Napping
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My 13 week old also fights naps, gets cranky due to lack of sleep. I started taking her out in the pram for a walk for at least 2 naps during the day and it seems to work for now… I walk for the whole duration of her nap so that she sleeps with all the rocking. The moment I come home and she stays still she wakes up!!
@Gloria I give her a bottle when I notice she is showing signs of tiredness. Or just follow her cues, I rock her or put her in her bouncer and bounce her, but she will only be rocked when I am standing the minute I sit down she starts crying, I try and shush her keep the room dark for her naps and put her noise machine on, I do the same roughly the same times everyday and she just fights them, but it’s always following her cues.
I hear you, putting them down is super hard! I also don’t manage from standing to her in the crib. I manage better if I feed her in bed, she falls asleep and after a while I put her in the bed. I keep a hand on her tummy and rock a bit and one hand on her cheek. My life saver was a sleep carrier from najell which fits on the pram, crib etc I also let her sleep in the carrier a lot which makes me more mobile!! They are just too scared to be alone and I love the extra cuddles. For us, day sleep is very different to night sleep eg no dark Room I heard it is good to warm the mattress a bit so they don’t feel the difference and there are 1000 other tips like laying them on the side first…
How do you put her to sleep for a nap?