So today my 14 week old's already terrible 41 minute naps got even shorter, now lasting 25 minutes. I feel terrible and like I'm a mess. She sleeps great at night, but I'm so scared these short naps are a sign of something to come. I'm traumatized by the lack of sleep during the newborn phase. I just want to be able to do something to help her sleep better during the day but she won't even fall asleep on me anymore. We don't rock her to sleep, she does it on her own, white noise, swaddle, blah blah. I have so much nap anxiety that I can't focus on work on the days I'm out of the house and I can't get anything done on the days I'm in the house. Can anyone offer me some hope or guidance, please?
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@msplatypus: I'm sorry you're going through this. Although the short naps are horrible, I think it's great that she is able to put herself to sleep. It just sounds like she isn't connecting her sleep cycles for naps, which unfortunately is so common at this age. It's great she sleeps well at night! No advice here, just know that it does get better with time. The biggest improvement for us was when LO dropped to two naps. But even for us, at 8.5-almost 9 months, his sleep continue to be a major stressor for me. I can't wait until the day that I no longer have any anxiety about his sleep!!!!
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So my daughter was a great overnight sleeper but a terrible napper. It does get better. I stressed sooooo much over her naps (or lack thereof) but I finally just had to let it go. I decided to appreciate that she STTN and deal with naps on a daily basis. Some days were better than others. It got better at 7 months when we were able to get on a 2 nap sched, then again at 9 months when we trained her to fall asleep sans bottle, and much better when we dropped to one nap at 12 months. Now at 18 months she takes one 2 hour nap a day. It's awesome!! If you would have told me this time last year she was doing that, I would have thought you were crazy.
Hang in there, it gets better!!
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Thank you for your kind words! I'm trying to look on the bright side! I think it's so hard to just roll with whatever she needs. I also can't wait to stop being anxious about sleep!
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