Lost with what to do next, she STILL wont sleep in day!!!

[kirstylm]

Im posting in here as well as bottle feeding as im desperate!

My LO is turning into a right grump grump as she is so tired all day long cause she wont sleep in the day!! Shes 7 wks today.
The night time is fine she goes 4 hrs between each feed and is down by 10pm like clockwork!
But she resistes sleep so much and just wont let herself go down to snooze she just cries and cries and then wont take all her bottle as the sucking makes her tireed so she sleeps half way thru the bottle then wakes up when go to put her down.
Ive tried everything but nothing works!!
What should I do??? She lacking so much sleep and is becming so unhappy daily coz shes so over tired!

 

[LeannieB]

Hi. Have u got a swing for your LO? Sometimes when my little man was fighting his sleep and getting grumps I would put him in his swing and turn on the extractor fan and it would usually send him off to sleep. He will also sometimes nod off in his vibrating bouncy chair. Its so frustrating when u know they are tired and they wont go to sleep. Little monkeys!! xx

 

[dollych]

Hi. I'll be watching your thread as my Lo is exactly the same!!!. He is 8 weeks this Friday and just won't nap during the day. If he does, he only naps when we are out in the car or for 30 mins in his bouncy chair in the house. He is bottle fed too. We start our night time routine at 7pm which includes bath and a feed, but he only goes to sleep at 10pm and by then he is very grumpy and won't stop crying!!. Same as your Lo, he wakes every 4hrs for a feed. Any tips Mums to get our Lo's to nap???. xx

 

[Brockie]

hate to say it but for me it hasnt got any better!!! Kitty is 5 months old this week and STILL will only have maybe 1 x 15 min nap a day!!! she always goes down fine at bedtime and sleeps all night (7-5ish) but WILL NOT SLEEP IN THE DAY!!! i too have tried EVERYTHING and still daily put her down at set times in the hope she gets with the programme but she just won't play ball!

massive shock as my DS slept LOADS and still has a 2 hour sleep at lunch while Kitty is wide awake! today she got to 4.15pm and FINALLY gave in and is having 40 winks in her swing, i honestly think sleep is just luck of the draw x maybe someone else can help more?! xxx

 

[Mark&Annie]

What about babywearing or sleeping with her? You might find once she's used to sleeping during the day, she'll sleep alone.

 

[lynnikins]

put them in the pushchair and take them for a walk till they fall asleep or in the car you will have trouble in the evening getting them to sleep if they are overtired
swings also work for some people, but often their brains are developing so quickly that they just find it hard to sleep.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sML60YBpF-I this video calms down my baby and helps him relax although it doesnt send him to sleep

 

[kirstylm]

She sleeps in the car buy as soon as the car stops an I click the seatbelt to take her out she wakes up! Same with pushchair too as soon as I get home she wakes!
I've tried the carry thing on me and sh didn't like it he's too small for it still.
I don have a swing but do they have to be able to hold their head before they can go in a swing.
Also iv layed int he bed with her to try to get her to drift off and sometimes given her her dummy but she just fidgets for hrs and then cries when she's bored!
I feel exhausted

 

[Duffy]

Sounds like you got great advice already, I put Karissa in her swinger and turn it on and let her cry she only groans for about five minutes then out like a light.

 

[aliss]

I don have a swing but do they have to be able to hold their head before they can go in a swing.

No, mine has been in a swing since day 1!

 

[Adela Quested]

I don't have any great advice but if she's too tired to drink her whole bottle, maybe feed her until she falls asleep, then change her, then when she wakes up again give her the rest?

I am breastfeeding and Tom drinks for about 10 mins then he's asleep. My OH changes him and by then he's awake and hungry again, so I feed him for another ten mins and then he's usually all snoozy again. (This was recommended to me by the nurses and our home help.)

Tom is 4.5 weeks and also resists sleep a lot, so I can understand your frustration!

 

[lindblum]

Either i gave her a bath or made a hammock out of my hands and a towel and swung her to sleep. Can you try feeding her while she is settled where she will sleep? that way you won't have to move her.

In dd's crying phases i found the noise of the hairdryer helped to calm her down sometimes.

 

[sarahchops86]

hey my baby was born the same day as yours and the swing is the only thing that saves my sanity!!

 

[staycutee]

Sorry havent read the whole thread but have you got a sling? They often fall asleep in those and once she gets in the habit of it, she may eventually sleep in her cot/swing/bouncer duuring the day

 

[moomoo]

Your lo sounds exactly like mine at that age... I went to my doctor after 4 months of no sleeping in the day as she told me that some babies just need to learn to sleep!! So that's what happened to my lo, he hit 6 months and took 2 1 hour naps a day!! (didn't know what to do with myself!!)

We still have some problems now, he refuses to sleep in his buggy and in his car seat but things are 10 x better than they were!!

Just wanted to send you hugs, and to let you know there is a light at the end of the long tunnel!!

X

 

[SAmummy]

Sometimes they do grow out of it. Jed was a terrible catnapper and then at around 16 weeks started having much longer naps. I hope this happens for you !

 

[NG09]

My LO seems to settle when the hairdryer or hoover is going. My routine now is to get up, top and tail baby, get him dressed, give him a bottle, usually he'll drift off, then go for a shower, turn the hairdryer on low and cool and leave it on the table whilst I do my make up, hair, bottles, washing etc he sleeps soundly through it all so when he wakes I can spend time cuddling him without stressing about doing other things. Works a treat for me x

 

[Janidog]

Mine sleeps in his baby swing or vibrating bed which is good, but he is getting to that age where he is fighting sleep during the day

 

[MaybeMomSarah]

Have you tried swaddling?

 

[hivechild]

How long is she awake before you're trying to get her to nap? At that age a baby typically has a window of about an hour, give or take 15 minutes, from the moment they wake until they need to be asleep again. If you miss it, they go from tired to overtired very quickly and that's when they get wired and fight sleep for all they're worth, and unfortunately at that age the tired/overtired line is very fine and it's so easy to miss that you may not even realize you've missed it.

Maybe try getting her to sleep sooner and by whatever means and see how it goes. Don't worry about anyone telling you you're spoiling her or building a rod for your own back if you cuddle and rock her at this age.

Also, keep in mind that she's had a string of growth spurts since birth, with the latest around the 6 week mark and they're notoriously crabby and fussy and restless during spurts.

I hope you get it sorted and she starts napping better for you soon.

 

[hivechild]

Also, I know it can be hard because you just want some time to yourself at times, but if she's waking when you put here down but you know she needs the sleep, don't put her down. Put your feet up and something good on the telly, or get a good book and just relax and cuddle her for an hour or so so she gets a good rest. Sleep is so important for babies as it's when they do most of their growing and development that some couch cuddle time to ensure she gets it is a small sacrifice to make!