https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:10:21 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nappingsleeping-troubles#post-2668029 Tue, 20 Dec 2016 11:51:43 +0000 arosebyany 2668029@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sorry your having to deal with this, I know how hard it is! I honestly just went through a lot of tears, because DS would not let me set him down for the first 6 months ever! even if I waited for him to fall asleep and waited till I was sure he was in a deeper sleep the second he left my arms, he would wake up. I evenheld him at night for night sleep. He had a lot of issues though including MSPI, and colic so looking back now I think he was just in pain and wanted my comfort, and then around 6 months old he became a different child and now people freak out about how easily he goes to sleep and the fact that he goes to sleep on his own. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nappingsleeping-troubles#post-2668010 Tue, 20 Dec 2016 11:36:21 +0000 DesertDreams88 2668010@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p><a href="http://Www.mybabysleepsite.com" rel="nofollow">http://Www.mybabysleepsite.com</a> really helped me, too, at this age </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nappingsleeping-troubles#post-2668008 Tue, 20 Dec 2016 11:35:50 +0000 DesertDreams88 2668008@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I personally did NOT like holding LO for naps, so we worked on independent sleeping early on... have you tried a swing, a bouncer, a RnP, swaddling., dark room, white noise? Find a combination that works for him, but that doesn't require holding... I found that my mental psyche really improved when I had nap time for myself. And how often does he go between naps? I would not let LO go past an hour awake at that time. </p> <p>Also, are you going back to work and when? Bc that influenced how I handled naps, bc I wanted him ready for childcare. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nappingsleeping-troubles#post-2667875 Tue, 20 Dec 2016 09:08:25 +0000 Goldengirl 2667875@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Miss Ariel: @erinbaderin: Ok, glad to know I'm not doing anything "bad"...I get really nervous that I'm setting us up for disaster down the road, but I really feel I have no other options right now since it's not like I can just put him down in his crib and leave him for an hour (without him crying like crazy, that is!).</p> <p>At what point is there at least some sort of nap "schedule"? I.e. do I keep just following his cues when he's tired and let him sleep then, or does it become more of a predictable pattern? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nappingsleeping-troubles#post-2667130 Sun, 18 Dec 2016 21:20:51 +0000 erinbaderin 2667130@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think W was about four months before I started putting him down to nap in his bassinet and even then I'd rock him to sleep first. At about five months I established his bedtime routine (story, lullabye, white noise) but still rocked him to sleep. I think having a solid routine helped when I was finally ready to put him down awake. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nappingsleeping-troubles#post-2667129 Sun, 18 Dec 2016 21:16:57 +0000 Miss Ariel 2667129@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ds is 8 weeks old and your naps sound pretty similar to ours. With dd we kept her napping in the rocknplay in the living room till she was about 4 months. At that point we nap trained her to sleep in her crib and that's likely what we'll do again this time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nappingsleeping-troubles#post-2667128 Sun, 18 Dec 2016 21:12:18 +0000 mrswin 2667128@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Goldengirl: Do you swaddle? I found my DD also was calmed by white noise. If I could do it again I would try to see if I could get her to sleep in her bassinet with a swaddle, white noise and darkness </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nappingsleeping-troubles#post-2667126 Sun, 18 Dec 2016 21:11:16 +0000 cam 2667126@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's tough, and I know it's hard to believe it'll improve! My DS definitely napped on us for a while and the carrier was a big help because I didn't feel so trapped. And also had to be fast asleep before I put him down. I'm trying to remember the exact time line of when transitions happened but I'm not sure. At some point he just wasn't able anymore to fall asleep in noisy/busy places so that wasn't much of a choice. I know I had heard that 3 months was a turning point for a lot of people but for us it was more like 5-6 months until I was happier with things. But it absolutely will happen! He is a fantastic sleeper now and has been since 10 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nappingsleeping-troubles#post-2667124 Sun, 18 Dec 2016 21:10:19 +0000 Portboston 2667124@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son was like this. I had to be wearing him in the ergo or holding him. He HATED wraps. At around 2 months I started putting him in his swing while I showered. He cried but eventually got used to it. I needed a break and the shower helped slightly drown out his cries. I also suffered from PPD mostly because of the lack of sleep.<br /> At 3.5 months we sleep trained for him putting himself to sleep. I wish we would have done it sooner. The first night he cried for 7 minutes. It was so easy!!! We didn't sleep train for MOTN wake ups until much later...I think around 9 months. But my son still prefers to be held and he's 17 months! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nappingsleeping-troubles#post-2667122 Sun, 18 Dec 2016 20:58:59 +0000 mrswin 2667122@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Goldengirl: I had to bounce or step outside for a couple minutes after I would put her in until she settled down a bit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nappingsleeping-troubles#post-2667121 Sun, 18 Dec 2016 20:55:11 +0000 Goldengirl 2667121@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrswin: He seemed to like it for a couple days and then all of a sudden was screaming when I tried to put him in it! I'll have to try again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nappingsleeping-troubles#post-2667118 Sun, 18 Dec 2016 20:50:46 +0000 mrswin 2667118@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Goldengirl: My DD was like this and it was hard to handle, I really struggled. What worked for me was to wear her in the KTan, she liked being close to me at least in the KTan I could get up, move around, etc </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nappingsleeping-troubles#post-2667117 Sun, 18 Dec 2016 20:41:53 +0000 Goldengirl 2667117@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 5-week old loves to sleep in our arms/on our chests, but hates being put down. If we want to put him down, we have to pretty much rock him/calm him until he's in a deep sleep, then veeeery carefully put him down. This sometimes works, but the longest he'll last is probably an hour (and often it's WAY less) before screaming and needing to be picked up and soothed again. It's a very long and tiring process for everyone.</p> <p>I know this is too early to do any type of sleep training, I'm just wondering if anyone else went through this kind of things with their babies, and if so, when/how did they grow out of it. I read about others whose babies are sleeping beautifully in their bassinets/cribs/swings from the early weeks, and I am so envious.</p> <p>I know all babies are different and have different temperaments.. ours happens to be pretty fussy/colicky... but if you experienced a similar situation, I'd love to know how you got through it. I've been diagnosed with PPD/PPA and know that his unfortunate sleeping habits are a big contribution to what I'm going through, so just looking for a bit of hope.</p> <p>Also at what point did you bring any sort of structure to your baby's napping/sleeping? I.e. putting them "down" for naps in a quiet area, vs just letting them sleep wherever you are, with noise around, etc. I don't really have any structure because his sleep is so unpredictable that if I'm lucky enough to get him to fall asleep, I just kind of keep him wherever he is... i.e. on top of me, while I'm watching TV during the day. I hope to eventually get to a point where I can actually put him in his pack 'n play for a couple hours but he just won't go for it now! </p>