https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 13 Jun 2026 21:07:53 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/7-week-old-will-only-nap-on-someone#post-2286615 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 13:37:36 +0000 Mae 2286615@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>lol i'm impressed you're motivated to be productive at 7 weeks :) My LO slept best on me until 8 weeks then randomly started sleeping awesomely on her own in her pack n play bassinet (where she slept at night). That lasted until 4mo regression then she would only sleep on me again until about 6.5 mo when we sleep trained. But until 14 mo she still had times she would only sleep on me honestly. I'm a SAHM with low expectations of my job description beyond raising my kid so I just rolled with it ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/7-week-old-will-only-nap-on-someone#post-2286568 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 13:03:13 +0000 ShootingStar 2286568@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had the same issue when DS was a newborn. We did have luck sometimes if we swaddled him and got him fully asleep and then placed him in the swing. The swing never put him to sleep, but it would help keep him asleep. Sometimes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/7-week-old-will-only-nap-on-someone#post-2286532 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 12:34:50 +0000 Herrade 2286532@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm holding my 3.5 month old for a nap right now. She wakes up the instant her head touches the crib mattress. She's a great night sleeper but a crappy napper. It's super important to me to get her daytime sleep (otherwise she's terribly fussy) so I take the whatever-it-takes approach to napping. I'm not prepared to sleep train at this point, so I try to just enjoy the snuggles, use the time to read or catch up on emails, etc. I try to put her in the crib from time to time, but for now I'm prepared to take the transition slowly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/7-week-old-will-only-nap-on-someone#post-2286345 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 09:02:22 +0000 snowjewelz 2286345@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sounds about right. My 9 mo old still wants to be held for naps, lol! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/7-week-old-will-only-nap-on-someone#post-2286266 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 07:03:14 +0000 catomd00 2286266@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sounds normal to me. I held my daughter for pretty much every nap while on Mat leave, then our nanny did after that. Mostly because j wanted to but it also prolonged th. it wasn't until 5 months she would take long (45-60 min) naps in her crib. She would nap in the swing too. She had no issues transitioning to sleeping solo. The fourth trimester is all about survival. Try to enjoy the baby snuggkes and don't worry about not getting anything done! You won't regret holding baby more! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/7-week-old-will-only-nap-on-someone#post-2286247 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 06:36:01 +0000 Mamag511 2286247@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My dd was exactly like this at that age! I want to say it got better around 12 weeks for us - we just worked really hard at naps. I would put her in her crib when she was sound asleep, even if it was for 20 minutes and she has gotten used to it. She still sleeps better on me, but she has worked her way up to 40-60 min naps. Hang in there :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/7-week-old-will-only-nap-on-someone#post-2286245 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 06:31:57 +0000 charleysmom 2286245@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sorry you are going through this but it does get better. My LO had to be held for her naps, and we had to make sure she was sound asleep before putting her in the crib at night. She hated the swing and I had to rock her while standing. I would also drive her around in the car when rocking didn't work. It sucked. And then at 6 months we sleep trained her and literally overnight she was a new baby. She learned how to fall asleep on her own and put herself back to sleep. Hang in there! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/7-week-old-will-only-nap-on-someone#post-2286193 Tue, 08 Sep 2015 22:50:27 +0000 BabyTsMom 2286193@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Portboston: This was me and LO, from about 5 weeks till about 4/5 months. I'm pretty sure I posted all about it last year. I couldn't even put him down for naps, not even for a minute. It was kind of torture. I was spending literally 3-4 hours a day in his nursery, on the glider. It didn't get better until we sleep trained. He was fine motn but we sleep trained for bedtime and that was really all he needed to figure out how to fall asleep on his own. So I didn't really have to nap train.<br /> (Of course, now, I miss those days because now he can only sleep in his crib!) I just sucked it up and held him because I preferred to hold him and have him sleep vs. him not sleeping at all. I got by by reading a lot on my kindle, and watching lots of netflix on my phone with earbuds. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/7-week-old-will-only-nap-on-someone#post-2286152 Tue, 08 Sep 2015 21:03:16 +0000 Portboston 2286152@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@getjazzy: ahhhh us and our challenging babies....I'm currently going on +2 hours just laying on my bed with him on me. I know he's going to wake up soon to eat so I'm riding it out. Good thing I haven't had to pee!