Newborn doesn’t nap

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My 5 week old baby doesn’t nap. It’s been a week. Most days he has 2-3 x 10 minute naps. I aim for around an hour awake time, the time watch his tired signs etc, but he just doesn’t go to sleep. I try rocking, patting, wrap carrier, pram, car, swing, he won’t go to sleep. He’s mostly happy enough just staring around wide awake. By the evening he’s staring to get cranky. He doesn’t cry a whole lot unless he’s in the car or in the evening when he really wants to sleep. At night he sleeps 9-2ish and 2:30-6ish, so really amazing at night! I just have no idea how to get him to sleep! My first never slept either but he screamed all day long and was really unhappy and didn’t sleep at night either, so really different to this one! I’m so lost on how to get him to sleep!

At 5 weeks old a swaddle is often necessary, it recreates womb-like conditions. Team with a dummy and a swaying movement, after being fed.

I have an 11week old but since about 2-3 weeks she doesn’t sleep in the day either. Might get a few 10 minutes here and there but extremely rare to get any more than that. My first slept all day so this is new to me. I’m just letting her do her thing, if she wants to sleep, great. If not, I’m not stressing about it.