Hi ladies, not sure how I am going to help anyone else. I can't even help myself
DD has decided that naps are for the faint of heart, and she is literally not napping at all. And I mean at all. It is 3pm and I've been trying to get her down since 10am...she managed a grand total of 15mins. I am legitimately losing my mind.
She is 8 weeks old today and has pretty much always napped in her bassinet minus the first week or so where she was still a sleepy newborn and would nap in the swing. The room is dark, she is swaddled, has white noise etc.
She will fall asleep on me (usually rocking her) but as soon as I put her down she wakes up. I've tried to wait until I'm sure she's dead asleep before putting her down but it doesn't make a difference. We haven't attempted independent sleep yet as I'm not entirely sure what her A time should be...I'm assuming around 1.15 but I don't really know, no A time is working. I have a sling but she absolutely despises it and just screams bloody murder.
She does good at night, bedtime 7pm, feed at 4am, back down until 7am. I usually try for the first nap shortly after 8am, but then like I said I can get her to fall asleep easily, but she wakes up as soon as I put her down. Then I pick her up and try again, and the cycle just repeats over and over again. Eventually I just give up because there is nothing else I can do, and then she is obviously silly OT...and here we are at 3pm with no nap today.
My DS is home with me so I've spent literally hours trying to get her to stay asleep and it is not fair to him, I need a plan.
Thanks!