Nap help

TheTamedShrew

So DD has gradually gone from taking a two hour nap in the morning and two/three shorter naps in her swing, to taking three 30-45 min naps in her swing, to now ONLY napping on me (30-45 min). Now every time I try to move her to her crib or swing, her eyes fly open and she won't go back down. Then she is more fussy because I accidentally cut her nap short. I don't understand why I can move her to her crib at night after nursing to sleep, but she can't sleep more than an inch from my boob during the day. She will also fall asleep in the car occasionally.

Have I created the problem? Anyone else experiencing nap jail? I mean I love the extra snuggles, but seriously, my butt is numb...

t loves r

No help here really. My LO also only naps 30-40 min. It's pretty brutal because he gets overtired easily thanks to those short naps.

I used to have the same problem of him only napping on me and waking up when I tried to lay him down. I used a sleep training method called pick up put down to get him to fall asleep on his own. It took time (ESP if you do the training without allowing any cry it out) but he puts himself to sleep when I lay him in his crib or swing now.

ilovemarfa

Ds1 was a terrible napper until 8 months or so and ds2 is the same. Our pediatrician said that most babies become good nappers around 6 months but obviously my boys are late bloomers. Perhaps she is just going through a little rough patch.

No longer the best

I have started a method that is working for us but it has been a long process (5 weeks). We are/were bedsharing. I started by sidelying nursing to sleep in bed and sneaking out when he was asleep to now sitting in a rocking chair beside the bed as he falls asleep. I did it for every nap (that we were home for) and bed. I very gradually moved away from him in bed (lke an inch every few days). There were some tears if I let him get overtired but now he usually just falls asleep after playing with his feet for a few minutes. I'm still with him while he falls asleep. On Thursday he took a 2 1/2 hour nap I couldn't believe it!!

Wow that was long. Hopefully some of it was helpful.