need help: napping schedule!?

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I'm seriously at my wits end. I cannot get my LO to nap during the day unless I'm holding him, and even then it's only like 20 minutes tops. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. And lately I can't get him to sleep at night either. He was doing 3 hours, taking a bottle and going back to bed, but last night he was up every hour 😖. He sleeps swaddled, and we do bedtime lotion and a warm bottle at night and that seems to work, but am I supposed to do the same thing during the day?? How often and how long are your two month's old nap times?
My husband's family owns a small seasonal business, so for 4 months out of the year he works 9-5 7 days a week. I feel like I can't get a break and now that my little guy isn't sleeping I'm going crazy.  Any advice is appreciated!!

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Could your LO be having a leap?  My daughter was doing great with her sleep until her second mental leap began at about 7 weeks.

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I feel you! We just went through the same last week I'm sure it was cluster feeding/growth spurt. After a week of me losing my mind it went back to normal. And bonus: her first nights sleep is now over 5 hours long. Hang in there mama!

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My daughter loves her naps unless we are out somewhere. She won't nap if we are out unless she is in the car. I think it's because she doesn't want to miss anything. She has her first bottle of the day around 6am then she naps from about 8am to 10am when she has her next bottle. Then usually from 10:30am to 2pm she will take about a 4 hour nap until it's time for her next bottle at 2pm. Sometimes she will cut it short and it will be 2 or 3 hours long but usually 4 hours. Then She will be awake from 2:30pm to 8pm when she goes down for the night. During the 2:30 to 8pm time period she might take one or two 30 minute naps but that's it. Then she sleeps from 8pm to about 2am. Wants a bottle then goes right back to sleep until 6 am where the cycle starts over again.

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My 7 week old refused to nap last week. Do you have a swing? It was the only thing I could get him to nap in.

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My LO hates napping too and what really does the trick for us is when I take him on a walk in his stroller.. he's out within 5 mins!

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I started swaddling my daughter during the day. That's the only way she'd sleep longer than 20 mins. She also naps longer in her stroller if we're out.

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I feel you! We've had a LOT of difficulties with getting our baby to sleep/nap. No matter what we do (hold her, sway her, comfort her) she cries and cries. And once we get her to sleep she wakes up after just a catnap. So we decided to start sleep coaching her to sleep and nap in her own bed. It's been 3 days now and every time we have managed to get her to sleep there. And guess what? She sleeps more peacefully up to 2 hours per nap and 6 hours at night. Just search YouTube, there are a lot of videos there. And they can reassure you that this is good for both your baby and you. Good luck!

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Hun, try baby wearing during the day. When my LO skips her afternoon naps (meaning not very long) I will baby wear her around the house and she sleeps. Also, I get things I need to accomplish done as well.
As for nighttime maybe let him lay on your chest.

need help: napping schedule!?

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