My 10 week old ds is king of inconsistent napping. I would say 75% of the time he is not napping long enough. I say this because most naps last 30-45 minutes and he almost always wakes up crying.
When he does wake crying, I can never get him to resettle. Swaddling, pacifier, shh-pat, nothing. He just lies there crying with his eyes closed (which to me means he's still exhausted). What do I do? It's an hour to the next feed usually, so I don't want to feed THAT early, but how can I just let him cry it out for an hour in bed? Nothing works many times. I have a sound machine playing white noise to help eliminate any traffic disruptions, etc. I have played so often with his A time but I can never seem to get it right. I am fine with short naps if that's how he is, but waking up crying is no good! I will often pick him up for a bit just to calm him down, but then as soon as he is put back in his crib, it starts him crying!
I doubt there is any specific advice, but I am just exasperated by it all. I hate to see him cry when I know exactly what he needs to alleviate it -- SLEEP!
