time to make the change..

I will be blogging from blogspot. Just easier to follow all my blogs from one place :(

http://www.coffeencupcakes.blogspot.com/

My baby girl is now 7 1/2 weeks. After many sleepless nights, I asked a friend of mine whose son was sleeping a consistent 8 hrs a night what the heck is her secret. She recommended the fisher price Rock & Play sleeper and at $50 bucks, I figured why not try it out.

We got it, and lo and behold she has been sleeping a lot better the last 2 weeks. She still gets up every 2-3 hrs, but for me, that is a LOT better than before. My problemo now is that she is Anti-Napping during the day!! As soon as I see her giving me sleepy cues, I get her ready for a nap. I've tried putting her in the crib, Rock & Play, swing, glider, rocker chair and no matter where she is, she either starts freaking out as soon as I put her down, or she sleeps for 10-20 min and wakes up crying. I try not to pick her up right away and try to soothe her back to sleep but she ends up crying louder and louder until I pick her up. I don't know what to do. And I don't know why she won't nap in the daytime. She is clearly tired, just won't sleep. 

I'm getting anxiety because I have to go back to work in 4 weeks and nervous about day-care. Plus I am just exhausted all day because I spend all day trying to get her to nap. It's been a toll on me because I feel like everyone else has this happy baby all the time. If she's not eating, she's grumpy all day. 

Any advice what I can do??