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5month old fighting sleep
My 5 month old daughter has been fighting taking naps during the day. She might take a few 5 to 10 minute naps during the day but within an hour or so she is completely exhausted but she will not take a nap no matter what we do. I have tried rocking her, giving her a small bottle, her pacifier laying her in her crib or even trying to lay down with her in our bed to see if she would fall asleep if she was next to my husband or me and nothing helps. By the time it is to go to bed at night, she is still fighting it even though she is exhausted. Is this normal for her age, a phase or what?? This is my first and I will take any advice or suggestions!!!
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Permalink Reply by mom of 2 on -
Your baby could be teething. My baby is almost the same age and we have been through our issues with nap and bedtime. Night time bath helps, hyland's teething tablets have helped too. Good luck!!
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Permalink Reply by Jace's Mommy on
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I got one of those big exercise balls when I was pregnant to help me get ready for labor. Well it turns out I use it a whole lot more now than I did when I was pregnant. I hold my son in my arms and slowly bounce him to sleep while he is sucking on his pacifier and within 5 minutes he is out! I think the soft bouncing soothes them.
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Permalink Reply by Sadiesmomma1 on
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She has been teething off and on for the past few months. And we only do night time baths otherwise her day is completely messed up - learned that one the hard way. My husband was home with her yesterday and she was tired but refused to go to sleep so he went and laid down with her in our room and she took almost a 2 hour nap. I'm not too happy with that, I'm afraid of co-sleeping. So today I went and laid her down and i laid next to her and she fell asleep within 20 mins, and after she fell asleep I took that time to clean our room and clean the closet lol. So maybe since it's not "bedtime" she doesnt want to go in her crib??
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Permalink Reply by EastTexasMommy on -
Try getting two clean blankets and you sleep with one and hubby sleep with the other. Lay baby down with one of these. (I used a Safe n Secure Sleeper with my daugter.) Then put it in her port a crib and gradually moved it out of my room and put her in her crib.
Lavendar baby soap works great at night. I also used teething tablets although there has been some controversy over them recently. I'm a believer of orajel with the scrubber to stimulate the gums and relieve pain. But, other moms will say it's bad bc it wears off fast and tuffens up the gums. Maybe baby needs some tylenol to help with teething pain (check with Dr). Could it be gas? Needs gas drops? Might need to burb a little better.
If eating more she might need to be stopped more frequently to burp. But maybe her feeing needs to be increased. I WOULD NOT add anything but formula to her bottle till after 6 months and with the go ahead from her Pedi. There little tummies need the time to get strong and have increased risk for allergies. Plus risk for obesity increases with everyday before 6 months that food in introduced. Increase quantity not additives.
Good Luck, everything will work itself out if you give it time and paitence.
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Permalink Reply by Sadiesmomma1 on
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We have tried giving her 6 ounces and all she does is spit up the last 2 ounces. She has had spitting up issues since birth. We are actually taking her to a ped gastroenterologist this coming Thursday. her ped has us giving her some rice cereal in her bottles to help her keep down as much of her bottle as possible, we have down the swallow test and have tried antacids with no luck. she is still thriving and gaining weight normally which is a great. I'm beginning to think is that she doesn't want to miss anything so that is why she is fighting sleep so much
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