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tova4




 
 
    
 

Post Fri, Jun 09 2023, 3:06 am
help! my 5 month old sleeps well at night, but he refuses to sleep during the daytime - thus he becomes extremely agitated as he gets tired but is too round up to go to sleep. - he rock him, sit with him, but it doesn't seem to help....
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amother




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Post Fri, Jun 09 2023, 3:08 am
Whats his schedule like? How many naps? How long in between them?
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tova4




 
 
    
 

Post Fri, Jun 09 2023, 3:13 am
I try to give him at least 2 naps a day = and usually there are like 3-5 hours between them -
I would give him more naps, but even for these two naps he falls asleep very difficultly, and wakes up like after a half hour.
he does give me like 12 hours a night- though he wakes up like twice for a feeding.
last night he went to bed around 9:00 pm, he slept till like 10:00 am this morning, with waking up twice for feedings. He seems exhausted now at 1:00 but I'm finding it very difficult to get him to sleep.
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LovesHashem




 
 
    
 

Post Fri, Jun 09 2023, 3:24 am
My babies don't sleep well during the day until I start solids. It was like a switch flipped. Is he showing any signs of being ready for solids? You may want to try
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bsy




 
 
    
 

Post Fri, Jun 09 2023, 3:39 am
tova4 wrote:
I try to give him at least 2 naps a day = and usually there are like 3-5 hours between them -
I would give him more naps, but even for these two naps he falls asleep very difficultly, and wakes up like after a half hour.
he does give me like 12 hours a night- though he wakes up like twice for a feeding.
last night he went to bed around 9:00 pm, he slept till like 10:00 am this morning, with waking up twice for feedings. He seems exhausted now at 1:00 but I'm finding it very difficult to get him to sleep.

3 to 5 hours between naps might be too long. Try putting him to sleep after 2 or 2.5 hours.
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amother




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Post Fri, Jun 09 2023, 4:00 am
tova4 wrote:
I try to give him at least 2 naps a day = and usually there are like 3-5 hours between them -
I would give him more naps, but even for these two naps he falls asleep very difficultly, and wakes up like after a half hour.
he does give me like 12 hours a night- though he wakes up like twice for a feeding.
last night he went to bed around 9:00 pm, he slept till like 10:00 am this morning, with waking up twice for feedings. He seems exhausted now at 1:00 but I'm finding it very difficult to get him to sleep.

It sounds like he is getting overtired. I would aim for 3 naps with 2- 2.5 hours between. 30 minute naps are ok to start. He will get used to it. Let him fuss a bit when he wakes at 30 mins. He may fall back asleep. You just have to keep a consistant schedule.
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