At this age day sleep and night sleep are not organized. So basically what that means is your baby will sleep when she wants to and that we cannot manipulate her sleep habits at this point. If she is fussy do whatever it takes to get her to sleep when she seems tired. Try doing this: after about 30-45 minutes of being awake keep an eye on her and look for her sleepy signs, at that point start doing a soothing routine and then put her down. The duration will vary completely from nap to nap right now so don't think about it as what she "should" be doing because she is doing only what she is capable of doing right now given her immaturity. Also that 3-7pm fussiness will peak at around 8 weeks of age, along with that comes social smiles and her night sleep will become organized. You are almost there so hang in there

deb


sbboan wrote:

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I have a question about how to get my 6 week old to take her afternoon naps. She will take her morning naps (2) but refuses to take her afternoon naps. I usually feed her at around 1:30-2:00 and she will not go back to sleep until her bed time at around 7:00. Please help. She is on a 3 hour eating schedule and is doing great at night waking usually 1-2 times but she is so grouchy and fussy from around 3:00-7:00. How do I fix this?

Day sleep starts organizing at around 4 months of age. Basically at around 2 months of age you would keep the intervals of wakefulness ultra short, after about an hour put your baby down to sleep, eventually as your baby gets closer to 4 months you will start seeing a pattern of day sleep, or optimum times your baby sleeps. At that point you will schedule naptimes as opposed to following wakeful periods. Almost there!


sbboan wrote:

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Thank you so much for your response. I really needed to hear that!! I do have one more question...At what age do they start organizing their sleep? Thank you again!

Also, how many naps should she be taking a day?