NOT GETTING ENOUGH SLEEP
Anyone having issues getting their 4 months olds down for their naps? My son keeps losing it and fighting tooth and nail. Put him in his crib and he freaks like something scared him. Same as for when he goes down for the night. Anyone got any tips they can throw my way? I try and play with him in his crib before he sleeps for 6 hours. But it’s a constant fight, and wakes up screaming😭😴
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I find rain sound and I have a bear that plays music and vibrates tends to help but he tends to fight it too sometimes he will only nap in my arms
Crystalline brown noise on YouTube pllaying on a spare cell phone, lots of contact napping and cosleeping here to help her regulate
To be honest, we are still doing contact naps or stroller naps. My daughter hates going to sleep during the day and I find it worthwhile to just help her get enough sleep during the day because then she sleeps really well on her own at night.
I would just focus on co sleeping. Hes still so new and sounds like hes a high touch needs baby. Go with your instincts.
Co sleeping is the best. This is my 3rd, my second was colicky for the first 6 months, just changing your mindset to being okay with not getting the sleep and napping whenever the baby naps over having scheduled ones works best. Its okay to let other things fall behind while you are parenting.
My little girl is 3 and a half months old and I haven’t been able to get her to nap in her crib. She either naps on me, in her swing, baby carrier while I do things around the house (or go for a walk), stroller or car seat. The importance is she naps!! So I do what ever works!
At night she’ll do stretches of 5-6 hours in her bassinet but only from 7 PM to around 1 AM, after that we co sleep. I’ve read up on it and it’s because the melatonin level drops and cortisol spikes during that time which is why it’s a struggle to get them to settle back down in the bassinet.
What works for me to get her to sleep in the bassinet is to swaddle but arms out (we use the halo sleep sack and just wrap it around her chest I think it makes her feel more secure), we use the momcozy white noise machine and use red light. We follow a routine every night so bath time around 6, following by feeding time then rocking to sleep (we actually use the yoga ball and hold her while sitting and bouncing on it).
Swaddling has never worked for him. He has fought the swaddle since he was born. He just doesn’t like it. Right now I think I’m just going through a sleep thing
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