https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 14 May 2026 15:01:44 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-month-old-fighting-every-afternoon-nap#post-2900392 Wed, 23 Oct 2019 14:42:00 +0000 pachamama 2900392@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I swear to god this baby's sleep has been so difficult.</p> <p>9 month old generally sleep great at night, 11 hours straight (we CIO at 6 months). Always sleeps in his crib. Does great for his morning nap at 9:30am, for 30 - 60 mins. He has never ever gone down before 2pm so I have found 3:00 is the sweet spot for his afternoon nap, which is never more than 45 minutes. this seems way too late but shortening the wake window has always backfired. He wails every single time, sometimes 10 minutes, sometimes 30. If we are driving in the afternoon, he will fall asleep super easily. He's not hungry- I either give him food or a bottle right before. His naps are too short.<br /> Is this normal? How can I get him to sleep in his crib in the afternoon? It's excruciating to essential CIO every single goddamn afternoon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/1-month-old-refuses-to-nap#post-2891697 Fri, 19 Jul 2019 13:10:55 +0000 foodiebee 2891697@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bees, I need your knowledge. My son is 5 weeks and fights going to sleep, especially for a nap, like it's a death sentence. I have spent the past three weeks alone every day (DH is back at work) and I'm out of ideas and running low on stamina. Everything I read says to start "drowsy but awake" right away if you can. Don't feed to sleep, Eat + Wake + Sleep, etc. I'm trying my darnest, but I can't get this kid to nap to save my life. I feed, swaddle and diaper change, go to the darkest room in our house (the bathroom!) and proceed to rock+shush. I know he's tired. His eyes are drooping, he's yawning. But the moment he falls to sleep or I try to set him down--BAM. AWAKE. Sometimes it takes me so long to get him to this point that he's hungry again and the whole process has to start again. AGH.</p> <p>I am exhausted and without anyone to tag in to relieve me. Some days I get so tired and frustrated with myself and my inability to do this that we're both crying in the bathroom. How how how how do I get him to nap?! What am I doing wrong? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/poop-is-ruining-every-single-nap#post-2018084 Sat, 10 Jan 2015 09:01:19 +0000 ellewoods84 2018084@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Okay, ever since we got O to start napping in the crib, poop is literally ruining every single nap. She either poops while falling asleep, so she doesn't fall asleep or she wakes up at the end of a sleep cycle, poops, and is then awake after only 30 minutes of nap. She is 8 months old and has been on solids for a good 1.5 months. I offer solids well before nap (1-1.5 hours) so she can attempt to poop, but the crib is like her toilet or something. It's getting really old. Her first nap has taken 30 plus minutes because I can never tell if she's fussing because she doesn't want to sleep or if she's fussing because she pooped. I went in and of course SHE POOPED. Ugh! Any advice?? Anyone else experience this?<br /> Oh edited to add.....she was constipated the other day and we had an awesome nap day, like 1.5 hrs for every nap and she went down in like 5 minutes. Soooo I know she's tired and the times I am offering sleep! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-baby-wont-go-down-for-a-nap-on-his-own-anymore#post-2888158 Wed, 19 Jun 2019 13:55:16 +0000 PurplePumps 2888158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Baby is 8.5 months and has been going down for his naps with no complaints and falls asleep within a few minutes for the past 8 weeks. We were on vacation last week and he had a fever on Thur morning to Friday morning, but still napped fine on his own. He had trouble sleeping Thur night, but was back to normal Friday night. We came home Saturday and all was pretty normal, and then Sunday night he had a crazy coughing fit and couldn't go back to sleep for like 30 minutes until I finally nursed him to sleep. Monday morning, he took his first nap like usual and then it was all down hill from there. That afternoon he went down for 20 minutes, then the last nap we were at the doctors and he was SO over tired and ended up with a car nap. Yesterday he refused to nap and just stood there and cried out for 10 minutes before I went to pick him up and even then he wouldn't settle and I ended up nursing him to sleep for all naps. Same thing today. I try with the usual routine, put him down. He's starts to whine and it just escalates. He's still coughing and sniffly so I give in. Tell me it's just cause he's not feeling well!?? Will he go back to normal and just go down for naps on his own?? Am I created a monster by letting him nurse to nap right now?? :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-transition-to-2-naps#post-2879026 Mon, 01 Apr 2019 19:34:08 +0000 ALV91711 2879026@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS just turned 7 months and is a major catnapper. He takes 3-4 40 min naps a day. Is there a trick to get him to extend his naps and only take 2? Or is this something that will come with age?