8 Week Old Napping Problems

If he's sleeping, then let the kid sleep where he wants. His preference will change and you'll be asking this same question again when he stops sleeping at all...lol.

We had a similar experience and what we found to help was to swaddle our daughter like we did for night-time.

Is there a reason you don't want your baby to nap in a swing? A nap is a nap right? Our daughter's pedi said it was fine early on and some babies just need those extra snuggle like places to nap.

If it's a matter of being held, I'd suggest a Moby wrap! Best gift I got for my 2nd child, wish I would have had it for my 1st.

Sleeping paterns will be an ever-changing part of your life for a few months and possibly, a couple of years. If he's comfortable sleeping in his swing or with his mama, then he's getting what he needs.If you can't hold him or feel uncomfortable co-sleeping, then allow him to sleep in his swing. You could even put the swing in his room if you need to make noise around the house that might be disturbing to him...just be sure to keep an eye/ear on that baby monitor. At 8 weeks, don't expect a consistant routine...this isn't something that he can just "get past".

He may find it difficult to sleep when he sees some day light. Night not a problem, daytime everyone is busy but him, so he thinks he's missing out. You keep him busy in either the swing or the car movement until he literally passes out. You might just have to do the tuff love thing in his room until he get he's not going to be indulged. If you don't he will continue this pattern until he's old enough not to need naps at all...somewhere around 5! I had no luck with my first and did the tuff love thing. Didn't do much of anything with the second (a lot less time) and she napped just fine. Personalities, go figure!?! Sleep is very important, but as long as they are getting it, it's only going to be your discomfort not his, I'm afraid. Good luck!

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Whereever baby sleeps is the best place for baby to sleep! Seriously, just be happy he is sleeping at this age. He'll be ready for a routine in a few of months.

Ok when your holding him you have him all tight and snuggly, try wrapping him in a blanket kinda tight so he feels like your holding him, turn the swing on next to him so he can hear it....his little legs go to sleep and the circulation is cut off in those swings,,not a good thing...maybe let him cry a bit, give him a binky...

I never got "past this" with my daughter. She napped until Kindergarten but always needed extra help to do it. We went for walks in the stroller and she would stay sleeping in there, I took us for drives even when we didn't need to go anywhere (would bring a book and park and read), she slept on or with us (one of us usually didn't mind the excuse to take a nap, too!) Whatever it took to get her to nap, we did.

You sound likeyou have been a bit spoiled by the great night sleeping, LOL! Here are some suggestions, though - swaddling is great, or if you have the "bucket" carrier car seat - get him in there and get him to sleep by swinging or rocking it, and then once he is asleep, set the carseat in the crib for him to finish his nap in the car seat inside the crib. The swing is fie, but a moving nap is not as restful as a stationary nap....I would let mine swing till asleep, then slowly let it stop swinging and let them nap stationary till they woke.

Also, maybe it is the room - at night all is dark and quiet - maybe in the day he is noticing more noises and light - we have insulated curtains that block out 95% of outside light and help dampen the noise in all our bedrooms, and we run a small circualr floor fan in each of the kids rooms, to help block outside sounds - barking dogs, phones ringing, cars driving by - my daughter also always has slept with a CD of classical music - it helps cover outside noises, is good for their brain, and it isa "cue" to tell her it is nap time, still.

As for a routine - try reading the book "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child" it was a sleep bible for me when my kids were babies, and it is helping me now with the transition from crib to toddler bed and my early waking 20 month old. Basically, young babes like yours need no more than 2 hours of awake time between sleep periods - yes - LOTS of Naps - I think mine took 3-4 naps a day at that age, and the weren't very long naps, maybe 45-60 minutes each time! If you wait too long before getting them settled, they resist it much worse, also, start doing a consistent "sleep time routine" , every time you put them down, it is their "cue" that this is time to sleep, every time! For example, sit in the same chair, sing the same song(s) say a prayer, read a short board book, and then into bed.

Good Luck - sleep with kids is an ever-changing thing, just when you think you have it all figured out, something will change! But Really that book I mentioned by Marc Weissbluth is a god-send....also Happiest baby on the block helped to get my kids to go to sleep when they were really little and I had not had perfect timing and waited too long ot get them down, andthye were very upset- swaddle, swing, shhhhhh, suck.

Jessie

I don't think it matters how he sleeps, but that he is sleeping.

I know a lot of new moms who would give you their right eye for a babe that slept all night. Count your blessings! It's not causing any problems - and in the long term naps get phased out anyway.

Have you tried swaddling? Is there any sort of routine? It sounds like he knows that it is bedtime and goes to sleep for that, but maybe he doesn't know what to expect during the day?

Awwwwww....it's OK for him to sleep in his swing or in the car.