3 month naps
My little guy is 3 months today and all of a sudden just doesn’t want to sleep. He does 2 three hour stretches starting at 9pm, but around 4am he’s restless and will sleep not deep and startles awake so easily. We just dropped the swaddle 2 weeks ago because he was breaking out of it.
His day naps have been impossible: we wake up for good around 7am and play and pay attention to his sleepy cues, but he never really falls asleep. Sometimes he will fall asleep for 10 minutes and just keep waking back up. We tried to hold him and put him in the swing. But lately he just will not go to sleep and stay asleep for a nap. He’s happy as can be, until he fusses and clearly needs a nap… which is only 10-30 minutes.
Does anyone put their 3 month old in a sleep suit or in a crib for scheduled naps? Is this something I need to start a routine on for him? He already put himself on a “let’s start bedtime at 7:30pm” routine, which was great. Maybe I just have a kid who needs a schedule 🤷🏽♀️
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No advice but I am in the same exact situation with my guy, 10 weeks. He will nap for longer spurts but only contact naps
ahhh good luck!!
Girl same!! My son just wakes up and smiles at 2am!! Im like bro go to bed 🤣🤣
Honestly same here - we do crib naps for a few of the Naps but he’s been sleeping 30-45 mins in the day sometimes. I try to rock back to sleep but he doesn’t always want to go back down. Also feeding every 3 ish hours during the night. We had like a week of 4-5 long stretches then he turned 11 weeks and it’s like we started over. We are still in the swaddle ..tried unswaddling and he was so restless he wouldn’t go to sleep.
I’ve had success with long stretches of sleep using the baby Merlin sleep suit. Best of luck mama!
Honestly idk I just go with the flow , it’s stressful trying to follow a routine everyday . My almost 3 month old, naps in the crib and car seat if we’re out. Or his swing.
sleeps in the crib and sometimes on the couch with me.
Although I do look for sleepy tired cues, I just go with the flow of wherever he wants to sleep , sometimes it’s the position they’re in, or if they’re hot/cold. Or wet or extra hungry.
mine just started wanting to nap on his sides . And sleep at night on his back . But he switches it up too . Sometimes he wants arms down and sometimes he wants arms up and out lol
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