Growth spurt? Desperate for answers

Question

My almost 9 week old won’t nap for longer than 20 minutes....this has been a few days now...I make sure his wake window isn’t too long or too short, he’s swaddled (with one arm out because he started rolling), I use a sound machine and the room is dark. I rock him to sleep because he can’t put himself to sleep yet.
by the end of the day he is a complete disaster because of being overtired. He was never like this before. I feel so defeated. I don’t want him to feel my stress but I don’t know what else to do.

Answer

Sometimes the only way my baby sleeps is if I wear her in a baby wrap. She fusses a lot when shes really tired at first, but once she's done, she passes out almost immediately. She will sleep for 3 hour stretches in the wrap. It's the only way I can get her to nap sometimes, and I'm thankful to have the option because it prevents her from getting overtired and keeping me up all night because she won't sleep.

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Sometimes you won't find answers ! Out often never ! Does your baby sleep in your arms or in own bed ? If it's in a bed, then 20 minute naps are an excellent start. Don't be too hard on yourself and don't worry too much about your baby. Babies are a mystery. One minute, they seem peaceful and take a long nap, other times they catnap, get fussy and we long for answers / a rational reason whe' there just isn't one
 We just have to wait until it passes.

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I suggest making giving him a warm bath at night time. I notice when I give my daughter a bath at night the next day she is able to take naps longer than 20 minutes and doesn’t seem as overtired

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My girl is just over 9wks and her naps range for 20min to 1hr alone in a sleep sack in her bassinet. We just started actively trying nap time this past week. I’m a FTM and really just tried to survive the first 8 weeks and I had a c section so it was a struggle for a bit. I’ve asked friends and my doc and I guess that’s totally normal?? But every baby is different.

Growth spurt? Desperate for answers

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