Cranky Catnapper 8.5 months old!
I'm hoping someone has some advice for my gorgeous son. Since birth he longest day sleep he has ever had is 1 sleep cycle ie.40 minutes. This used to be fine as he would just have 4 of these catnaps per day and be very happy and content. We have always comforted or fed him to sleep. The problem now is that he no longer falls asleep while feeding and resists rocking/cuddling/patting and all other forms of comforting. He is crawling and very active so basically just does not want to be held still. It can take up to 40 minutes to try and comfort him to sleep and still sometimes we cant get him to have more that 1 or 2 catnaps during the day. His night sleeping is okay, as he will do a 9-10 hour stretch most nights and can be resetteled up to 11-12 hours. If I thought he was happy I would be fine with this but he is just so grumpy and frustrated within an hour or two of his daytime nap/s.
It just gets so hard to know how to comfort to sleep when it seems that it is taking longer for him to settle each day and he is not enjoying the process. Should I be trying something else to get him to settle more quickly and hopefully have a longer nap so that he wakes up on 'the right side' of the bed!My bubba sling is out of the question as he weighs almost 12 kgs now. He did sleep in an Amby Baby up until 4 months but still didnt nap any longer...actually it probably resulted in shorter naps. He will fall asleep in the pram/carseat after a fairly long walk/drive but still will not sleep longer than 1 cycle.
Any gentle ideas on how to settle my little monkey and how to change his catnapping???
