6 week old naps

[Ksamson555]

Hi,
My LB is 6 weeks old (nearly 7) and he’s now sleeping for 3-4 hour chunks during the night. He will stir but then settle himself back to sleep. He really struggles to sleep in the daytime though. We have him on gaviscon for reflux and infacol as I suspect he might be a bit colicky. He’ll often cry for hours in the day and I’ve tried all the usual tricks (feeding, changing, playing, rocking, walks in his pram etc), but nothing soothes him. I’m starting to think he might be overtired as he will try to fall asleep then wakes really easily. I’ve put him to sleep in our room with the camera on this afternoon for the first time so he can get a couple of hours - although I know this is against advice him sleeping in a room without me there.

Just wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience. Do you think he will be fine to have a 3 hour afternoon nap if he’s sleeping 9-10 hours at night even though he is so young? I know that’s more what you do with older babies/toddlers!

Thanks :)

My 6 week old is the same. He had a good night, only woke at midnight and about 4am, then at about 6.30am he woke up and has only had a 30 minute nap since then. Tried everything to get him to nap, eventually got him to sleep again now after a small feed. He's also on gaviscon for reflux, so maybe that affects their sleep 😅
My LO usually seems quite content to just lie in his moses basket staring into the distance, he doesn't seem as phased by his lack of sleep as I am, so maybe just need to go with the flow. Hopefully all this staying up during the day will mean he sleeps longer at night!

Good to know it’s not just my little one who doesn’t sleep in the day 🤣 I suppose I’ll just have to go with the flow 🤦🏻‍♀️