my baby is 2months old. she do not want to sleep in day time although she seems to be tired. is it healthy ?

Question

any good ways to help her sleep?

Answer 1

While she seems tired, a lot of babies will fight sleep because they are afraid of missing something... as long as she seems healthy and is eating good and still sleeping at night, I would say it's okay

Answer 2

My son would hardly sleep during the day. I remember when he was born and everyone told me that I could do the housework while he was asleep but then after he was born he did not sleep much during the day. I was lucky to get 15 - 30 minutes of a nap. When he was about 9-12 months this changed and he would take a good hour to 2 hour nap during the day. I would think as long as she is eating and growing that she would be healthy. If you have a question about it ask your Dr. Also make sure that she has a nice quiet place without too much stimulation so she can relax and go to sleep easily.

Answer 3

Try either facing the baby away from the action or putting the baby in her crib out of the room with others. This will help her to self sooth and fall asleep (better to learn now!) and also will help you get some rest also! I started watching my baby and seeing when she started slowing down with her interactions and possibly doing a "tell" my daughter would suck her fingers and rub her eyes, this let me know she was needing a rest.. I would then take her to her room rock her for a minute or two and then place her in her crib (while still awake) then she would fall asleep on her own. It's great she's now 14 months old and I do the same thing except she refuses to let me rock her unless I read her a story to, so that's only a night time thing. Good luck!

Answer 4

A bath! Give her a bath in the morning before/after a feeding or before/after a lunchtime feeding. It works wonders! You can use the Lavender sleepytime bubblebath stuff- that too works miracles. Warm water is very, very soothing and a natural way to sooth your babies body. Just think how great you feel when you take a bath- you r body just relaxes naturally.
You also may want to just find a special spot in her room and make it "quiet time". Just you and her. Put on a CD and just rock her and talk softly to her. Let her know it's time to relax. Do it daily. Pretty soon, she will understand what that time means, get use to the smell of her room and put it all together!
All tips I have used on my 4 month old. I hope that helps you. Just trust me on the bath thing!!!! :)

Answer 5

I'd recommend you sleep her on her tummy. Babies that are put to sleep on their backs have more problems which include Motor Skills delays, Shoulder problems, neck problems, plagiocephaly, social skills delays, less sleep, and more colic. And the SIDS statistics are very misleading in my opinion and most of them are not correct at all. But, you should probably check with a pediatrician and make sure she's strong and healthy enough but infants sleep far better on their tummies than they do on their backs. Before 1993, over 70% of American babies slept on their tummies, 13% slept on their backs and the rest slept on their sides. I'd also recommend you get her checked out for sleep apnea. It is easily treatable by either using a CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) or by a tonsillectomy. You should definitely consider tummy sleep though. Also, at 2 months of age she should be getting at least 3 hours of supervised awake "tummy time" per day (that's the American Academy of Pediatrics reocmmendation). Personally, I think all infants should be put to sleep on their tummy's from birth but that's just my opinion. Good Luck.

http://www.oandp.com/edge/issues/articles/2006-12_02.asp

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Answer 6

If she is tired and cranky and still will not nap, she may be over stimulated. "Activities" that are quiet, soothing and relaxing my help. I had a wind-up baby swing for my son that always put him to sleep. Other interventions might be soft music or nature sounds like a fountain, a gentle massage, extra warmth, no TV, etc.

Answer 7

if she seems healthy otherwise, I would say yes it is healthy.
Every baby is different. She might think she is missing something if she sleeps during the time your family is active!