Sleep - Georgetown,TX

totally normal. My daughter, who is now 7 months, is the same way. She's very curious and doesn't want to miss anything so even when she's tired, she fights sleeping. Their patterns change a lot depending on growth spurts and their individual development. Once we sleep trained her at 5 months, she was better about going down for naps but still, one day she'll nap for 2 hours and the next 40 minutes. It's always changing and our pediatrician says it's perfectly fine. I think, as long as your baby is sleeping well at night, you're in great shape. Consider yourself lucky!

At two months I think your period of awake time should be no more than two hours, so if baby wakes from a nap at 10am, put him down again by noon. The more rested and well-slept, the better baby can phase in and out of naps/sleep-time. I know two hours rolls around fast and you'll feel like you are constantly putting him down, but they do need a lot of sleep early on. 12 hours of sleep at night should be your goal. Once a good night schedule is developed, day-time naps fall into place. And generally speaking naps usually lengthen and a schedule is developed between 4-6 months. Good luck.

Sounds pretty typical! I agree with some others who have said that at this stage (and from now on) the baby is interested in what is going on! I am betting that your child is beginning to be more social and basically, doesn't want to "miss the party" or whatever is going on! You may think that what is going on (laundry, cooking, etc.) isn't very exciting but for your little guy - everything is new and amazing and worth staying awake for!

Put him down before he is sleepy - make sure he is in a new diaper, fed, and swaddled - then cozy up in a rocker or whatever the sleep routine is and let him doze off.

Good luck and congrats on your new baby!
blessings,
Stacy

I think all children (and even some adults) get to the point where they are so tired they just can't sleep. My children's sleep patterns always changed until they were toddlers. However, I wonder if maybe the sun is waking him up from his naps? The room might not be dark enough and he sees so many interesting and exciting things that it keeps him awake or makes it harder for him to fall asleep. You could try hanging towels or blankets over the windows during the day to make it dark and I agree to put him down for his nap before he gets tired and cranky if possible. Best of Luck.

Sounds normal to me. About fighting sleep, is it possible to put her down for a nap before she gets that tired? Put her down in a quiet darkened room away from activity.

Sounds totally normal. But, ditto, try putting her down to sleep BEFORE she is tired.

It's a totally weird thing about babies and children: the more tired they are, the less they sleep. But the more they sleep, the MORE they sleep. (The whole sleep begets sleep thing).

A classic example is the child who usually goes to bed at 8pm and gets up at 7am. Put them to bed at 10pm and *poof* they're up at 5am. Put them to bed at 7pm, and then they sleep until 8am.

It's bizarre. It doesn't make sense. But use it to your advantage until puberty when it totally changes all over again.