My son is 6 weeks old and I'm failing miserably with the napping issue, especially the first nap of the day! The problem is that he has no recognizable sleepy cues. He doesn't yawn until we actually get in the bedroom for wind down and by then, he's overtired.
(BTW, wind down is we go in his room, turn on the fan, swaddle, and sit in the recliner.)
I try to watch him like a hawk to see if I can recognize any sleepy cues and one day I noticed that after a little while (about an hour), his movements were getting quicker and jerkier which usually means he's about to be upset. That one day I happened to time his morning nap correctly and he went to sleep fine with no fussing or crying. However, I haven't been able to catch it again.
Today he got fussy after being awake for only 30 minutes so I took him to his room for wind down. He started getting fussy as soon as we sat down in the recliner. By then he was overtired and has been fighting his nap! Matter of fact, his morning nap is usually only 15-30 minutes because he is so overtired and won't stay asleep.
This happens every single day! The rest of his naps will be okay because he's so exhausted from not napping in the morning that as soon as the eats, he's ready to go right back to bed. There's hardly any A time. It's usually eat, change diaper, and right back to sleep.
Are there any sleepy cues that are more subtle than the obvious yawn, slower activity, glazed eyes, etc? I know the "A" time for his age is an hour to 1hr15minutes but I don't know that he can even handle that. Should I just start experimenting with "A" times?
And please don't ask me to post our routine because it won't do any good. He is normally up between 6-7am and eats every 2.5-3hrs. The rest of the time I'm battling naps.
Thank you!
