How many naps and how long does your baby take?

Question

My son is 4 month and really doesn't have a good nap schedule I feel like he is always tired he takes a good nap a hour or two after he wakes up than it's like so random.. 20 mins here and there he fights sleep so bad and I think it's because he is over tired I have no clue when I should lay him down I try to do it before he is to tired and he still ends up screaming for ever and not falling asleep I matter how long I let him cry. I feel like my whole day revolves around me getting him to sleep.. he never just falls asleep never I have to put him in the swing and manually rock him in it and some times he will just scream and scream what am I doing wrong! It's consuming me and making me go a little crazy him being so unhappy and me being fusterated because I fell all I do is work on getting him to nap. I tried the crib and letting him cry comforting him letting him cry so on and he gets so worked up I can't even calm him. I know the whole put him down before he is to tired thing and I try so hard to and it always results in the same thing... HELP ME he is screaming bloody murder right 😫😫😫😫😫

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4 naps.... first is 2 hours, second is like 40 mins, third is 40 mins and forth I snuggle him for An hour in the couch.

He always Always Cries when I put him in the crib but it only lasts for about 5 minutes. Sometimes up to 15 mins.

Last nap is a snuggle nap bc when I go back to work I'm not going to want to put him down for a nap right when I get home 😍

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We follow the 90 min sleep cycle. Eat, play and back to sleep in 90 mins after being awake sometimes he is up for 2 hours. So he usually takes about 4 naps a day. His normal nap time is a out 30 mins. I can usually get at least one nap a day around 1 hour but nothing consistent. Watch your babies sleep cues, so either rubbing eyes, yawning, glossy or red eyes. Usually if we are up for 60 mins and he starts to show those cues I will wind him down and he may fall also we before the 90 mins. I usually will go on a walk, or rock him to sleep before the 90 mins. I have to put him in the other room, play white noise and swaddle him. He used to be able to nap in the living room but I think there is just too much stimulation for him.

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I think its every 90 mins or so. We try to tire him out as much as possible and when he gets too fussy we take him in the bathroom and turn the shower on hot. The steam puts him to sleep everytime

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Don't let him stay awake longer than 2 hours. My son is the same. Usually wakes after 20 min and then I have to get him back to sleep.  He still takes 4 naps a day.

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Wake up for the morning, feed right away, usually about 1.5-2 hours later he has his morning nap for at least 1 hour, usually 2 though. Then wake up, feed, play, and about two hours after the feeding he has an afternoon nap that will last about 2-3 hours. Feed once again as soon as he wakes up, play, then back to bed within two hours of waking. His last Nap usually only lasts about an hour then I feed him, do bedtime routine and and I usually rock him until he's struggling to keep his eyes open, then lay him in bed and he's out for the night.

He used to be a horrible sleeper. He would take maybe a 30 minute nap every couple hours and would wake 3-4 times at night. Implementing a schedule has saved both of us. He's a completely different baby now. So much happier and will play by himself and sleeps better and is predictable (which is great when it comes to mama wanting to cook, clean, or shower)

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We do 4 naps a day. First one is within an hour of waking up for the day. Then it's every 90 mins after she wakes up. Unless she is having an extra sleepy day and she's rubbing her eyes and fussing I'll put her down  sooner. I never know how long she will nap for so I don't have set times. It's always one long one and 3 shorter ones tho. I nurse her when she wakes up then we play and then I'll nurse her again an hr or hr half later and put her back down.  She dosnt always fall asleep and sometimes fights it but I don't let her play again till she's slept at least 45 mins.

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We are on a schedule, Both of mine take 3 naps during the day but mine also sleep all the way through the night, they're awake for 2 hours and sleep an 1hr 45 minutes give or take, in between I feed them I also put them down 10 minutes before they actually fall asleep i reading a book and give them there  pacifier (as I'm reading the book) usually that puts them to sleep.  but sometimes I have to stay with them till they fall asleep and keep putting the pacifier back in there mouths. Both of mine are teething also so yours  could be teething and that's why all the yelling

How many naps and how long does your baby take?

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