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 Sun, May 28 2023, 4:07 am
My 6 month old will not sleep without being held for naps. He'll be up for 2.5 hours, be so tired, fall right asleep, then when I put him down he'll sleep for less than 10 minutes before waking up. Then he usually doesn't fall back to sleep even if I rock him. I dont know what to do at this point, I can't keep having to hold him for naps, since I get stuck with him and can't get stuff that I need to do done. Anyone have any tips? Do I just keep putting him down and if he wakes up so be it? Could this be a 6 month sleep regression?
Also, he sleeps at night, but only after we rock him to sleep for a long time, and we're planning on sleep training him to help him self soothe better when he's a bit older, in like 6 weeks.
I want him to sleep so he can be rested and healthy. I just dont know what to do to help him
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SG18
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Sun, May 28 2023, 4:48 am
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Have you tried putting him down on his stomach for naps?
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Sun, May 28 2023, 5:43 am
Try this:
1. Wrap him in a blanket firmly, like a hug.
2. Hold him to sleep.
3. Place him in a crib on top of something that smells like you - shirt, scarf, etc.
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If he's also suffering from reflux, then that may be waking him up when he lies flat. In that case, fold a towel and put it under the crib mattress to elevate it on one end. His head should be higher than his belly.
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Rappel
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Sun, May 28 2023, 5:44 am
| amother OP wrote: | | Yes, but he doesn't like being on his tummy unfortunately |
Is his tummy hard/gassy?
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amother
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Sun, May 28 2023, 1:23 pm
| amother OP wrote: | My 6 month old will not sleep without being held for naps. He'll be up for 2.5 hours, be so tired, fall right asleep, then when I put him down he'll sleep for less than 10 minutes before waking up. Then he usually doesn't fall back to sleep even if I rock him. I dont know what to do at this point, I can't keep having to hold him for naps, since I get stuck with him and can't get stuff that I need to do done. Anyone have any tips? Do I just keep putting him down and if he wakes up so be it? Could this be a 6 month sleep regression?
Also, he sleeps at night, but only after we rock him to sleep for a long time, and we're planning on sleep training him to help him self soothe better when he's a bit older, in like 6 weeks.
I want him to sleep so he can be rested and healthy. I just dont know what to do to help him |
Baby carrier. So normal that they want to be held for naps. Loved contact naps
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amother
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Sun, May 28 2023, 1:37 pm
| amother OP wrote: | Thanks for all the replies! Id love to do baby carrying, but he's so heavy so its hard for me to carry him for all of his naps. And beH we will start sleep training, just first we want to make sure he can get sufficient sleep during the day before trying to "wean" him off needing to be rocked to sleep.
So today we just tried to put him down for every nap. The first nap he slept literally 8 minutes, the second around 25, the third around 30. Obviously that isn't enough sleep for the day for a 6 month old. So is it better to have him have a few sleepless days and learn to nap in his crib or just hold him? I'm trying to think long term about his sleep habits but he was so grumpy today it was hard to keep my resolve  |
Sounds like progress! Keep just putting him down, don't lose hope.
If you teach him to self soothe at night, it will also help him self soothe during the day. And once he sleeps better at night, that will help him sleep better during the day. So it might be better to help his night time sleep first - if you wait for his daytime sleep to improve before sleep training, you may be waiting longer than you'd like.
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I feel pretty confident he's okay BH
