Hi there.
I have what I consider a "daytime high needs" almost 3-month old. Nighttime is great - I nurse lying in bed, and he sleeps in between feeds.
Daytime is a whole 'nother story...
He basically cycles through feeding, awake/playing, and sleeping time. He always resists the sleep, even though I sling him for it on his cues, and he is very tired...his resistance takes the form of crying, sometimes quite fiercely, but only ever lasts a few minutes, maybe not even. (Unless he's particularly cranky, or if I've misread his cries.)
I enjoy our sling time, but sometimes, after he's fallen asleep in the sling, I'd just like to put him down for a nap (I don't mean put down to sleep in awake state - I know it's rare that a baby can just be placed somewhere for a nap...especially this one - he needs his shhhhing/mmmmming/rocking/bouncing.) Whenever I've tried, as soon as I've (carefully!) put him down, his eyes pop right open, and there's no way he'll just fall back asleep...
Any suggestions? Maybe it's just what he needs these days...big fatigued sigh from mama...I'm hoping I can eventually get him napping some on his own!
I have what I consider a "daytime high needs" almost 3-month old. Nighttime is great - I nurse lying in bed, and he sleeps in between feeds.
Daytime is a whole 'nother story...

I enjoy our sling time, but sometimes, after he's fallen asleep in the sling, I'd just like to put him down for a nap (I don't mean put down to sleep in awake state - I know it's rare that a baby can just be placed somewhere for a nap...especially this one - he needs his shhhhing/mmmmming/rocking/bouncing.) Whenever I've tried, as soon as I've (carefully!) put him down, his eyes pop right open, and there's no way he'll just fall back asleep...
Any suggestions? Maybe it's just what he needs these days...big fatigued sigh from mama...I'm hoping I can eventually get him napping some on his own!