</p> <p>We have to leave the house at 11:30 &amp; 2:30 to drop off/pick up big brother from school. He goes to bed at 6pm with two wake ups and gets up 5:30/6am. If he only has 3 naps he goes to bed early. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/5mo-naps-with-carting-siblings-around#post-2865539 Tue, 08 Jan 2019 10:33:14 +0000 bhbee 2865539@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sleep expert mamas, help me out! I’ve been letting this go with the holidays and am ready to do the training work but don’t know what to aim for! </p> <p>#3 is 5m today and naps are just a mess. Part of the problem is that she has to go along with the big kid schedule and it tends to sabotage what might be more ideal. Here is what we have to work with. What nap times would you aim for??</p> <p>6:30am - siblings get up and sometimes wake up her (so not sure if I should always wake her too?) Sometimes we can let her sleep until 7:30. On weekends if I let her she will wake up to eat but then go back to sleep way past this. </p> <p>7:30-7:50ish - Car or stroller for elementary dropoff. Often falls asleep in car or stroller during any of these drop offs/pickups but doesn’t necessarily stay that way. </p> <p>8:45-9:15ish - MWF, mandatory car time for preschool dropoff. I am ok with a car nap here if we can get at least one good nap at home later. </p> <p>2:15-3:00ish - pickups in car on MW, other days this can be in stroller and shorter. On Friday I also have to take her in the car for noon preschool pickup. </p> <p>After 3: Monday we go to an activity in the car at 4. Other days we often stay and play at elementary school, but I’d be willing to go straight home for a while if needed. </p> <p>Bedtime: open to suggestions because now it’s inconsistent based on other naps </p> <p>Hopefully someone is less confused about this than me! :silly: Thank you for any suggestions! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-6mo-dd-only-naps-when-held#post-2844260 Sat, 08 Sep 2018 18:22:22 +0000 CatchAFallingStar 2844260@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Any advice? She’s this way no matter who tries to get her to nap. Wakes up immediately when we lie her down. HELP </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-help-standing-in-crib#post-2839948 Wed, 15 Aug 2018 15:05:42 +0000 annem1990 2839948@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is 11 months. He's been walking on furniture for a while, but just figured out he could do it in his own crib. He will not take his afternoon nap. He just spends the whole time walking around the crib. He's not really crying, just sort of whining. He doesn't have any toys (besides his pacifier) in bed.<br /> His morning nap is usually around 1-1.5 hours and he goes down immediately. </p> <p>It seems to early to go to one nap. Is this true? My 20 month-old nephew is still on 2 naps. It's driving me crazy listening to him talk in bed and knowing our evening will be really tough because he's been awake since 10:30am. Any advice? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/long-napstoo-long#post-2828857 Mon, 18 Jun 2018 02:50:20 +0000 Littlebit7 2828857@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I realize this might not be a bad thing but I’m worried I’m undermining myself </p> <p>My Lo is 5 months. He sleeps 630-530 or 6 and takes 2-3 naps a day. My problem is the early waking for the day combined with super long naps. And I’m wondering if he’s napping too long during the day. We just sleep trained 2 weeks ago (and when I say sleep trained I mean I didn’t run in at first cry and poof...he just sorta slept through.) </p> <p>Anyway..he’s been waking at 5-5:45 for the day. Sometimes I’ll nurse and he might go back down until 645 but today he got up at 515 and wouldn’t sleep. I put him down for his first nap at 830 and it’s now 1045 and he’s still asleep. Umm. He naps so long at times during the day that there just isn’t time for three naps.<br /> Should I wake him? Cap his naps to 2 hours? I’d prefer if he slept at night 630-630 at the least because his fussing wakes my older one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/napping-in-car-seat-yay-or-nay#post-2825221 Tue, 29 May 2018 14:08:36 +0000 CatchAFallingStar 2825221@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know it's frowned upon to let baby sleep in car seat while in the car, let alone in the house! Well, as I type this, my 3-month-old baby girl is napping next to me, on the floor in my dining room IN HER CAR SEAT. I know, I know. Not good. Not recommended and maybe not safe. And, not restful sleep. But, hey, she's asleep and here I am getting some work done. </p> <p>Opinions? