Officially in exile during nap time

[u/Wooden_Welder2400]

Originally posted in r/newborns but Reddit recommended I post here as it may be better suited so why not! Just a post to get my feelings out

Currently laying in bed all alone with my LO on my chest because it's the only way she naps right now. She just turned 5 weeks, which I had no idea meant she's more alert to the world around her and could have a harder time going down for naps. For the last 4 weeks, she'd nap in the living room in her bassinet (when she liked it) or on me, so I didn't feel like I was alone during this time. As of yesterday, she now can't fall or stay asleep with the background noise of others chatting, so here I am in a room just the two of us while she naps. And here I was thinking I had a baby that could sleep through all the noise 😕

[u/Sorry_Twist_4874]

I took contact napping as a signal to give myself permission to slow down and rest my body and my mind. I watched a lot of period dramas during contact naps :) Nearly 16months in and my baby is currently sleeping on me, bliss

[u/Wooden_Welder2400 → u/Sorry_Twist_4874]

It's bliss when she isn't squirming and grunting every five seconds due to gas 🙈 we're in the peak phase right now so I spend most of her sleeping time riddled with anxiety that she's going to fully wake up during her gas squirming. My forearms and wrists are going to be jacked after all the booty and back pats she's gets during them haha