Hi all,
I'm new to this site, and I just wanted to ask...I am a first-time mom of a beautiful, happy, cooing, smiling, etc. 10 week old daughter, Lydia. She doesn't ACT sleep deprived, and she sleeps well at night (except for the odd odd occasion) but her day naps seem short, or none at all, here's how it goes....
she goes to sleep around 7 or 8 at night, and wakes up for the day around 5 or 6 am. (with some, not much, night waking/feeding) I breastfeed at night. Then, we put her in her carseat on a wide stool in between us at breakfast, during which sometimes she falls asleep. Sometimes it's for 45 minutes, sometimes it's only for 20 minutes. THen later on during the day, if we go out, she falls asleep in the car in her seat, if she's tired. Or she'll sleep during functions, wehn I am holding her.
If I am home all day, sometimes she sleeps during/after breakfast, but sometimes she doesn't. For the most part, she is needing to be held, or rocked, to sleep, although sometimes she falls asleep on her own, actually more and more she is, but it is still few and far between.
Anyways, so I breastfeed her, she falls asleep, but about 5 minutes after I put her in her crib, she wakes up. (thankfully, she's a happy waker, not a fussy, crying waker) ANyways, I'm just worried that these short naps when we're out, or short naps during breakfast are enough? How can I keep her asleep longer in her crib, or is she still young yet, and still needs to feel "attached" to me. Some tell me she's still a baby, still very young, and she'll nap better later on, and others tell me she naps ok, because she never has a meltdown, and is always happy, so she's not overtired.
I don't think I mentioned, she will nap if I am holding her, until I put her in her crib, during which she wakes up shortly after.
In the night, I put a receiving blanket on her back as I am nursing her, so her back doesn't have to touch a cold crib and wake her up, and it works at night. (nights are not a prob) but during the day that doesn't work....help??
Sorry if this is majorly long and confusing, let me know if I need to be more clear on some aspects or whatever, just thought I'd voice this.
Thanks for reading, sorry it's so long....
Krista