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-just-get-the-dang-blackout-drapes#post-2824517 Thu, 24 May 2018 10:06:47 +0000 SweetiePie 2824517@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Very long story short, my three-month-old has been all over the map with naps. So much unlike my first born. My firstborn had blackout drapes/curtains from the very beginning and he always napped really well (after some mild training). I never really made a direct correlation between the two. I knew they helped but I didn’t think that was such a big reason. My three-month-old has been driving me crazy and I never actually hung up blackout drapes for him for various reasons. Well I started noticing that his naps were actually great on dark rainy days. And then we visited a friend for a day and put him in a windowless dark room and he napped amazingly. So when we got home I decided to let him nap in my 3yos room with the blackout drapes.<br /> He napped for 2.5 hours 3x that day! And practically every day since (going on a week). </p> <p>If your babe isn’t napping great and you don’t have blackouts (not just blinds or regular curtains) TRY IT. I covered his room windows in grarbage bags to test it out and he just woke up from a 3 hour nap. </p> <p>I felt compelled to share this information. I never thought it would make such a huge difference for him, but apparently it does! He’s also sleeping a little later in the morning too (7/7:30 vs 6/6:30). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-1-nap-or-schedule-adjustment#post-2816017 Thu, 12 Apr 2018 20:17:16 +0000 MsBAM 2816017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hi all,</p> <p>My 10mo is currently on two naps a day. I’ve been following a 3/4/4 schedule and it has been working well except as of recently, the second nap has been more difficult. Usually LO has a morning and afternoon nap. </p> <p>Example schedule: </p> <p>Wake up: 7:00am</p> <p>Nap 1: 10:00 (I’ve been pushing it to 3.25 to 3.5 hrs wake time and nap 1 is usually 1-1.5hrs).</p> <p>Awake 1130ish</p> <p>Nap 2: I attempt nap at 315-330 and usually he fights it and wants to stay awake and play. He doesn’t end up asleep till after 4 and sleeps about half hour. This effects bedtime bc it seems he needs at least 4 hours awake after nap 2 and he’ll wake up between 430-5 from nap 2.</p> <p>What do I do so bedtime isn’t so late since nap 2 ends up so late? Drop nap 2 and stretch wake time in the morning? If I drop nap 2 and opt for an earlier bedtime he’ll be way too tired by the time dinner rolls around. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-baby-doesnt-sleep#post-2805119 Tue, 20 Feb 2018 10:01:23 +0000 periwinklebee 2805119@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I’ve posted a couple of related questions before, but my almost 4 week old seems to be sleeping worse and worse the older and more alert he gets, so I’m back asking for more tips and tricks from anyone who’s navigated this before. My son is difficult to get to sleep and more importantly, will oftentimes wake up screaming after a short period (after which he’s difficult to get back down, and pretty soon he’s hungry b/c it is time to eat again). Waking up often but not always seems to be associated with passing a bit of gas.</p> <p>We’ve checked with the pediatrician, who thinks the issue is just that he’s easily overstimulated. His weight gain has been great. He’s only been pooping once every few days, but the ped says it’s just because his digestive system is now sufficiently developed that this is normal. </p> <p>His preferred way to sleep seems to be snoozing in little chunks here and there while latched on. I’m fine with cluster feeding in the evening but my boobs can’t handle him being latched on 24-7. After that we have by far the highest naptime success rate with stroller walks, only on the most cracked, rough sidewalk. He doesn’t sleep if the sidewalk is smooth - and wakes up if we hit too much of a smooth stretch. Problem is when the weather is really bad, gnarly sidewalks aren’t an option. The best way to get him to sleep inside is bouncing him in the bouncer (dark room, white noise, swaddled), but once I stop the bouncing even if he seems to be in a deep sleep, he’s usually awake and upset in a few minutes. Sometimes he’ll nap in the wrap if I walk with him in it for the first 15 minutes, but oftentimes he won’t settle in it. Swing rarely works. Holding him doesn’t work well because he’ll stir, smell my milk, and start trying frantically to latch on. </p> <p>We co-sleep at night out of necessity (on a bed with just a fitted sheet), as my husband needs solid sleep for his job and I’m tired… he almost never fusses when he wakes up at night. I want to start getting him into the bassinet for stretches at night and wonder if that would ultimately help self-soothing during the daytime, but I’m just so tired and can’t handle getting even less nighttime sleep… </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-transition-from-3-2-naps#post-2794688 Tue, 02 Jan 2018 20:42:29 +0000 MsBAM 2794688@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hi everyone,</p> <p>My LO just turned 7mo and is on 3 naps a day (usually anywhere between 30-45mins but usually 30ish min). He doesn’t have set times for naps yet. I go by his cues. Usually the first nap is 90mins after wake up, then every two to two and a half hours after that. I’ve been noticing lately he’s been pushing to the 2.5hr wake time mark. Last nap is usually done by 3:30 and then bedtime at 730. </p> <p>Today, he woke up at 730am and and fell asleep around 915 and slept until almost 1130. I tried something different today. When he woke up after 30minutes, I tried to nursing him back to sleep to see if he would sleep longer and he did. Do I just need to keep doing this to get longer naps? And should I start pushing him to a 2 nap schedule or let it happen naturally? What times would work best? (9-11? 