Napping

Anyone else’s 9 week old baby have their nap in the day but wakes up after 10 mins of falling asleep? I just get comfy on the sofa (contact napping) and she wakes so I’m back up again doing laps of the living room to get her off to sleep again. Pretty sure I reach over the 10,000 step count the amount of laps I do these days 😂😂😂

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She might enjoy the movement. Do you have a swing or rocking chair you could use? That might help.

Yes I'm exactly the same! She's stopped napping properly and when she does nap they are only ever 10 minutes!

Mines the same 🫣 I got my birthing balls back out😂

Yes loves the cat naps but won't sleep very long in daytime at all! I've found lots of stimulation and play has helped in his wake periods. He is gradually sleeping for longer when napping. I use foil blanket, play mat, tummy time, songs, dancing fruit on TV x

she does enjoy the movement but only mommas arms 😂 we’ve got a rocking chair but no luck I’ll try it again though.

lots of stimulation and play to help him sleep longer? I might try that I just get conscious of whether I’ll over stimulate her and it doing the opposite of keeping her awake if that makes sense x

omg that’s funny 😂😂

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