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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why cant nanny babywear?

I mean, its not like its you at home trying to work while also pumping and having a kid that wont sleep - my personal experience. Your baby is her job. I will say that if babe is sleeping 12 hours with only 0-1 wakeups you likely wont be getting large nap stretches until down to 1 nap. Baby may just be a cat napper, 20-30 min every 60-90 minutes is fine. 14 to 17 hours is normal for 3 months. So you are only going to get 2-5 hours of naps total. I was nursing and it was basically eat sleep play because milk and a full belly naturally makes them sleepy.

There also isnt a whole lotta stimulation requirements at this age. Her job is to feed, change, light stimulation, expose to light during day, free play, cuddles, and provide opportunities for sleep. Emphasis on feed and cuddle.
Will baby sleep on walks? Then I guess nanny is getting some steps in.  :lol: Y'all keep wanting robots for kids. Not all kids sleep in the crib. Not all kids nap well. You have to work for naps and overnight seems like a swimming success! 
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I agree, I recognize how lucky I am to not be trying to do it all on top of working given the circumstances of having a new baby in a pandemic world. This is fantastic perspective, and your personal experience sounds really tough and I have tons of respect for any family doing it all without help right now.

I would love for the nanny to baby wear but she is older and doesn't seem super comfortable with it - she has a wrap and carrier at her disposal. It's what I do to get a good hour+ long nap on weekends or after work. He wakes in the stroller after 30 minutes so that doesn't work. And you're absolutely right that part of the nap problem is likely that he's getting so much night sleep that he doesn't have enough drive for day sleep. But he just seems to wake up from every catnap grumpy too, and is usually pretty fussy by the end of a crap nap day (vs a good nap day), so I just worry that he's a high sleep needs little dude that is overtired all day because he isn't getting long naps.
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