2-330?). I was surprised he slept so long this morning for his first nap. Also I’m not ready to ST for naps yet bc I don’t mind nursing to sleep for naps right now. My only issue with it is he’s becoming mobile and won’t sleep when I transfer him to his crib for naps so I side lie nurse on my bed. I’m going to have to figure something out that’s more safe.</p> <p>Sorry for the long post. TIA! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skipping-nap-for-christmas-vent#post-2792853 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 10:12:24 +0000 MsBAM 2792853@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hi everyone,</p> <p>This is just a quick vent and to see what other people do/think. We’re having XMAS at our house on Christmas Eve. I told my mom LO needs his last nap around 3 which is usually just half hour. She asked me if I could just nap him around 1. I said he takes a nap around then anyway since he sleeps every 2 hours. He’s on 3 naps a day right now because he cat naps. Anyways it just bugs me that she gets irritated with me for wanting to nap when she’s here. I told her he will be cranky and tired later if he doesn’t sleep! Grrrr!!!! Are you guys more flexible with your LO’s naps or missing naps around the holidays or am I being too rigid? I just thought if he’s up 1-7 he’s gonna be so tired by bedtime because his bedtime is after 7. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-help-4#post-2788828 Tue, 28 Nov 2017 12:19:15 +0000 annem1990 2788828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son is 11 weeks. His naps are absolute crap. He'll nap in the Rock n Play for 20mins max. That's after 10mins of me rocking to get him drowsy. He can be awake for about an hour max before getting really cranky and needing to sleep again. I feel like if his naps were longer, he'd have more/happier awake time.</p> <p>I'm constantly going back in to put the paci back in or rock him back to sleep. He will nap for much longer (1-2 hours) in the Tula carrier. I'm happy to do that most days, but I'm worried it will create a bad habit. I'd like to get him used to sleeping on his own for naps. </p> <p>We will do sleep training sometime around 4-6 months, but until then, what do I do?! I won't let him CIO at this point. I'm really torn between creating long-lasting habits (helping him sleep alone) or just doing what works right now(carrier). How do you handle this age's naps?!?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-three-is-longer#post-2785923 Sun, 12 Nov 2017 21:13:15 +0000 MsBAM 2785923@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hi all! </p> <p>Typically my 5mo takes three cat naps a day (30mins each). The last three days, his last nap of the day has been approx 1.5hrs. Is this him learning to connect sleep cycles or a growth spurt? I’ve also been sleep training at bedtime so not sure if that has any bearing on his last nap being longer than usual. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-falling-asleep-nursing#post-2781029 Fri, 20 Oct 2017 13:24:07 +0000 MsBAM 2781029@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hi everyone!</p> <p>I’ve posted before about my LO (4.5mo) only being able to fall asleep nursing. Well today, he was really tired and fighting me putting him to sleep nursing while my MIL was here. So, she tried rocking him (which I’ve tried before) and I couldn’t believe she got him to sleep in like five minutes?!?!? She even put him down and he didn’t wake up!! My husband and I have tried rocking him before too and it didn’t work! I usually side lie nurse then sneak off. Is this because he knows he doesn’t feed from her or should I try to put him to sleep this way to see if it works? I know he was overtired and hadn’t slept for almost 3.5 hours but I just can’t believe it!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-this-is-a-phase#post-2781159 Sat, 21 Oct 2017 13:24:57 +0000 Goldengirl 2781159@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO was always a catnapper until 7ish months or so when they mostly got longer. Now at 11 months this past week he's suddenly gone back to 30ish minutes and it's driving me bonkers. He's clearly so tired but just sits right up after 30 minutes and starts crying and won't settle back to sleep. He's sleep trained and falls asleep easily for the most part, with an occasional cry before... sometimes a hard one, but I'm pretty consistent with making him ride it out.</p> <p>Did anyone else go through a regression like this around 11 months? Tell me he'll go back to longer naps!