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sunny
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Need serious help
Katie refuses to nap. She will take a few 20 minute naps throughout the day but that is it. She is cranky all the time, and I know it is because she is not napping.
She has been doing well at night in her crib, but I can not get her to nap during the day at all and neither can daycare. She will fall asleep in the car sometimes, and will sometimes stay asleep in her carseat for a little while but nothing substantial.
I have tried putting her in her cib but she screams and will not fall asleep.
HELP!
Last week she took a three hour nap at daycare (a total fluke) and she was like a new baby, she was so good all night and not cranky at all.
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MABLE03
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Re: Need serious help
how old is she?
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| Posted 6/22/06 4:39 PM |
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sunny
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Re: Need serious help
almost 7 months.
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| Posted 6/22/06 4:44 PM |
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MABLE03
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Re: Need serious help
Maybe she needs to eat more?? I know that sounds weird but I noticed when my son would go through periods where we needed to increase the amount he ate he wouldn't sleep as well. When he had a really nice full tummy he would fall asleep no problem.
Also what if you try to pull her all morning and don't let her doze off at all.. Let her get really tired and then try to put her down in the afternoon and maybe she will take 1 good long nap instead of lots of little ones - I know this does not work for everyone but maybe its worth a try
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| Posted 6/22/06 4:49 PM |
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MrsJ
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Re: Need serious help
Oh I'm sorry - it's so hard when they dont nap and then they're so crabby.
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| Posted 6/22/06 4:51 PM |
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yankinmanc
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Re: Need serious help
Just some hugs as I have the EXACT same problem....
It makes for a very cranky and unhappy baby.
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| Posted 6/22/06 5:00 PM |
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sunny
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Re: Need serious help
Keeping her up when she is tired just makes it harder to fall asleep.
I have tried feeding her more, no help
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| Posted 6/22/06 5:03 PM |
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monkeybride
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Re: Need serious help
Is it too noisy or bright at home or daycare for her to nap?
For Miranda we had to make the room as dark as possible (hung a dark sheet over her window) and we have to close her door and keep the house quiet until she is asleep. This is the only way she can nap or go to sleep. She is a light sleeper and won't fall asleep if it's bright or there is a lot of things going on.
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| Posted 6/22/06 5:25 PM |
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sunny
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Re: Need serious help
Posted by monkeybride
Is it too noisy or bright at home or daycare for her to nap?
For Miranda we had to make the room as dark as possible (hung a dark sheet over her window) and we have to close her door and keep the house quiet until she is asleep. This is the only way she can nap or go to sleep. She is a light sleeper and won't fall asleep if it's bright or there is a lot of things going on.
Maybe. Maybe that is why she has been sleeping at night, because we are sleeping too and all is quiet.
But, I can not make daycare be quiet. I have no idea what to do.
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| Posted 6/22/06 5:30 PM |
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monkeybride
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Re: Need serious help
Posted by sunny
Posted by monkeybride
Is it too noisy or bright at home or daycare for her to nap?
For Miranda we had to make the room as dark as possible (hung a dark sheet over her window) and we have to close her door and keep the house quiet until she is asleep. This is the only way she can nap or go to sleep. She is a light sleeper and won't fall asleep if it's bright or there is a lot of things going on.
Maybe. Maybe that is why she has been sleeping at night, because we are sleeping too and all is quiet.
But, I can not make daycare be quiet. I have no idea what to do.
They don't have any separate kind of room for her to nap in where they could dim the lights and make it less noisy.
I feel for you because a cranky, tired baby is no fun. It took us forever to get a nap routine figured out.
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| Posted 6/22/06 5:39 PM |
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sunny
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No, no quiet room
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| Posted 6/22/06 5:52 PM |
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monkeybride
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Posted by sunny
No, no quiet room
That *****! It almost seems silly to expect a baby to sleep while all the other babies are doing who knows what but I don't know much about daycare. I hope you can figure something out.
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| Posted 6/22/06 5:54 PM |
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yankinmanc
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Re: Need serious help
I had a conversation with some of my friends yesterday about this very topic... I feed Noah basically whenever...he is a snacker and won't really have a whole bottle, he will have an oz and go back later for more...so my friends were suggesting that I feed him his brekkie early (7.30/8...whatever) when he is finished with that, don't feed him for another 2/3 hours. So make him go longer in between meals so he will eat more and fill himself up, therefore he will be more tireder and have a nap....
Are you feeding on a schedule? I am way too lazy to be so organized to do things on a schedule...so I just fudge it. But I am now trying this....what do you think?
You know, Noah does NOT nap. It makes my life hell because he is on me all day...I adore him, but want a free arm for at least some part of the day...
Anyway...I wonder if this might help you at all.
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| Posted 6/22/06 5:56 PM |
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sunny
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Re: Need serious help
I also feed her whenever she wants, but try and anticipate when she will be hungry. She kind of developed her own feeding schedule so although it is not exactly the same every day, it is pretty close.
She snacks a lot less and eats bigger bottles- I agree with your friend that it is better that way. (but what do I know, my baby won't nap)
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| Posted 6/22/06 6:09 PM |
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MrsR
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Re: Need serious help
is she getting put down for her first nap 1-2 hours after she wakes - if not she might be overtired and not napping because of it.
