Tips for getting DD to nap in crib?

SparklyCutie

We are having a hellish time with naps. DD will sleep fine in her crib for bedtime, and usually goes down w/o a peep (we did CIO a couple of months ago) . We were consistant with bedtime, but not so much with naps. So we are trying again with naps.

She STTN 12-13 hours. As for naps it's not going so well. She is fighting them like crazy. Pedi said maybe she is dropping the 1st nap, and if she cannot settle, go and get her and try again later. Well that is fine, but then later she only sleeps for 25 min in the afternoon, and wakes up CRANKY.

Another thing is, we CANNOT transfer her to her crib, I would have no problem rocking her to sleep, but then we cannot get her to have the rest of the nap in her crib. We got home today, she had only been sleeping for about 5 min in the car, took her out of her carseat and put her in the crib, she immediately rolls over and is then awake, how can I transfer her???

 Is she sleeping too long at night, and maybe I am lucky to have that...and naps throughout the day are not just going to happen? She will sleep great in the car, when we are out and about though....but basically refuses to nap in her crib. For the last couple of months, she has been sleeping on DH for naps, and we are trying to get her back to her crib. She starts daycare at the end of January and I am worried that she won't nap there at all!!

 Err so frustrated, I just want her to nap in her crib!!  Any advice would be great.

jsmith19

I'm no help at all, but I just wanted to say that I could have written this myself, I am going through the EXACT same problem. ?Nighttime? No problem. Naps? Forget it. ?And the most frustrating part is trying to let her go without a nap, then getting only a 20 minute one all day, along with a MISERABLE baby. ?Ugh, I'm still hoping its just a phase that will pass...?

olivia_eve

I don't have much advice, but I just wanted to say you are not alone!  Sleep training worked great for DD at night, and she goes down without a peep, without a paci.  Naps are hellish if I'm not with her.  I cosleep for her morning nap and take a nap myself then, and she sleeps on me for her afternoon nap.  I tried getting her to take the afternoon one in the crib, and she won't make the transfer either.  She's just up and awake and ready to go... but if she's on me, she'll sleep for 2 hours. I've been wanting to work on the naps, but we've been going out of town and busy since Thanksgiving, so I'm not going to try and work on it until the new year when things are a lot calmer.  My resolution is to get her to nap in the crib!

The only I will say is that I know that babies often react much differently to daycare.  She could be totally fine napping there, because the environment is different.

rorygirl218

this was us a few weeks ago. dd sleeps 12-13 hours at night as well and here is what we are doing with her during the day. we put her down at the same time in the morning usually around 10am and put a toy in the crib with her, sometimes she plays for a little while but then usually goes to sleep for about 45 min. she gets another nap in the afternoon around 3 or so for about an hour. we had to do sleep training for this nap, we were letting her cry and doing ferber, it took about 2-3 days, now she sleeps like a champ in her crib for naps.

princess4u81

have you tried laying her in the crib awake and rubbing her back? I do this for DD when she has trouble going down

mm8283

I may not be much help, but keep being consistent.  When we started ds in his crib he fought it, but we just kept doing it.  Does your car seat stay in the car?  We have a snug ride and when ds is asleep in it we bring him in set him in his room and play his sleeping music.  Good Luck