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/7-week-old-will-only-nap-on-someone#post-2286143 Tue, 08 Sep 2015 20:48:57 +0000 getjazzy 2286143@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Portboston: I feel like we are kindred spirits through our "challenging" babies. I'm lucky if DD will even nap on me, some days she literally won't even fall asleep on me. Today she did after being over tired allll day so I held her for her nap.. For 3 hours!! I can't even get a glass of water for fear of waking her up. Oddly enough, she sleeps perfectly at night?! If she didn't get so grouchy during the day due to her lack of sleep it probably wouldn't be so bad. Getting nothing done here. I think I'm going to start recreating her night routine and laying her down for naps upstairs to see if it helps. Hang in there! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/7-week-old-will-only-nap-on-someone#post-2286140 Tue, 08 Sep 2015 20:44:27 +0000 MenagerieMama 2286140@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep - that was my LO. I think around 2 mo I started trying to have her first nap be in the crib. It was usually an epic fail but she made up for it later on. Maybe after a month she would take that first nap solidly in the crib and then I just went from there. Maybe by 4 months she was 85% crib napping and 5 mo all crib naps and transitioning from the PnP in our room to crib at night as well. She hated being swaddled but we would do it after she fell asleep so she wouldn't startle herself awake. When we switched her to the zipadeezip around 3 mo that really helped her to learn how to fall asleep on her own and was key for her crib naps, because we didn't have to do the careful rock, hold, stealth place into crib and swaddle like a velcro ninja trick any more.</p> <p>ETA: Never used a swing/bouncer/RnP for sleep (too paranoid about SIDS risk) and we used white noise (ocean) for a sleep cue which I think helped a lot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/7-week-old-will-only-nap-on-someone#post-2286139 Tue, 08 Sep 2015 20:42:56 +0000 ldh112 2286139@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Portboston: same with my 11 week old! It's gotten better in the last 10 days- but her naps are still quite short :( all I can say is just keep trying - we started singing the same song to her which has become a moderately good sleep cue. We still have nap fails but it's gradually improving- hang in there!</p> <p>ETA we are still not able to put her down awake for naps/bed time. But it's still a victory when you can put them down asleep. :) One thing at a time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/7-week-old-will-only-nap-on-someone#post-2286134 Tue, 08 Sep 2015 20:36:19 +0000 Kemma 2286134@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Portboston: 6-7 weeks was around when I did "bed boot camp" as my little guy was developing serious preference for sleeping in the Ergo! </p> <p>My parents were staying so they basically managed the toddler so I could work on getting my son sleeping in his cot. I spent the week doing whatever I could to encourage him to sleep at thirty minutes in his cot (some days I wouldn't leave the room while he napped), but he finally got the hang of napping in the cot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/7-week-old-will-only-nap-on-someone#post-2286132 Tue, 08 Sep 2015 20:35:03 +0000 Portboston 2286132@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Corduroy: @catlady: glad to hear my kid is relatively normal and will grow out of it (hopefully soon!!) I love love the snuggles but I would also love to be a tiny bit more productive during the day! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/7-week-old-will-only-nap-on-someone#post-2286131 Tue, 08 Sep 2015 20:32:57 +0000 Portboston 2286131@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsrugbee: oh thank goodness!!!!!</p> <p>@Mrs. Oatmeal: I'm so close!!!! Glad to hear that. I've heard 6-8 weeks is peak fussiness so maybe once we hit 8 weeks I'll start trying to put him down more! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/7-week-old-will-only-nap-on-someone#post-2286128 Tue, 08 Sep 2015 20:29:18 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 2286128@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Portboston: I think this lasted until about 2/2.5 months. We started putting her down in the swing (which was still a bit of a 'crutch'), and though she never really napped longer than about 40 minutes at a time on her own, the swing was a big help. We transitioned to a crib for naps around 4 months, and it was pretty tough, but she learned to fall asleep mostly on her own, and actually napped in a crib. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/7-week-old-will-only-nap-on-someone#post-2286124 Tue, 08 Sep 2015 20:25:20 +0000 mrsrugbee 2286124@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Portboston: what I meant is between 3-11 mo the naps were relatively consistent. Then 11-15 mo were a disaster :-o </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/7-week-old-will-only-nap-on-someone#post-2286117 Tue, 08 Sep 2015 20:18:12 +0000 Portboston 2286117@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: glad to hear it got better for a while!!! I'm hestitant to even think about doing CIO eventually (obviously not for a while) because he seems to be an escalator so I'm not sure it will work for us. Hopefully we'll be able to figure something out. </p> <p>@mrsrugbee: 11 months!? Wow. I may be in the looney bin by then. Right now LO belly sleeps due to the reflux and uses a pacifier as well (though he doesn't keep it in his mouth well!) maybe he will grow out of it soon. There are so many things I never knew about babies!!!