Anyone’s baby not napping unless being held?

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Looks like we are in a phase .. for the past week my son will not nap unless I am holding him . He’s 9 weeks . Anyone else ?

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Reading this and all the comments makes me feel much better! In the exact same boat with our 11-week old. It's exhausting! Hope our babies figure out solo napping soon.

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Mine is 9 weeks and he does best when held. However I have had some luck getting him to nap in crib if I hold him for a while and try a couple times. Though I still only get 30 min

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Same here. During the day he will sleep an hour or more in my arms but if I put him in his cot, he wakes up within 5 min.
Let’s enjoy this cuddly times as they will go away so quickly.

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Mine started this a few weeks ago. I found that if I lay her in her boppy with a pacifier after she falls asleep she can take little cat naps. Then at noon I dedicate time to actually give her a nice good feed and turn off the lights and swaddle. With that noon nap I'll sometimes get her a good 3 hour nap in the crib, sometimes not. Basically long story short in order to avoid holding her I just do cat naps in the boppy and a possible 3 hour nap in the afternoon, she no longer has multiple good naps.

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Mine did too, it was a phase of like.. 5 days. But I kept trying every day to put her down. Eventually she was fine again

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Yes! My little one started doing that last week. I swaddle him up and put him to nap in his swing & he feels super snug. He won’t nap in his crib unless it’s bedtime

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Right there with you

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Yup. She just started that this week. She was napping for at least 1 to 2 hrs in her crib before and now won't nap longer than 30 minutes unless I'm holding her 😩

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Yup! I struggle with naps! Mine is almost 12 weeks old but he will nap only on me. Occasionally, I can put him down but it's rare. I am hoping that changes next week when he is at daycare for the first time!

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Yes! However I started to swaddle him during naps and it seems to help

Anyone’s baby not napping unless being held?

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