Have you asked your dr about this specifically - and did you tell them that CIO doesnt work?
does she have a "lovey" that she likes to sleep with? A doll? A rag? anything???? Maybe something that youcan sleep with for a few nights then give to her so it smells like you and she can relax better?
This is a toughy - I feel for you steph.
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| Posted 6/22/06 8:33 PM |
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sunny
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She does have a little lamb blanket she likes to sleep with.
Her first nap depends on when she wakes up and when they leave the house. If they leave 1 1/2 to 2 hours after she wakes up, she will fall asleep on the way in the car.
Otherwise she stays up.
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| Posted 6/22/06 8:37 PM |
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MrsR
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yeah - that nap is the most important one of the day and important she takes it. I know it's hard though with your schedules.
Hmm...you are going to have to send her over here for the weekend to my sleeping boot camp 
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btrflygrl
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I am going to jump on the wagon with MrsR here....
she is not napping BECAUSE she is so tired and probably needs as little stimulation as possible! I too hung a dark sheet over Alyson's window (it's just a sheer curtain otherwise) and she sleeps better.
With her first nap, sometimes it's as little as 1 hr 15 min that she makes her tired grunting noises and takes a bottle (after eating breakfast 30- 45 min previous).
In the afternoons, at home she'll nap better than at work (flourescent lights, noise etc.) and sometimes can stay awake for 3 hrs!
Try keeping a log/journal/....when she eats, what and how much she eats, when she goes down for a nap, what her drowsy signals are (Aly gets bags under her eyes and grunts) and how long she naps for.
You'll see a pattern....and if she gives you a hard time, try putting her down 20 min earlier. We're at a 6pm ish bedtime and she sleeps till 7am!
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emc
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Re: Need serious help
I kind of think its the age...some of my friends and I are in the same boat. Logan is almost 6 months and my friend's kids are 6 1/2 and 8 months and none of them nap. ALL catnaps. Today I worked and my mother and stepmom split the day. Both said he napped a total of 15 minutes TOPS. I put him down tonight at 7:30. He usually goes 8/8:30. We'll see where the night leads us I feel for you.
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Same boat here. Jacob is a horrible napper. If I'm lucky on a good day i will get an hour in the morn and an hour in the afternoon, but mostly its just 30 min. He wont nap in his crib so he's still swinging away. Even in the swing sometimes i only get 30 min. But the one thing i must say in his defense is he is a happy baby during the day for the most part. But if she's cranky i do feel for you, cause there are days when he is just impossible! And makes this NOISE like a car that wont start and it goes right thru me after a while!! I have no answers.. just
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mommy2bella
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OMG, this WAS Bella at 7 months....She refused to take naps and when she did, it was like 29 minutes on the dot. Daycare and I tried everything, even moved her crib to a less noisy area of the room. We used to call her "Queen of the Cat-nap"...even at home, she was like a freakin' clock, it's like she thought she was missing something...
Finally, she just started getting tired enough to go down for an hour, sometimes more...but it is still a total c rapshoot and DH and I joke when we get her daycare sheet at the end of the day trying to guess how much (or how little) she slept...
She does sleep better at home, but sometimes she doesn't want to go down and there is no fighting it. I learned to just put her in her crib when I noticed a few hours have passed or she rubs her eyes and she sometimes will take up to a half hour to go to sleep
I just wish they knew that we KNOW what is gonna help them and just did it 
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| Posted 6/22/06 9:42 PM |
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Bxgell2
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Posted by mommy2bellabean
OMG, this WAS Bella at 7 months....She refused to take naps and when she did, it was like 29 minutes on the dot. Daycare and I tried everything, even moved her crib to a less noisy area of the room. We used to call her "Queen of the Cat-nap"...even at home, she was like a freakin' clock, it's like she thought she was missing something...
Finally, she just started getting tired enough to go down for an hour, sometimes more...but it is still a total c rapshoot and DH and I joke when we get her daycare sheet at the end of the day trying to guess how much (or how little) she slept...
She does sleep better at home, but sometimes she doesn't want to go down and there is no fighting it. I learned to just put her in her crib when I noticed a few hours have passed or she rubs her eyes and she sometimes will take up to a half hour to go to sleep
I just wish they knew that we KNOW what is gonna help them and just did it
Sounds just like Alex. She's 9 months and there's STILL no rhyme or reason to her naps. She goes to sleep every night at 7pm, wakes every day at 6am but ever day is different for her naps! And it really does seem like she fights it like a little devil because she doesn't want to miss anything...
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| Posted 6/22/06 9:45 PM |
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sunny
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yeah - that nap is the most important one of the day and important she takes it. I know it's hard though with your schedules.
Hmm...you are going to have to send her over here for the weekend to my sleeping boot camp
Do you mean it??????
Sounds like a plan to me!
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| Posted 6/22/06 10:11 PM |
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Re: Need serious help
Not a mom yet, so I can't offer any advice, but I'm currently reading Dr. Weissbluth's book- seems like he has some suggestions that might work- have you read his book? Lots of luck &
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| Posted 6/22/06 11:14 PM |
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sunny
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Posted by annie
Not a mom yet, so I can't offer any advice, but I'm currently reading Dr. Weissbluth's book- seems like he has some suggestions that might work- have you read his book? Lots of luck &
I have, last night I tried puttimg her to bed early. We will see what happens.
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