</p> <p>@Elizabear: LO's not a huge fan of the swing but seems to like the mamaroo so far (we got one used). I'm going to keep experimenting with it since we just got it today. I'm so glad to hear your LO is off Zantac at 4 months. It breaks my heart to watch my little guy hurting (it's not nearly as bad with the Zantac but still uncomfortable). I'm hoping he will be off by 3/4 months!</p> <p>All you ladies give me hope!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/7-week-old-will-only-nap-on-someone#post-2286115 Tue, 08 Sep 2015 20:16:59 +0000 Corduroy 2286115@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My kids were like this. At 7 weeks I was still holding my son most of the night (after the first wake up). Now at almost 3 months he sleeps in his crib all night and for his morning naps. Sometimes they are 20 minutes but occasionally I get 2 hour surprises. I still have to hold him or wear him in the afternoon. Baby steps for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/7-week-old-will-only-nap-on-someone#post-2286112 Tue, 08 Sep 2015 20:13:50 +0000 catlady 2286112@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine was like this too but around this age, we discovered she would nap in the swing for at least a few of her naps each day. It made my life so much easier to be able to put her down for a little while each day. Transitioning out of that was tricky but probably no worse than transitioning out of having her sleep on me or in the stroller. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/7-week-old-will-only-nap-on-someone#post-2286107 Tue, 08 Sep 2015 20:08:52 +0000 lady grey 2286107@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, my son was exactly like this. He would only nap in the car or being held until we did sleep training at 4.5 months </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/7-week-old-will-only-nap-on-someone#post-2286106 Tue, 08 Sep 2015 20:07:50 +0000 Elizabear 2286106@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I could have written this post. My dd is four months this week. She has reflux well and needed her head to be in a slightly tipped back position to be comfortable. My husband and I spent her first 8 weeks spitting thr night staying awake holding her up. At that time I couldn't put her down, would shower before my husband left to work, held her in my arms to use the bathroom. I don't remember exactly when it got better but around. 10 weeks a friend of mine let me borrow a swing, not the mamaroo which we returned cause dd hated it. She would nap in the swing and if was so great! Then we slept her in the swing, not turned on at night and she would sleep 5-6 hrs. Now she's 4 months old this week and naps and sleeps in her pack and play next to our bed (In Merlin sleep suit- the best invention every). I think that started around 3 months as I remember before she was born thinking she d be in her own room by three months and we were thrilled she was out of arms by 3 months. Hang in there, it does get better. I've had her off the Zantac for over a month now too. You are doing great! You will survive! And eventually you will feel like you can do it again w another baby! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/7-week-old-will-only-nap-on-someone#post-2286104 Tue, 08 Sep 2015 20:04:05 +0000 Ginabean3 2286104@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is my soon to be 6 week old and it drives me nuts..... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/7-week-old-will-only-nap-on-someone#post-2286103 Tue, 08 Sep 2015 20:03:03 +0000 mrsrugbee 2286103@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sounds like a regular 7 week old. I couldn't even get away with placing DD down. She'd wake up instantly. </p> <p>I changed a couple of things that got her sleeping off me around 2 mo. First, I realised she wanted to comfort suck but refused a pacifier so I taught her to suck her thumb. I also decided to place her on her tummy to sleep, so she could reach her thumb. I got her on an eat-play-sleep schedule to differentiate feeds from sleeping time. In the end, that got naps under control until around 11 mo when she dropped thumb sucking and it all went out the window. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/7-week-old-will-only-nap-on-someone#post-2286102 Tue, 08 Sep 2015 20:02:19 +0000 Smurfette 2286102@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! My little would wake up 90% of the time we put her down for a nap. Night time we had to hold her till she feel asleep but then she started sleeping 10+ hours around 11/12 weeks. Then the sleep regression started and all hell broke loose.</p> <p>It didn't get better till we sleep trained. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/7-week-old-will-only-nap-on-someone#post-2286096 Tue, 08 Sep 2015 19:53:36 +0000 Portboston 2286096@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 7 week old sleeps ok at night (about 3 wake ups to nurse or wake ups due to reflux) the night stretches are about 2.5-3 hours. day time sleep is not as good. He fights sleep like crazy, has to be rocked or walked to sleep and then can not be put down. If I do put him in his crib or bassinet it will last about 20 min before he wakes up. This means I'm not productive during the day &amp; spend a lot of time in bed with him on me. I utilize the ergo a LOT but obviously can't do everything with that on aka shower certain cleaning etc. </p> <p>Has anyone had experience with this? I know he's still young but I'm wondering when he'll grow out of it. I'm willing to sacrifice for now because it's important for him to get sleep but I don't want him to have to nap on someone forever! </p>