6 week old DD just wont nap!

[Stanfs87]

My lively little 6 week old just will not go to sleep in the day... things ive tried:

Wake windows 30-45 mins and also 1 hour to 1.15mins no difference

Swaddling and swaddle sacks

dummy

white noise

Same sleep routine at every naptime!
she fights it sooo much! Only thing that works and is not recommended is by putting her in her carseat and recline it back! She will sleep in this as soon as sge hears the clip being done up!
Help....its causing me lots of anxiety and making my PND/PNA so much worse!

Shall i persevere? My dd1 slept amazing in the day.
She is formula fed, every 4 hours 5-6oz

Thanks!

Cuddle naps? Bouncy chair naps? Pram naps?

Ds would only nap on me at the age and for months after too. I sat on the sofa or in bed and put netflix on, it was lovely.

Or the sling

Are you trying to get her to nap in a crib / Moses basket etc? I just let mine sleep on me, it’s natural for them to want to be held and sleep on mum. Get a sling and let her nap on you and enjoy the cuddles!

My little one only contact napped when she was little and would wake as soon as you lay her on her back. Turned out she had a few issues from a forceps delivery and a few osteopath appointments really helped.

I need to try a sling,that would be useful,i have a baby born carrier but its not very comfy... she screamed in it!

Sorry She loves the pram also but my 5year old tends to wake her up in there, the carseat is more concealed 🤣

Shes not a huge fan of naps on anyone, just squirms and tries to bend her head around to be nosey!! Id love a cuddle!!

Thanks for your responses... any sling recommendations??

PP im trying to get her to nap in her moses basket... she loved it until this week lol!

@Icanneverthinkofausername interesting, mine was a forcep delivery also, il look into it!

Thanks, id love a contact nap... shes just too bloody nosey, i had to cover her eyes earlier just so she would stop craning her head round to look af everything!! Gahhh!!!

Big fan of the ergo embrace here - if 6 week DD hasn’t dozed off after 10 minutes in it, then she needs something else. It’s soft, like a stretchy wrap, but you buckle/clip it so it is much easier to put on.

look for your local sling library - they can offer advice, but you can also rent them out to see how you get on with them (paying eg £15 instead of £80).

@QueenOfWeeds thanks, im going to a sling lubrary tomorrow, so hopefully will get to try some, my babybjorn one us very structured and i struggle to sit with it on!