Does anyone have a consistent day-napping routine?

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My 10 week old (who’s been sleeping through the night since 8 weeks🙌🏼) has had the hardest time napping during the day. If she falls asleep, it’s only while/after eating and the second I move her, she wakes up. 
I feel like she needs to begin learning to fall asleep on her own. Is anyone else in the same situation? 
Thanks!
Any advice for napping during the day is appreciated!!

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There’s nothing wrong with feeding to sleep! But we started teaching our boy to sleep on his own by feeding him to sleep and then he’d wake to be swaddled and I’d put him down in his bassinet or swing and leave the room. If he wasn’t crying I’d leave him. Most of the time he falls asleep. If he starts fussing or sounding like he’s about to cry I’ll go in and pick him up, settle him in my arms and then put him down when sleepy but not fully asleep. You could also repeat a quick comfort feed and try again. Be consistent with this and they learn very quickly! We follow a routine where he has 3 daytime naps and he’s never awake for longer than 2 hours. As soon as he gets cranky around the 1.5-2 hour mark I pick him up, swaddle and settle him by rocking in my arms and then put him down for his nap. He seriously learnt in 2 days!! So if he wakes at 7 he then naps at 9-10, awake for 2 hours max, nap from 12-2, awake for another 2 hour and nap from 4-5 then bedtime routine and down for bed by 7ish. Works so well for us!!

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I think people underestimate the importance of naps! And many people don’t read baby cues properly and end up with overtired babies who don’t sleep well through the night or they do but when they hit 4 months the sleep regression gets them hard! Enough sleep is crucial for neurodevelopment. Routines are not bad for babies and because all babies under 4 months will get tired after being awake for 1.5-2 hours its pretty important that they nap!! It’s not sleep training or controlled crying and it is following baby cues and learning to recognise their tired signs. If I get my LO at the first sign of tiredness (red eyebrows and rubbing face) he will literally close his eyes and fall asleep as soon as he’s swaddled and I put him down. It’s amazing and he’s a much happier baby because of it! Don’t knock sleep and nap routines until you’ve tried one because I can guarantee all babies need plenty of sleep 😴

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I was just debating this! I don't feel like he's ready for a routine, and his day naps are so fragile. I've only gotten him to sleep on his own during the day once.

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My little one doesn't sleep through the night (wakes up between 1am-3am for a feed) and she isn't the greatest napper either.  Naps are usually 25-35 minutes. She rarely takes a nap longer than an hour

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When they’re this young id say it’s normal for them not to want to be put down. My 7 weeker rarely naps on his own. If I’m holding him or wearing him he’ll nap a lot longer than if I put him in his crib. They’re way too young to sleep train at this point so I wouldn’t stress too much if I were you. Let them sleep when they’re sleepy and where they sleep best.

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Eat, play, nap and repeat! I do this almost all day and then at around 8:30 it’s eat, diaper change and swaddle and bed. She wakes up about 7:30am.

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We follow a schedule but it’s very loose so I wouldn’t say I don’t follow her cues. Babies are more predictable than most people think.

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How do you guys keep a baby up? Sometimes she’ll want to nap again before bath and bed- and that means she’ll be up between 12-1, 3-5, and raring to start the day at 5. She only naps in my arms, and she can’t seem to be up any longer than 1 hour. I worry that’s too short- any tips? She’ll be 12 weeks on Sunday.

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My daughter turned 2 months a few days ago and has been sleeping through the night for about a week now. She however takes cat naps throughout the day which really makes it hard to get things done 😩 I’ve tried feeding her before she goes down for a nap but she usually sleeps for 20-30min sometimes less. So what I’ve been doing it constantly playing with her at least an hour before the time I want her to take a nap. So far it seems to be helping but still won’t stay asleep that long 🙃

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Pretty much the same here. Her naps aren’t very long. She sleeps all night from 11-7

Does anyone have a consistent day-napping routine?

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