Sleep help!

[misfitinmn]

Originally Posted by glumirk

If none of the 5 things are working for you, then my guess would be that you aren't putting him down until he is too tired. I have been shocked by how much my 2 month old sleeps still, and if we keep her up for too long it's torture putting her back to sleep. Make sure he isn't receiving too much stimulation either. In the evening she is sometimes only awake for 30 minutes after feeding before going back to sleep.

Good luck! We had sooooo many problems with DS, and it's so much easier this time around, but I'm pretty sure it's only because we went through it the hard way with him. But seriously, every time DD has trouble going to sleep it's because we kept her up too long or overstimulated her. Once I calmed things down and didn't try to keep her up she started sleeping soundly. We consistently get at least 8 hours of sleep, and sometimes 10-11.

I TOTALLY agree with this - sleep definitely begets sleep. I wouldn't try to keep him up any more than usual in the day - let him sleep when he's tired, just make it a point to keep the normal daytime noise and light happening. And then at night just keep it really quiet and dark - like don't talk to him or even make eye contact if you can avoid it. When my little 2 month old dude doesn't get his adequate naps in (and he sleeps a LOT still), he is a BEAR to put to sleep at night (or at naps, for that matter), so I use any means necessary to make sure he gets his daytime sleep in. Sometimes, it means he takes all of his naps in his swing.

I hope you find something that works for you!!

[Jengerbread88]

Thanks, guys! I'll definitely try that.

I tried swaddling him for naps today, and he still wouldn't go for it, but I'm going to keep trying it this week and see if he decides he likes it. I know he likes his arms out, but hopefully we can get something that works for him.

I took your guys' advice about NOT keeping him up or overstimulating him... we've been leaving all the normal daytime noise and light during his naps (he sleeps soundly in a room where a piano is being LOUDLY practiced!) but I do think sometimes he gets overstimulated before bed, so we'll work on that.

Thanks for the advice! I hope that between all of it, we can find something that works for us! If not, I think that Angel monitor thing will make me feel a little more comfortable about him stomach sleeping, and then maybe we can get some sleep that way!