thread: Anyone else trying to help their baby nap better using gentle methods?

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  1. #1
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    Jun 2007
    374

    Congrats Anna! Isn't it great when you walk out thinking theres no way she'll fall asleep without help, and ... she does it. A 2 hours nap is brilliant! Hope tomorrow is just as good.

  2. #2
    Registered User

    Jan 2009
    Sydney NSW
    36

    Yay Anna !

    Hi Kristen at the moment DS's wake time can vary but it's never 8am that would be great! He has been waking at 5:30am the last 3 nights in a row! So he usually sleeps about 10 hours (7:30-5:30). Before that he used to sleep till about 6:30am.

    I have noticed that he seems to get tired after only an hour or so in the morning, so is usually napping again after 1.5 hours. But the rest of the day can vary, because sometimes he might sleep for 45 mins then, but sometimes close to 2 hours. He doesn't seem to respond to resettling after 45 mins any more. Also sometimes around 2pm he seems to want a nap but it's not every day. Yesterday I tried really hard to be home in time for that but he just didn't seem tired or want to sleep.

    I know that if I "miss" the tired time he won't go to sleep again for another hour, that happened today. He was starting to fall alseep in the car around 2pm but we were close to home so I tried to keep him awake so he could have a proper sleep at home. But it was too late, he got his second wind, and wouldn't go down.

    I have found that "slinging" him about 1/2 hour before a sleep seems to calm him down a bit and make it easier to get him to sleep.