short naps

OK, not exactly a breastfeeding question, but my 3 month old DD is
nursed on demand, we cosleep, etc. This child will not nap for more
than 35 minutes. Sometimes a bit longer in the snugli if we are out
for a walk. This applies under all circumstances (snugli, sling,
laying with her, putting her down, etc.) Truly, she usually wakes up
within 2 minutes of putting her down. This would be fine if she were
my one and only, but I have a 3 year old that requires some amount of
supervision. Any thoughts?

thanks,
Karen

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OK, not exactly a breastfeeding question, but my 3 month old DD is
nursed on demand, we cosleep, etc. This child will not nap for more
than 35 minutes. Sometimes a bit longer in the snugli if we are out
for a walk. This applies under all circumstances (snugli, sling,
laying with her, putting her down, etc.) Truly, she usually wakes up
within 2 minutes of putting her down. This would be fine if she were
my one and only, but I have a 3 year old that requires some amount of
supervision. Any thoughts?

thanks,
Karen


Its been a while, since I've read it, but Elizabeth Pantley's "No Cry Sleep
Solution" makes some good comments on the 20 minute sleep cycle that lots
of babies have (and also adults but we tend to put ourselves back to sleep
. I seem to remember microwakes??? or something like that.
I noticed with #2 (and wish I knew more with #1) that he would stir either
20 or 40 minutes (roughly) into a daytime nap and would wake up fully
*unless* I went in and patted / cuddled etc back to sleep .... and he would
seem to go into a deeper sleep for a longer period.
I also remember that with #1, I used to wait too long to put her down after
she'd fallen asleep.

At any rate, there might some answers in NCSS.
Amanda

On Jun 3, 4:33?pm, ktuerk wrote:
OK, not exactly a breastfeeding question, but my 3 month old DD is
nursed on demand, we cosleep, etc. This child will not nap for more
than 35 minutes. Sometimes a bit longer in the snugli if we are out
for a walk. This applies under all circumstances (snugli, sling,
laying with her, putting her down, etc.) Truly, she usually wakes up
within 2 minutes of putting her down. This would be fine if she were
my one and only, but I have a 3 year old that requires some amount of
supervision. Any thoughts?

thanks,
Karen

Could she be teething? Two of my kids sprouted teeth at around 4
months, one it bothered and the other it didn't. The one it bothered
just so happened to be the terrible napper, but she outgrew that and
started getting regular just after those first few teeth popped
through. Is the room dark enough where baby is napping?