Fighting Naps

My 3.5 month old fights sleep during the day SO BAD… even if I’m holding him he refuses to sleep, then gets overtired and is inconsolable.. anyone else dealing with this? Any tips? I keep questioning if something is wrong, but we quite literally have done everything.. he is on Pepcid for reflux, alimentum for CMPA, got lip/tongue ties released.. *but he will sleep at night without issue*

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He's likely in the middle of his third development leap. We just dealt with it. So you use the Wonder Weeks app? Highly recommend. What helped us is dark room, quiet and sleeping outside in his bassinet. Also in his carrier. And to calm him down at night - warm bath. But we had several days without afternoon naps. Stay strong!

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My little one has basically been doing this since 2m it got better for a week and now we're here again. My only tips are eat then play then wind down for nap about 10 min before. Dark room give it about 10-15 min if she falls asleep great if not we get up and do a little reset and try again. That's helped with the "I've been going down for a nap so long I'm mad about it". She also doesn't like to show sleepy signs so I have to set myself reminders that she should be going down for a nap soon. A carrier has definitely saved the day to get a nap in many times also.

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This sounds like he may be entering the 4 month sleep regression a little early. Mine has good and bad days. Yesterday she only wanted to sleep in my arms but today has been able to do multiple hrs in her bassinet.

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Going through the same thing girl. No advice unfortunately. Just doing our best to keep him comfortable when he’s fighting sleep. Totally sucks though.. haven’t had sleep deprivation since newborn stage.. this isn’t AS bad.. but it still sucks.

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Fighting Naps

My 3.5 month old fights sleep during the day SO BAD… even if I’m holding him he refuses to sleep, then gets overtired and is inconsolable.. anyone else dealing with this? Any tips? I keep questioning if something is wrong, but we quite literally have done everything.. he is on Pepcid for reflux, alimentum for CMPA, got lip/tongue ties released.. *but he will sleep at night without issue*

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We’ve recently moved our toddler to a single bed with a duvet for the first time. She’s manages to stay under the duvet for the first 4 hours then doesn’t have the duvet on. Currently she’s at the other end, on top of the duvet.

Will she eventually stay under?

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We live in the south coast and our bedroom groegg thermometer is reading 24-25 degrees however it doesn’t necessarily feel that warm ?
My 7 month old is in a baby grow and 0.5 tog sleep bag as he feels cold to touch without the sleep bag but I’m still worried ??

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Hi everyone. My baby is 7 weeks old, and I’m really struggling with breastfeeding at the moment. 💔

I had a C-section, and because of that I wasn’t able to breastfeed him for the first week. We gave him formula initially, and when I started trying to breastfeed, he refused to latch.

I’ve tried so hard to breastfeed him and have had multiple sessions with the feeding team, but unfortunately nothing seemed to work. I changed his bottle to Philips Avent about 2 weeks ago, and yesterday I tried breastfeeding again. To my surprise, he latched really well! I was so happy and thought we had finally made progress.

But today, when I tried again, he just screamed and refused to latch. I honestly don’t know what I’m doing wrong.

People around me have told me that I should let him cry because eventually he will latch. I tried that yesterday, but he was crying so hard that I had a complete mental breakdown. Seeing my baby so distressed made me cry badly too. I don’t feel comfortable making him cry just to get him to breastfeed.

I’m also exclusively pumping at the moment and trying to pump every 2–3 hours to maintain my milk supply. It is honestly exhausting, and sometimes I’m in so much pain and emotionally drained that I end up crying.

I’m trying my absolute best to give my baby only breast milk, but this whole journey has been much harder than I ever imagined.

Has anyone else experienced something similar, where their baby sometimes latches well but then suddenly refuses the breast? What helped you? I would really appreciate any advice or experiences. ❤️

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