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/30-minute-naps#post-2772281 Fri, 08 Sep 2017 04:02:54 +0000 kitty 2772281@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm so frustrated right now. My 3 month old LO just can't seem to get past 30 minutes for naps. We're on our 3rd day of attended sleep training, based on the baby whispered method. </p> <p>I put him in a swaddle suit in the bassinet, play white noise and place my hand on his chest. He cries for anywhere between 1 to 20 mins (this has been improving) then goes to sleep. I keep my hand on him with the intention of removing it when he goes into deeper sleep but he never transitions. He doesn't seem to be having major jolts, just a little one then a few minutes later starts opening his eyes. I have also tried removing my hand as soon as he goes to sleep but it makes no difference. </p> <p>He generally is awake for 1h 30m although it gets shorter due to these naps. He goes to bed around 7pm and sleeps well, waking for feeds at 1am and 5am then up for the day at 630 to 730am. </p> <p>Does anyone have any insight at all? He's so overtired and I'm going crazy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-with-the-older-sibling-when#post-2768585 Fri, 18 Aug 2017 13:49:09 +0000 kitty 2768585@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Trying to start a nap routine with a young baby?<br /> DS1 is 2, and DS2 is 2 months. I'm looking to start actually putting the baby in the bedroom for naps and get a wind down routine going but I know it won't be all that quick each time and I have no idea what to do with the 2 year old while I'm doing it. I think it's causing me problems because the bedrooms are all upstairs and the 2 year old usually needs supervision.</p> <p>Do I bring DS1 in with me? Put him in his room? Some other activity? Or do you have any tips for getting the baby routine moving along more quickly? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-help-5-month-old#post-2764486 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 13:50:37 +0000 raspberries 2764486@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Anyone have any tips for helping a 5 month old nap longer? My LO has always taken 45 minute naps and I can't for the life of me figure out how to stretch them longer. I've tried in the crib, in the pack n play, with white noise and black out curtains, and everything I can think of.</p> <p>For the record, he's not upset when he wakes up - it just hits 45 minutes on the mark and then he's rolling over and looking around or playing with his toes and talking until it's time to eat. And he sleeps through the night, so I know he's capable of sleeping through more than one sleep cycle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-time-for-a-35-month-old#post-2701647 Thu, 23 Feb 2017 12:31:44 +0000 Mrs. Marshmallow 2701647@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband and I are going to lose our minds. </p> <p>Our son is 15 weeks old and hates nap time. Once he is asleep, he is a good napper... but getting him to sleep is a feat of epic proportions. </p> <p>We've tried routines to gently prepare him for naps, we've tried sleep sacks, the Merlin suit and swaddling. We've tried getting him ready for the nap in different locations. Crib, bassinet. It all results in the same dramatic red face crying meltdown before we can calm him to a drowsy state, and he can actually fall asleep on his own once he's calm enough... but the lead up is very taxing on us. </p> <p>The amount of times I've given him gripe water because I'm desperate to just get him to calm down because I hate seeing him that distressed... I've lost count. </p> <p>The exception is that he will nap if we go for a long drive, wear him in a wrap or go for a walk in the stroller. The issue is we can't always do this, and we want him to learn how to nap and are hoping this is just a phase. The swing and/or mamaroo also don't work. </p> <p>We've tried putting him down the first cue of tiredness, the half way point and when he becomes fussy. </p> <p>Is there something we're missing? Not trying? HELP. </p> <p>Also - bedtime is never this dramatic. JUST naps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/napping-at-other-peoples-houses#post-2733462 Mon, 08 May 2017 20:16:51 +0000 Goldengirl 2733462@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Curious, where do you put LO (infant age) down for a nap when you're at someone else's house during the day (assuming there's no crib or PNP or whatever)? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/howwhen-did-your-cat-napper-start-to-take-better-naps#post-2732997 Sat, 06 May 2017 16:03:15 +0000 emilye519 2732997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Baby sleep is driving me crazy! DS is 14 weeks old and basically doesn't nap unless I hold him/nurse him or he wakes up after 15-20 minutes. He hasn't napped for longer than 30 minutes without being held since he was like 8 weeks old. I've resigned myself to the fact that he's just a terrible napper and I just hold him or he has crap naps if my daughter needs me. </p> <p>So my question is if you had a cat napper at this age did they outgrow it or did you have to actively do something to help them learn to nap better? DS sleeps pretty great at night, he's slept through the night or done 8 hour stretches severa times but for whatever reason naps are awful. So is there something I could/should be doing to help? