Yep its normal! For my LO, when he starts yawning rubbing eyes, he is already overtired and will cry if I don't put him to sleep immediately! But that is not possible, since my LO needs to be swaddled to sleep so he will scream and cry and struggle as I swaddle him, and he would escape his swaddle and I would need to reswaddle. He needs to calm down after I swaddle him, so I will need to rock him or give him his pacifier, and that would take very long (like 30 to 40 mins) for him to finally sleep.
So I need to put him to sleep before he even shows the tired cues. For my LO, I will keep track of his wake windows, and if he has been awake for more than 45 mins, and I see that he is less responsive to me (like I try to make him laugh or talk to him but he just stares at me blankly) then I will start his nap routine already (takes about 10 mins). When I finally put him down on his cot, he will start his yawning and give him his pacifier and he would sleep within a minute. However if I missed the window and his sleepy cues start already, then bless me. 🤣🤣🤣
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