daytime naps
My little one is so grumpy. She won't sleep and if she does its with alot of hard work and not for very long. Shes 3 months old. Ive tried putting her in her cot and she just screams ive tried puttingher in hercot once shes fallen asleep for her to go longer she wakes.Ive tried letting her nap in various places downstairs nothing works. She then cant take her bottle as shes so tired and grumpy and just screams all day even at baby groups etc.
Please help
Michelle
Please help
Michelle
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Have you tried putting her in her buggy? My brother would only sleep in his buggy during the day when he was a baby.
Or white noise? My boys love it if I shush loudly when theyre tired.
Do you have a naptime routine so she knows when its time for sleep? I do a similar routine to my bedtime routine (our bath is in the morning so we dont have that in our bedtime routine) of nappy change, story, lights out in sleeping bags in cot.
Does she have a dummy? This can sometimes help to relax little ones.
Do you swaddle her? If shes waking from her naps that she does have because shes waking herself swaddling during the day might help. I stopped swaddling at night but still swaddled during the day for a while.
Cant think of anything else at the moment but will have a think.
HTH
Gemma, Ryan and Alfie 21+2
Otherwise I can't really add to what Gemma has said. I definitely found that using a dummy to calm my LO down before a nap really helped. I take it out when he's drowsy or half asleep and he just drifts off. If he's really fractious I also pat his back while saying "shhhh" which seems to work too - I got that from the Baby Whisperer!
The timing of the naps is quite important too - after you've fed and changed her, let her play on a mat or something while you watch her. At the first signs of sleepiness (yawning or rubbing her eyes) take her into her room, which should be as dark as possible and just sit quietly with her with no stimulation for a couple of mins (with a dummy if she's upset) before putting her in her cot.
If you miss that "sleep window" then they get overtired and it is much harder to get them off to sleep.
I also second the swaddle - my LO usually fights the swaddle but he definitely sleeps longer and better with it than without it. Otherwise he wakes himself up by hitting himself in the face etc. I highly recommend the Miracle Blanket which you can get from Mothercare, it's fantastic.
Good luck!!
Definately visit the www.babywhisperer.com website - it's really helped my LO!
Gi and Thomas 10 weeks & 4 days xx
Also like others have said I make sure she is warm, not hot but not cold, and she definatly sleeps better x