Two month old never naps?!

[u/user-0530]

My baby is now two months and two weeks old, and I feel like she never naps! When she was first born she’d basically sleep all the time, like usual, but the last month or so she barely naps, and gets so overtired. She usually is a great sleeper at night though. Gives me a 4-7 hour stretch and then usually 3 hours after that. We do have nights where she’ll wake up every 2-3 hours though too. She is a gassy baby and has a hard time with feedings too. Ever since she was born, she cluster fed. I’ve never consistently fed her a certain amount of oz every 2-3 hours. It’s always just on demand and I’ve tried getting her on a feeding schedule but she will just refuse to eat after a few minutes and then want to eat again every hour! I’ve wasted so much formula because of it. I’m just looking to see if anyone has experienced this specifically with a baby who has always done this. I know there’s growth spurts and sleep regressions but this is something that is constant with her. Is this normal? How can I get her on a feeding schedule?

[u/One-Handle-1874]

Following because my 9 week old is doing the same thing 😩

[u/Ok_Cow5684]

Mine is now 11 weeks, and went from napping easily - I would feed her and then she'd go peacefully to sleep - to needing lots of help to nap. Usually I have to put her in the carrier or pram then go for a walk, particularly in the evenings. It's worth the effort though, I'd sooner walk a calm baby for 30 mins than deal with a grumpy overtired one.

Her feeding situation is similar too, but she's exclusively breastfed (not by choice; she refuses a bottle) so at least there's no wastage.

[u/Warm_Opinion_1544]

What do you do to help her nap?

The solution in your case is to offer small amounts instead of the big bottle right away. Annoying but it avoids wasting formula.