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-naps#post-2724275 Fri, 14 Apr 2017 09:19:51 +0000 emilye519 2724275@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know baby sleep if forever changing and once you think you figure it out they change, but I'm losing my mind and don't know what to try next. </p> <p>DS is 11 weeks old and straight up does not nap. It has been weeks since he has napped longer than 30 minutes and really naps are 5-25 minutes. It takes me usually 25 - 90 minutes of rocking and shushing and patting to get him to sleep. It's completely ridiculous and I have a two year old who basically watches doc mcstuffins 12 hours a day because I'm constantly trying to get the baby to sleep or dealing with a cranky baby because he's only slept 25 minutes all day. I'm trying to do drowsy but awake but he just thrashes around in his swaddle and screams. I try to be really good about watching for his sleepy cues so that he doesn't get overtired but I'm wondering if he is under tired. It doesn't matter where I lay him down crib, bassinet, mamaroo, swing - he hates it all. </p> <p>By the afternoon he is just inconsolably screaming and we are all miserable. What do I do? We have blackout curtains, white noise, and he doesn't like the wrap or carrier - I can't get him to calm down in them. Am I just SOL? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/short-naps-2#post-2714421 Wed, 22 Mar 2017 14:31:28 +0000 Goldengirl 2714421@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 4 months and has started taking short naps. Typically 30-45 minutes tops, whereas before he'd often do at least one or two over an hour +. Today he did one that was 15 minutes, and now just did one that was FIVE. Before I could extend his naps when he was very tired with the pacifier, but now he's just wide awake and looks at me like I'm crazy. Gah!</p> <p>I'm not really looking for advice I guess, since I've read it's typical to have short naps at this stage... just commiseration! If your LO went through a phase like this, when did it end? Oh man I hope it is just a phase. I miss my quiet time! Lol. Not to mention he's a big grump when he's sleeping so little during the day...</p> <p>ETA I just realized I literally posted about this exact same thing a few weeks ago. I've clearly lost it. Oops! I will say though that before there were at least the occasional wonderful long nap. Now they're getting shorter every day. 5 minutes... what is that?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-morning-feeds-sleeping#post-2707778 Thu, 09 Mar 2017 10:27:44 +0000 Goldengirl 2707778@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO often wakes around 6:30AM to feed, and then gets tired pretty quickly after. For example, today he woke at 6:30 and was back sleeping by 7:15AM until 8:15AM. He is 4 months. Since he's not awake that long in the morning, I'm thinking his body sees this as more of a MOTN feeding than wake up for the day. Is that typical of LO's this age? And if so is he likely to eventually extend that feed until actual wake time? I just always feel confused if I count his sleep after that feed as a nap, or is it continuing the night... also not sure if we should be turning on the lights/saying "good morning!" etc. or just acting like it's middle of the night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/short-naps-1#post-2704956 Thu, 02 Mar 2017 10:37:28 +0000 Goldengirl 2704956@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 16 weeks and is notorious for taking short (30 minute) naps. Every once in awhile he'll be so tired and I can extend it a bit with a pacifier and he'll take a long one... but the short ones are more of the norm. I've read this can be pretty common for young babies. It's frustrating because it's hard for me to get much done in that time, and since he's not napping long enough to really get a good sleep, he's cranky/fussy pretty quickly and can't handle much awake time. So it feels like so much of our day is spent putting down for naps.</p> <p>I guess I'm just wondering for those with babies/kids who are further along, when did your LO's naps become a bit longer and a bit more predictable with timing? How old were they, and did you do anything, or did naps just consolidate and become longer on their own? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-way-to-lengthen-naps-for-my-8-week-old#post-2695896 Fri, 10 Feb 2017 18:24:52 +0000 Pumpkin Pie 2695896@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My almost 8 week old takes super super short naps. Like 10-20 mins. I recall LO1 taking at least 30 min naps, but LO2 will wake up 10-20 mins after I've put her down. All day, every day. After the 10-20 mins, I go in and rock her again. I did this with LO1 also, but I can't remember whether the naps lengthened naturally, or whether it was after nap training. </p> <p>Do they lengthen on their own, and when? </p>