Daytime naps what do you do?
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I've given up on getting my baby boy to nap. I was finding it too stressful trying to stick to the wake windows etc. now I'm led by him. When he's tired, he eventually falls asleep. I found that I was trying too hard, walking him up and down the living room, shushing, doing everything I can for ages only to find it wasn't working! I find going out for a walk around his nap time helps (I know this isn't always possible!)
We contact nap pram or sling. I don't stay in a dark room for a contact nap. I have lights and TV on and he naps fine. I want to encourage him to be able to nap in lights/noisy environments as I can't be trapped in the house all day trying to get him to nap?
Day naps in his Moses basket in a fully lit room with normal noises. Baby led in a way. He always got tired around the same times, so now, just before I rock him so he gets to sleep without getting overtired and worked up. Sometimes, he wants an extra nap if one or all are shorter, which he does let me know about, so this one can take longer to rock and shush him, sometimes 15 mins.
Bassinet, play mat, on me, bouncer, table, couch, wherever she decides she's getting ready I leave her to self settle and watch her to make sure she's safe. I just pay attention to wake windows and pause stimulation after she reaches end of wake window
Wow that’s amazing @Djena my little one won’t self settle I’ve tried and it just wakes him up or makes him cry - how did you do that?
My little girl has been napping on me in her carier in her pram or car seat but we are starting to do her naps in her big cot during the day if we are home in a dark room in her sleeping bag. We only started this morning and only got 20 minutes but it's a start!