https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 05 Apr 2026 06:57:16 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-overtired-baby#post-384717 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:41:09 +0000 abmamma 384717@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks everyone. It is so frustrating to see her so tired. Its getting to the point that I can't even soothe her to sleep- she's so tired and just cries. And when I am able to get her to sleep, she wakes up after 30 minutes. And it all bleeds into her night sleep, making it worse the next day. I feel like a bad mom for not being able to help her sleep!</p> <p>I will try the baby wearing- I haven't been able to get the hang of the moby yet but will try that or the ergo again and see if that helps her go to sleep during the day. I just want to break the cycle so she can get some rest- it can't be good for her!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-overtired-baby#post-384547 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:29:56 +0000 winniebee 384547@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sounds like you've done what I would be doing/have done! It could be the 12 week growth spurt. My LO got wonky around that time. And then sleep got better for a few weeks and then night his sleep regressed around 14 weeks but improved once and for all around 18 weeks.....but his day sleep sucked starting around 4 months (30 minute naps, period.) At almost 6 months it looks like he may be turning a corner in the nap dept. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-overtired-baby#post-384470 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:11:52 +0000 Weagle 384470@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sounds like you're taking all the right steps. I second babywearing. Total sanity saver. And maybe you could try putting her down a little earlier. I know it seems like she will have just woken up. This too will pass! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-overtired-baby#post-383114 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 09:45:08 +0000 prettylizy 383114@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sounds like you've gone through a lot of what I would suggest already, the only things I might try beyond what you've listed are dreamfeeding (not sure if you're nursing or not) but I would lay down next to her in our bed and nurse her back to sleep then slip away and let her rest more. </p> <p>Otherwise I'd try babywearing naps- we have an ergo and a moby, and that was always a sure fire way to get her to snooze. </p> <p>Lastly, it gets better. I remember being in the thick of the 4 month sleep regression and thinking I'll never survive this, but it gets better. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-overtired-baby#post-383086 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 09:37:16 +0000 Rubies 383086@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When LO was around that age, if she woke up from a nap that was less than an hour, I would leave her in her crib and she would whine/yell/cry but after about 10-15 minutes of this she would fall back asleep on her own for another sleep cycle. While I'm not encouraging CIO (which I did with my LO but every parent is different), maybe you can leave your LO for a few minutes to see if she can put herself back to sleep?</p> <p>Everything you're doing sounds spot-on so I'm not sure what more to add to that! </p> <p>Maybe you can give your LO and extra long, comforting, and quiet nap-time routine? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-overtired-baby#post-383074 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 09:30:40 +0000 abmamma 383074@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hi all! I am a first time mom as well as a first time poster and am hoping to tap into the collective wisdom of the group to help my overtired newborn. A will be 11 weeks old tomorrow and although she has never been a GREAT sleeper, up until a few weeks ago she slept what I considered to be a fairly normal amount: 3-4 naps a day lasting an hour or two each and waking up a couple of times at night to eat. At 8.5 weeks we had 4 days in a row of 5-6 hours in one stretch at night and I thought we were finally seeing the longer sleep stretches I'd been dreaming of. Then everything started going downhill. For the last week or two, she has only really been napping for 30 mins at a time (with an occasional 1-2 hr nap thrown in) and is back to only going 2-3 hours in a single stretch at night (after the first stretch she often wakes up every hour or so unless we bring her into our bed which is a habit I'd rather not keep up). We are having a harder time getting her to go to sleep at night as well.</p> <p>I know sleep begets sleep and that an overtired child will have trouble going to sleep but I'm not sure how to break the cycle. I'm trying to put her down after no more than 60-90 mins of wakefulness to try and prevent her from crossing into overtired territory but these catnaps don't seem to be working and i can see it impacting her night sleep. We've also tried swaddling, white noise, the swing, and putting her down in her pack n play (she's not yet in her crib) for naps and nothing seems to help. </p> <p>Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! </p>