2 week old fights sleep all day!!

[lily_layne]

I hear you on the spending half an hour to get a half hour nap - it's so frustrating.  If it helps, those days are already a distant memory for me and it's only been 7 months.

Oh well, life with a newborn is not meant to be predictable!

I'm certain that newborns are sent to us to teach us to live in the moment and go with the flow!

Don't worry too much about the sleep window.  I didn't have another LO to look after and I could never get her down at "exactly the right time".  I think with newborns there is no right time. Some LOs just need a lot of help getting to sleep.

[melloyello]

Yep, DS is 27 months and the newborn days are a distant blur! Probably why I seem to recall it being easier than it is!

This little lady likes to throw me for a loop everyday though. Currently she has been easier to get down initially but then is waking after 45 minutes or before. Sometimes if I'm there to catch her stirring I can get her back to sleep but that's not easy with another LO. I feel like she is very young to be starting the 45 minute nap business; DS was more like 8 or 9 weeks I think. So not sure if it's developmental or just a newborn inconsistency thing. Nothing worse than short naps! Grrr...

[lily_layne]

Nothing worse than short naps! Grrr...

Agreed!  Have you tried a top-up feed before her naps to see if that helps?

[melloyello]

Yes! I did try that this afternoon and we got a 2.5 hour nap! Although I basically ended up nursing her to sleep so it might be tricky to avoid that with the top-up feed.

[lily_layne]

If you're worried about creating a habit, try waking her up (just so she stirs a bit) when you set her down.  If she doesn't go right back to sleep just jiggle the mattress or do whatever you usually do.  She's still pretty young though so if she only nurses to sleep occasionally I don't think you'd need to worry about - just enjoy that you don't have to spend a half hour patting and shushing!