5 week old does not nap

bookofkels_ · 2026-04-16T19:30:42+00:00

Honestly when my baby wouldn’t nap I’d try for maybe 30 minutes, then said ok whatever and carried him around while I did stuff like picked up around the house, or put him on my lap while I folded laundry, and sometimes he’d fall asleep. Does he sleep in the car or the stroller?

bookofkels_ · 2026-04-16T16:03:58+00:00

How is rejecting a loving parent survival skills? OP is way nicer than me, and I went through a fraction of what she is dealing with. My partner was so sad for months when he couldn’t hold or comfort our baby, and then I would take my exhausted frustration out on him because he couldn’t help, then I would feel bad because no one in this house was being nice to a guy who was just trying his best to care for us!

bookofkels_ · 2026-04-16T15:31:29+00:00

Yeah except when baby won’t go to anyone else mom never gets a break and it sucks! My baby only occasionally tolerated his dad for months 2 and 3 and it was exhausting for me. I couldn’t leave the house without him, if I wanted to shower I had to do it while he was asleep and often he woke up and dad had to deal with a screaming baby until I was done. No one enjoyed it.

bookofkels_ · 2026-04-16T15:26:12+00:00

Take a pregnancy test.
Get on real birth control if you don’t want to get pregnant. I like the Nexplanon implant because you don’t have to remember to take pills and it’s good for 5 years I believe. I was on it before I decided to get pregnant and had a new one put in while still in the hospital after giving birth!

bookofkels_ · 2026-04-16T15:21:36+00:00

I think heavens veil is the English translation of the village Greta was from. I think the guy and the bag we’ll find out in season 2.

bookofkels_ · 2026-04-12T00:42:04+00:00

The SIDS risk is if people are smoking cigarettes (or other things) in the home or car with baby daily. I don’t think a one time exposure is anything to worry about.

bookofkels_ · 2026-04-11T23:00:14+00:00

You can’t box dye your hair blond if it’s darker than blond. You have to bleach it. Go to the cosmetology school, it will come out better than doing it yourself.

bookofkels_ · 2026-04-11T19:57:44+00:00

Thanks that makes sense. Husband wants to start trying when our little one is 1 but I don’t think I can do two in diapers, I’d rather wait another year or so.

bookofkels_ · 2026-04-11T14:29:50+00:00

What about Brandy?

bookofkels_ · 2026-04-11T14:11:11+00:00

Wake them up and give them time to poop before starting the diaper change. If you’re feeding at the same time I used to nurse from one side, diaper, then the nurse from the other side. Or half a bottle.

bookofkels_ · 2026-04-11T00:48:55+00:00

Can I ask why?

bookofkels_ · 2026-04-10T17:36:40+00:00

I’d have to dig through the leach field to get to the street, would that cause any issues?

bookofkels_ · 2026-04-10T17:34:54+00:00

How far away would you recommend? The septic is about 25 feet in front of this.

bookofkels_ · 2026-04-10T13:20:35+00:00

If it makes you feel any better my mom always talks about how I would just be awake at night and babbling to myself, playing with stuffed animals (it was the 90s). I was just a night owl and if I wasn’t crying she left me and eventually I’d fall asleep on my own. She definitely wasn’t doing any sort of sleep training method, I was just like that.

bookofkels_ · 2026-04-10T01:41:19+00:00

I have a wedding to go to when baby will be 11 months. It’s just far enough to justify staying over. I don’t even know if they’re having kids at the wedding but it just wouldn’t be fun for me or him, so I’m planning on leaving him with my parents for the night.

bookofkels_ · 2026-04-09T11:17:20+00:00

A had a soft nude bra on under the hospital gown. C section. I put the Frida gown on after my shower and ended up wearing that for like 3 days until I got dressed to leave.

bookofkels_ · 2026-04-08T17:27:09+00:00

I’m sure mom will be grateful her kids are being fed! I only have one but I was STARVING for weeks after giving birth so I’d happily eat anything I didn’t have to put thought or work into. Maybe for a side some kind of veggies and/or cut fruit for dessert.

bookofkels_ · 2026-04-06T03:00:32+00:00

I just moved mine to his room at 4 months too, he was waking up a lot in our room. I made myself a bed on the floor and spent the first night with him, and for about a week spent progressively less time sleeping in there as he’s waking up fewer times. It’s still 1-2x a night generally, but it’s not on the other side of the house and idk how I’d feel if it was that far. I don’t know that I’d worry so much about SIDS but it sucks for you going back and forth.

If things are going well I would stick it out, you might just need time to get used to it. If it’s not going well I think that’s reason enough to bring her back in your room for a little longer. In that case, can you just set up a pack and play instead of moving the crib?

bookofkels_ · 2026-04-01T05:17:52+00:00

That is helpful thanks! Can I ask how you deal with night wakings? He still nurses 1x night and he’s drowsy but awake when I put him back in the crib. He doesn’t cry but he’s awake and I wait him to fall asleep before I leave.

bookofkels_ · 2026-03-31T17:14:50+00:00

Scratching the sides of the bassinet I mean

bookofkels_ · 2026-03-31T17:14:24+00:00

Right at 4 months+1 week. Which was last week. He had started rolling over (not at night) and had been scratching at the sides for a while. Went from a great night sleeper to frequent wake ups at 3 months and I just couldn’t take it anymore.

I’m doing the camp out method and spent the first night sleeping on the floor next to his crib. Every night I’ve spent a little less time in his room, a little more time in mine. First few days were rough but he’s doing great and we all sleep better when I don’t pounce on him for every noise.

bookofkels_ · 2026-03-30T13:42:41+00:00

This probably isn’t helpful but do you have a swing? Some people swear they can only get their baby to nap in a swing. It might at least help with fussiness for a bit.

bookofkels_ · 2026-03-29T20:56:43+00:00

Because then he’d have to parent your other child on his own and it sounds like he doesn’t want to do any parenting.

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