Long wake window
Help!
My baby boy is barely 2 months old and he can have some long wake windows. I’ve tried everything, trying to get him to go down when he’s yawning, making the room quiet for his nap, not overstimulating him, feeding him and then changing him before putting him to sleep, swaddling, and rocking him while standing but nothing works.
I don’t want him to get into this routine where he’s up for a few hours before he gets too tired to the point where he won’t sleep.
Any tips?
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Have you tried taking him for a walk the fresh air helps and motion or taking him out in the car. My cheeky monkey always loves to resist naps and when it gets past her wake window I will give her another milk and take her out in pram once she’s asleep just leave her asleep in pram. If that don’t work il drive round the block. Xxx
By the time they are yawning ideally they already want to be asleep.
How long after waking is he starting to yawn?
my baby was doing the same, i realized by the time he was showing signs of sleepiness he was already over tired. try starting to wind down after just 45 mins to an hour of him waking. start by feeding him like 80% of what he would eat, then burp, change him, swaddle him, and try feeding a bit more while rocking to sleep. babies that young arent able to develop "bad habits" so its okay to feed him to sleep. i also found that lullabys help more than white noise for my baby. - also blackout curtains help!
Change him before you feed him, eating makes them more tired, try white noise, if you have a baby carrier take him for a walk outside in the carrier instead of just holding him while walking, keep the room dark if you can, babys go through regressions every so often and get confused, try to get him to sleep within 45 minutes to an hour of him waking up, past that point is when there to tired to sleep
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My baby boy is barely 2 months old and he can have some long wake windows. I’ve tried everything, trying to get him to go down when he’s yawning, making the room quiet for his nap, not overstimulating him, feeding him and then changing him before putting him to sleep, swaddling, and rocking him while standing but nothing works.
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