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RM23
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Could use some advice...3 months old and naps...
DS follows all the rules..he is usually ready for a nap about 1 1/2 hours after each feeding or if he has been awake around 2 hours in a row. It takes me about a half hour to get him to take the nap and then he only sleeps for half hour. I have tried everything. Rocking him, his mobile, the swing...if i just leave him to soothe himself or fall asleep on his own he will end up screaming. How do i get him to nap on his own and sleep for more than 1/2 hour at a time.
ETA: He will take naps in his crib, and I have used the sound machine. It helps to soothe him but not sleep longer.
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Re: Could use some advice...3 months old and naps...
I'd love some advice too. My dd does the same thing. The only time she gets a really good nap is if she is in the car or out in the stroller, otherwise if she is home at's only a half hour and I'm lucky if I get that.
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| Posted 5/20/08 4:08 PM |
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KristinasMama
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Re: Could use some advice...3 months old and naps...
Overnight, K sleeps for 11-12 hours. Then she wakes up and has her bottle (8oz), I change her diaper, and love her for an hour.
Then she starts getting cranky, and I give her her Pedialyte, or the store brand.... whichever I have ready to go. She drinks about an ounce of it, and is down for another 3 hours. I think that the fact that she is eating so well keeps her content.
How many oz is Luke drinking?
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| Posted 5/20/08 4:47 PM |
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Kelly9904
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Re: Could use some advice...3 months old and naps...
Christopher is 5 months now, but at three months (when I went back to work) he had a really rough napping routine.
But here is what he usually would do he wakes around 7ish is up for 2 hours then naps. when I was home I used to nap him in the swing for 30-60 minutes with the white noise on. He would cry a bit but then usually dosed off. Then around 3 he would take a 2-3 hour nap. I would bring him in his room, close the blinds, turn on the humidifier, swaddle him and rock him.
Then I went back to work and he had a bad cat nap schedule where ILs could get him to nap for more than 30 minutes unless they held him.
Now he is back a little. He naps in the AM for 30-90 minutes, this is usually 2-4 hours after he first wakes up for the day. Then early afternoon he will usually take a 20 minute cat nap in MILs arms or in his swing. Then in the afternoon around 4 he will take a 1-1.5 hour nap.
The way they were able to get him to sleep...dont laugh now....they swaddle him, put on the noise machine and then run the vacuum. He is asleep in 2 minutes. They sit with him for a bit and then put him down.
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Deedlebugs
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Re: Could use some advice...3 months old and naps...
DD will only take naps if I place her on her belly. She sleeps through the night, on her back, but naps, for some reason, only work when she belly sleeps. So I started putting her down for naps on her belly, in the den, so I can keep an eye on her to make sure she is Ok. She went from taking 30 minute naps to 2-3 hour naps.
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| Posted 5/20/08 4:54 PM |
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Theresa05
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Re: Could use some advice...3 months old and naps...
Posted by VegasLisa
Overnight, K sleeps for 11-12 hours. Then she wakes up and has her bottle (8oz), I change her diaper, and love her for an hour.
Then she starts getting cranky, and I give her her Pedialyte, or the store brand.... whichever I have ready to go. She drinks about an ounce of it, and is down for another 3 hours. I think that the fact that she is eating so well keeps her content.
How many oz is Luke drinking?
haaaaaaaaaaa sleep 10-12 hrs
She is soooooo you sissie
Sofia sleep pffttttttttt she thinks she is up for marathon session at Sound Factory,
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| Posted 5/20/08 4:58 PM |
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nov06
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Re: Could use some advice...3 months old and naps...
Posted by VegasLisa
Overnight, K sleeps for 11-12 hours. Then she wakes up and has her bottle (8oz), I change her diaper, and love her for an hour.
Then she starts getting cranky, and I give her her Pedialyte, or the store brand.... whichever I have ready to go. She drinks about an ounce of it, and is down for another 3 hours. I think that the fact that she is eating so well keeps her content.
How many oz is Luke drinking?
Wow, your dd is my inspiration. Can you tell me how much and how often she eats. I think I may have to up dd feedings.
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| Posted 5/20/08 5:10 PM |
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LI2VA
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Re: Could use some advice...3 months old and naps...
DS only naps or sleeps for that matter really well when swaddled.
Have you tried swaddling?
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| Posted 5/20/08 5:21 PM |
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RM23
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Re: Could use some advice...3 months old and naps...
Posted by VegasLisa
Overnight, K sleeps for 11-12 hours. Then she wakes up and has her bottle (8oz), I change her diaper, and love her for an hour.
Then she starts getting cranky, and I give her her Pedialyte, or the store brand.... whichever I have ready to go. She drinks about an ounce of it, and is down for another 3 hours. I think that the fact that she is eating so well keeps her content.
How many oz is Luke drinking?
Luke is taking 6 oz every 3 hours. 5 bottles a day. Sometimes he does a 4 hour stretch. He also sleeps 9pm-7am consistently.
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| Posted 5/20/08 5:23 PM |
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RM23
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Re: Could use some advice...3 months old and naps...
Posted by Deedlebug126
DD will only take naps if I place her on her belly. She sleeps through the night, on her back, but naps, for some reason, only work when she belly sleeps. So I started putting her down for naps on her belly, in the den, so I can keep an eye on her to make sure she is Ok. She went from taking 30 minute naps to 2-3 hour naps.
I was going to try this, but afraid it was going to mess up his nightime sleeping. I might have to give napping on the belly a try.
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| Posted 5/20/08 5:24 PM |
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RM23
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Re: Could use some advice...3 months old and naps...
Posted by mrsv1015
DS only naps or sleeps for that matter really well when swaddled.
Have you tried swaddling?
Luke hated the swaddle when he was first born, and then became such a great sleeper I never needed it. I feel like If I try and swaddle him now he might go balistic.
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| Posted 5/20/08 5:25 PM |
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KristinasMama
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Re: Could use some advice...3 months old and naps...
Posted by RM23
Posted by VegasLisa
Overnight, K sleeps for 11-12 hours. Then she wakes up and has her bottle (8oz), I change her diaper, and love her for an hour.
Then she starts getting cranky, and I give her her Pedialyte, or the store brand.... whichever I have ready to go. She drinks about an ounce of it, and is down for another 3 hours. I think that the fact that she is eating so well keeps her content.
How many oz is Luke drinking?
Luke is taking 6 oz every 3 hours. 5 bottles a day. Sometimes he does a 4 hour stretch. He also sleeps 9pm-7am consistently.
k wakes, has an 8oz bottle
goes to sleep after an hour and may need the assistance of an ounce or so of pedialyte.
she norm wakes about 3-4 hours later and has a 7oz bottle
awake for an hour, maybe a little more pedialyte, and down for another couple of hours.
she wakes another 7oz, and same routine, but this time is usually down for the night by 7pm.
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