Newborn naps
Hi guys,
Im a first time mum and I’m really struggling, I have a boy who is 7 weeks, he sleeps well during the night and wakes up for feeds and will wake up between 8 to 10am.
However during the days he really struggles to nap, fights his sleep, and wants to contact nap (which is fine by me ). Although he wants to sleep he will fight it and it’s takes about 1 to 2 hours to settle him to sleep. I try rocking him, swaddling him, putting white noise but it doesn’t seem to work. He really fights his sleep and then cries it out.
Any advice would be so helpful, thanks x
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I’d suggest - watching his wake windows and looking out for sleep queues, timing milk towards the end of wake windows so he can settle with a full tummy, stimulation when he’s awake (in a bouncer, or a walk, music, black and white story book/cards), doing bicycle kicks or tummy counterclockwise to ensure he doesn’t have gas, ensure that you’re feeling calm as babies pick up on that from mum, put him in a baby carrier and cover his head lightly with a muslin and go about your tasks (mine used to sleep while I Zumba’d!)
Is he becoming overtired? It might be worth looking at their awake windows, and looking out for his sleep ques x
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Where are you trying naps? Only because when my first was 8 weeks, she started hating sleeping in the light (unless in the car or pushchair). Once I started putting her down in her cot in the dark, with blackout blinds (or sitting in the dark myself for a contact nap) then she was alright. It sounds like you’re doing everything right though, it’s just such a guessing game 😭