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Offline mhaerens

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10wk old on 1 1/2 hour EASY bc of short naps!!!
« on: September 17, 2014, 23:33:23 pm »
My 10wk old only naps for 45 min at a time. He is not UT or OT- I catch his cues right on time. For the first 8wks he fought sleep by SCREAMING for hours he then went through a two week phase of easily going to sleep and getting at least 1-2 long naps (about an hour and a half to two hours each) a day. Suddenly he now fights his naps again and only sleeps in 45 min chunks and stays awake for 45 min before becoming tired again. He is obviously tired throughout the day bc he isn't getting restful sleep. He is also now waking more often in the night. He used to sleep from 7pm- 1 or 2am and then until 4:30 and then until it was time to get up at 6:30. Now he fights BT and doesn't fall asleep until 9:30 and then wakes every hour from midnight on. Is this a developmental stage or is there something I can do? Please help! I write this as a SH pat a SCREAMING baby!!!

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Re: 10wk old on 1 1/2 hour EASY bc of short naps!!!
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2014, 14:48:20 pm »
I'm no expert but I am going mad too! If I get a 45 min nap (normally) I've been trying to squeeze an extra nap in before the next feed. He may have lots of little naps but I'm desp trying to stop him getting over tired.
Just as I write this he's waking after another 45 min nap! It's sooo frustrating! In the buggy he will go longer so I resort to that a lot. I'm hoping it will suddenly change soon as I remember with my first she started doing longer naps really suddenly...

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Re: 10wk old on 1 1/2 hour EASY bc of short naps!!!
« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2014, 00:41:44 am »
Yes! It's killing me! Today I was able to get him to sleep for 2 1/2 hours only bc he was on me and nursing the whole time! I was totally breaking every rule but he's do overtired I figured I needed to address that issue first! He then went to sleep easily for his next naps but still only 45 min!!! This last nap before bedtime he will only sleep if he's on me! I'm going nuts! When do the naps get better?!