Hi. Looking for some advice and reassurance really!
My DS is 8 weeks old tomorrow. I’m finding and have found his naps are not great. First of all he won’t settle himself so has to sleep on me or OH before being put down to nap. Sometimes he will then stay napping in his Moses basket. Other times he wakes up after 10 minutes and won’t go back to sleep. Today for example he napped fine in Ergo carrier on me but has started to nap twice and woken up after 10 mins when I put him down.
He is sleeping 3-4 hour stretches between feeds at night sometimes more and is doing this in a sleepyhead next to me and does stay down it’s just the day time and getting him off to sleep. Is it normal that he won’t self settle at this age?. There is no way I want to leave him to cry as has been suggested by family who use the ‘rod for own back’ comments.
Is there anything more that I can do to help him to start settling himself? I guess I’m just worried as although I love cuddles I’m scared I will be spending my days and evenings confined to the sofa to get him to sleep for years to come as some family say I will!! He does settle awake in his bouncer but fights sleeping in it even though he is really tired at times!!
I have been reading up on fourth trimester etc but I guess other people’s comments make me doubt myself and so I would welcome some advice from mums with experience on here!
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7 week old wont self settle for naps....is this normal at this age?
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crispaddict76 · 14/02/2018 17:18
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