My dd is just about 8 weeks old. She sleeps great at night. But her day naps are my problem right now. She will go down fairly easily for her naps - I will put her down and she will independently go to sleep. Sometimes she needs a little shush/pat, but otherwise, she's able to go down by herself. She sleeps soundly (quietly) for the first 45 minutes or so. Then she wakes up. Usually, if I leave her alone, she will cry/fuss a little and then she will go back to sleep. But she never really sleeps soundly. She fusses the next 45 mintues to 1 hour (or until I can't stand it and go pick her up). It's an absolute chore to try to calm her down for the last half of her nap. I think some of the crying is mantra crying and I try to let it go b/c when i check her crib, her eyes are closed and then she's back to sleep. It's not usually the "MOMMY I need you" crying. But sometimes, she throws in a wail and it sounds like a mommy cry. I am so confused. If i let her go for a few minutes, she will fall back asleep. This cycles every 5-10 mintues. I end up waiting at her door listening to her cries to see if i should go in or not. I'm so confused. She sounds like she's awake, and sometimes her eyes will pop open and then they flutter back to sleep. Do i leave her? Do i just watch her? Do I shush/pat her and try to get her back into a deep sleep? Sometimes shush/pat just wakes her up even more.
I've sat down 3 times to write this email, b/c my LO is doing the cry/whimpering/wail combination and then she's quiet again. It goes on like this every 5-10 minutes for the last part of her nap. I'm at wit's end.
She's been on EASY since she was 2wks old. And sometimes she will sleep like a rock (usually at night) and other times she will do this short nap/cry/whimpering thing. It's driving me crazy and I feel like I do not know what I'm doing. Please HELP!
