Contact naps

Unfortunately I don't have a solution but i am in a similar situation. Mine is a lot younger though. It's exhausting.

My baby is 8.5 months now and she would only contact nap until she was about 7.5 months unless we were in the car or out using the pram. But she has all her naps in her cot now. It was like one day it just clicked for her!

My girl is 6 months old. She used to nap in her cot or pram during day but it changed and now she would only sleep on me. As soon as i put her in her cot she wakes up. I used to catch up with house work during her naps but i cant do anything now. She’s been like this since 5 months old. She is teething though and may be going through some separation anxiety i think

I stopped fighting naps. He’ll sleep like 10 min during the day and if he still seems fussy I’ll put him back to sleep and try again but if he seems awake and happy I’ll just play with him. I give him one long contact nap around mid day so he’s not overly tired. At night he can fall asleep and stay asleep for 3-4 hr stretches and we always make sure it’s dark and quiet except white noise. We don’t interact with him at night, just go through the motions of changing and feeding then back to sleep. Any stimulation at night means playtime to him

Same boat! I do one long contact nap in the morning for up to 2 hours then the rest are in the car or pushchair for about 30 mins. Am going to try cot naps in Jan when my husband has some time off as I'm worried about impact on night sleep!!!

We contact napped until he was 9 months old. He still refused to nap in his cot longer than 20 mins. We said we would never sleep train, but ended up doing so because he was also up every hour all night. It broke our hearts the first night, but now he sleeps SO much better for both naps and nighttime. I watch him on the monitor and he doesn't even wake up, he falls asleep and sleeps right though, without any stressful wake-ups. I worried he would wake up and just not cry because he figured no one would come. But he sleeps solidly through.

I did contact naps until she was 2. Have you thought about trying a sling so baby gets the contact nap but you still have some freedom?

When both me and my son ate home we still do at 2yo

Mines 8 months and we contact nap. I love the cuddles. I make sure I wee, grab a drink and a snack before her nap so I can sit there and not worry

My rule (especially when I only had one) was that if baby was napping I have no responsibilities. Contact napping helps keep my 'I need to be doing something' feelings in check. During the times he was awake I would include him in what I was doing, which meant singing while doing dishes, rotating through tasks so that we weren't in one room for too long, and lots of walks so I could get my me time. It got easier as my son was able to do more and I was able to walk away for a bit once he got interested in something we were playing with. It looks a little different now that I have two considering my oldest hasn't napped in a year now, but luckily both kids have been able to nap on the go.