Who’s got an overtired baby?

Question

My LO keeps waking 30 minutes into every single nap. 90% of the time, he can’t resettle unless I pat and shush him or offer the pacifier. Then he’ll sometimes sleep for another 1-2 hours but usually just wakes crying a few minutes later. 😰 
I’m feeing like I’m failing him since he can’t stitch together his own sleep and I’m growing more and more concerned about how awful the 4 month regression will be if he’s not a good sleeper by then. 😒
(He does pretty well at night!) 🤷‍♀️

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My LO is a variable napper. Some days she naps great, and other days it's just a bunch of little cat naps. More often than not, it's the cat naps. 
She naps best in the vibrating bouncer that came with our Pack'n'play.

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That’s pretty normal! My 12 week old will take 30min-1 hour naps. Usually one of the naps is a 2 hour one, but the rest are short!

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Gosh 30 minutes is an amazing nap for us! I’m
Happy if my little man makes it for That Long! Especially just going through leap 2. Don’t be so hard on yourself momma and try to Roll with the punches ! Everything is just a phase! You got This 💜

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So what I will say is every baby is different, which I know you know. What works for some moms on here for their babies may or may not work for you. I was very similar to you when I had my 2nd. I had a toddler at home and I struggled to figure out the routine for both simultaneously. I read the books and followed them to a T when I could so my LO would be “on track” with a schedule, sleeping, etc. turned out he had other plans and just would not follow the schedule most of the time but I persisted   He was a very colicky baby so it was very very hard and stressful most days and I couldn’t wait for the newborn stage to be over.. fast forward 2.5 years later I have baby 3 now. I use the books and the “eat wake sleep” methods as a “guide” but I mix it with her cues and I really let her take the driver seat with my assistance. For the most part we stick to the schedule but there are times she won’t nap long or falls asleep right after eating and I just go with it. It makes for a happy baby and mommy and much less stressful. Most of her naps are in her crib as is bedtime sleep but once in a while I snuggle and have her nap on me or if she doesn’t want to sleep and ends up falling asleep in her bouncer or something, so be it. We try to keep feedings every 2.5-3 hours but sometimes she is hungry sooner and other times she is sound asleep and goes a little longer, sometimes we get good activity in during a wake time and other times she just sits around and chills..we just go with it and adjust as needed. Our LOs are still very little and still learning the schedules we want them on so give into your LO some and let him take the driver seat every now and then. It’s ok they don’t sleep through the night yet, it’s ok to fall asleep after a bottle, it’s ok they take 20-30 min naps one day then 1-2 hour naps the next. They are learning and growing and so are we as moms. Stay consistent best you can but let the “rules” take the backseat a little bit.

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It’s not necessarily a sign of overtiredness, nap cycles are developmental and at some point they’ll learn to start a new cycle when they finished the first one. We went through a couple of weeks of 40 min naps and today he fell asleep by himself for his nap and I had to wake him up after 2 hours!

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I find wake windows to be important for a good nap.
 At 12 weeks - wake time for us is about an hour from start of feeding to next nao.  Play mat or talking to her for that hour and then swaddle and she gets the tired eyes, is ready for a bink and naps an hour or 2.  I think the stimulation wake time is the key to a good nap.  Eat wake sleep - always in this order for me.

Who’s got an overtired baby?

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