Baby fighting sleep

[Kimbayley]

Today been doing naps in crib
First nap took about 15 min to settle. Lasted max 45 min. Tried to resettle a few times to no avail so ended up cuddling him to sleep until his feed.
Then next nap took over half hour to settle. That nap lasted 15 min. Trying to resettle now. As soon as he gets jerky & grizzly I am putting him down. Around 1 hr mark.

[Kimbayley]

Still trying 20 min later. Eyes wide open. Popping dummy in. Every 2 min. So frustrated!

[Shiv52]

What A time is he managing? Try to remember he is still very very teeny so do not worry too much about self settling all the time. I found once my ones were in a good routine independent sleep came easier.

Does your LO take a dummy?

[Kimbayley]

Ok. Will try not to worry. Yes, I would say he is pretty dependent on the dummy & will escalate to full screaming if it falls out & I don't give it to him. Awake time is around an hour I think but as he is not napping well I find him hard to read. His only signs seem to be fidgeting & grizzling which quickly escalates to crying & needing lots of calming. Before this he is quite smiley & chatty. Thanks so much for replying

[Shiv52]

Not at all 😘. these first weeks are so so hard.  All mine had dummies. I found I could extend naps well with a dummy if I got them before they woke up too much. If he's short napping you may need to reduce the next A time and try getting him down earlier.

Remind me how old your baby is now? sorry on my phone and it's not letting me scroll back.

[Kimbayley]

He is now 7 weeks tomorrow. Sling sometimes works with dummy. Sleeps ok on me. Pram, car or crib are hard work & dummy needs to pop in more often as he doesn't go into a deep sleep. Oddly at night (touch wood) he is much better & goes down easier with less need of dummy.

[jessmum46]

That's quite common, night and day sleep are (apparently) controlled in different ways in the brain. Keep hanging in there, I found crib naps we had much more success closer to 10 weeks or so x

[Kimbayley]

Thx! Will keep on trying once a day & hope 10 weeks is good for us 😜Yesterday got a few naps of 30 min or so in crib & pram

[Kimbayley]

My LO is such a wriggler. When trying to get him to sleep he looks like he is about to drop off then his eyes open wide & he pops his dummy out & starts wriggling. Then we have to start all over! Shush pat seems to upset him so I am just keeping my hand on his belly.
Little monkey!

[jessmum46]

Cute!