Our almost 10 week old little guy sleeps just fine at night and has no problem going down for bedtime, but during the day his naps are still erratic. He's napped in his crib maybe once. He used to like his newborn napper on the pack and play, but now if we put him in that he'll wake from his nap within minutes. He seems to be able to nap only in his swing. How long is this ok for?
When should clear cut nap times develop?
Re: nap in swing ok for how long? 2 mo now
I think you're fine for another couple months. I think when they hit that 3 month, after they hit their growth spurt (since that will throw everything off anyways) you will probably want to start taking note of when he seems to get sleepy for naps, and provided you are having them "get up" a certain time, your probably able to predict when they will go down and plan accordingly/
I don't think clear cut naps develop until probably 6 months, when they start going to 2-3 naps. At this point I think you're probably safe to assume they will go down around the same time most days.
as for the swing, just be happy they will sleep in the swing and not solely on you. there is no way you are "ruining" them. I personally would like my LO to be able to fall asleep ANYWHERE-right now it's only swaddled in the crib after 15 minutes of rocking/soothing to a deep sleep (for naps) or in my sling. maybe in the swing for 20 minutes.