always been cuddled/stroked/sung to to sleep. Now it takes half an hour to get him to nap for 15 mins twice a day. I've barely made a cup of tea by the time he's awake again!

He's 9 months!

Now just over two weeks since we started working on naps. She's had at least one decent nap a day in bed when we've been home this week including 3 hours on Wednesday and 3 hours 40 today. Haven't had to resettle her at any point either. for me tonight.

I'll join! I've given up trying to get my 9.5 month old to nap in his cot. I just can't take the crying, the hour of settling, the waking up as soon as I put him down or the 15 minute sleep time when I finally get him down anymore. So now he has his 2 naps on me everyday, I'm currently sitting on the sofa watching tv with him asleep on me now. I've resigned myself to never being able to get anything done ever again! Sometimes he will nap on me for 1.5 hours, sometimes just 20 minutes, but I have to admit it is less stressful this way. Must try the cot napping again at some stage though, especially as he'll be going to nursery in the new year!

Can I join? 10 month old (almost) never wanted to daytime nap since being aware of the world around him. Have to feed/get bitten and rock/get fish hooked him to sleep for up to an hour for a usually half hour nap.

DM saying 'are you sure he's tired?' and 'just leave him in his cot and he'll go to sleep when he's tired enough' every other day is getting on my wick too.

Can I join.
8 month old dd has had 20 minutes since 6am today .
This is most days

I'll join in to give you an example of where you don't want to be when your babies ate 15 months old......

Ds has never napped well but through the summer we fell into a reliable two prams naps a day routine. It did mean me walking home, and often he would wake up soon after I stopped, but he went off OK (having spent months napping on me or in the sling)

But winter is coming, he's started being difficult to get to sleep on some occasions, and I'm 6 months pregnant. Somethings got to give!

I work three days a week but on my two days off last week I put him in his cot for a nap. Sat with him, curtains drawn, mobile on. Both days he took 20-30 minutes to nod off, bit of tired moaning but not real crying. First day, slept for 2hrs 20 before I woke him. Just the one nap. Second day he'd had 30 minutes in the morning in the pram, but still slept for 1hr 40 ish before I woke him. I was thrilled!! Saturday came, he spent 2hrs15 in his cot over two sessions, not bloody sleeping. No nap all day. Same again Sunday though I only tried once.

So today is a day off, he napped in the car this a.m. And I'm about to give up on a pm cot nap as it's getting two late. He's tired, but won't give in. Ffs.

I think I need to do the same as a pp and take some time off.

I think for me at this stage, the timing is crucial, I think we've gone past it this afternoon.

Well done op on your patience with crib naps.

Does anyone know how you get an older baby to stop pulling themselves up or crawling and hitting their head on the crib when they try putting them in awake?

Have I left it too late and he'll be sleeping on me till he stops needing a nap.

Badabing - i had this issue as I really left it too late I think, but have had some success now ds is a bit older. He does get up and walk about, bounce etc but he's steady on his feet now and can get up and down easily. I will be doing it earlier next time though!

Ok Nottalotta, I'll give it another go later on when he's steadier. He's bumping his head enough already without giving him more opportunities.

for all the 'crap nap' sufferers. We are still going strong here. DD even had a really good 1 hour 20 in her pram when we were out for the day on Monday. Out all day tomorrow as well so it will be interesting to see how that goes .

Aargh, me too. Stepfauxwife have you found a sleep person? I'm so at the end of my tether I've contacted two but neither have replied (which I think is pretty shitty seeing as they must realise how desperate people are when they contact them!).

Can I join in please? DD is almost nine months and is currently on two 30 min naps per day... the stamina of that baby is beyond me!!!

Hi Tum! Sorry to see you're still having nap problems. Us too!

Omg. Ds had a bad night, usually Co sleep and bf back to sleep after his wake up. Woke up early, 12 ish, bf back to sleep v quickly. Woke again at 2 and spent the next rwo hours wanting to be latched on. I'm really starting to dislike it. It's not feeding, I've hardly any milk, no swallowing etc. But he semi sleeps. Got fed up after two hours and stopped it so he woke properly and moaned then cried til 5.15. Result being he fell back to sleep eventually and git up layette him at 7.30.

However, tired before 11, walked in pram for 40 minutes, quiet but no sleep. Came in gave snack, then tried cot. Bounced, moaned, laid down got up repeat for an hour. Then cried.
Cuddled for 20 minutes. Was nearly asleepabout ten times but just would not give in.

It's driving me fucking mad.

I mean how long do you try for? So far I feel Luke I've done breakfast, failed nap, snack, failed nap, lunch. That's it.

And he's shattered. As am I.

Summer, hello! Yes the dreaded nap saga continues... we've had the odd week when she's suddenly decided to have the odd two hour nap but it's never consistent! We had pretty much a whole week of two naps but then this 30 min shit started again and she doesn't want to nap 3 times but if she doesn't she spends dinner yawning and throwing things around and then bedtime and nighttimes get all messed up!
Notalotta, I know how you mean about how long you try for.. I always tell myself I won't get stressed and if she's not having it I'll go and play again and try in another 15 mins... but then I get super stressed about her getting over tired and more and more difficult to settle and then bedtime going to shit and nighttime being even worse... come to think of it she probably doesn't nap cos I get so stressed about it