Putting down for naps

Chrisanna0508

I can't remember if there has been a post about this recently, but how are you putting LO down for naps and at night? I typically nurse DS and rock for a little bit before setting him down. He is not always asleep when I out him down, but nursing seems to help him settle. Maybe this will become a sleep crutch in the future, but he is starting to be able to out himself to sleep if he goes down awake. How about you?

tashad18

For naps, I just rock/bounce him when  I can tell that he is getting sleepy and he usually sucks on his hand for a few seconds before falling asleep. His morning nap comes right after he eats, but his afternoon naps do not necessarily occur right after a feeding.

At bedtime, I clean him up (bath every other night), change him, feed him, we play for a little bit, and then rock him to sleep before putting him down. 

elllaf

My little one is always rocked to sleep.

CateOfChicago

elllaf said:

My little one is always rocked to sleep.

This.

Inn2

I nurse/hold him for naps. Sometimes I get lucky and can set him down, when he is asleep, in the pnp and he'll stay asleep for 20-45 minutes. If I am still upstairs, then I nurse/ rock and put in crib. Sometimes it works, most times it doesn't. There is no putting him down semi-awake, or it becomes screams. Little man fights naps like there is no tomorrow. Nighttime is way easier, we rock/nurse and the transfer is pretty smooth. He sleeps 2-6 hours, depending on whether he got a good nap, isn't teething, and if we wore him out well enough. Lately, teething/4 month wakeful, so mostly 2 hours. I miss sleep.

Gatorsgirl731

For naps I give her the paci and her lovie when I can tell she's sleepy.
At bedtime I change her, feed her, and hold her for a while but that is mostly for me.

Most days go like this every now and then she will throw me a curve ball.

muffyvonmuff

DS falls asleep while nursing or while being bounced/burped and then i just carefully lay him down.  Naps require more finesse then bedtime.  

sweettooth87

We most definitely still have to rock him to sleep for naps or lie next to him. Once he is rocked, I place him in the crib. If i put him in the crib drowsy, he'll instantly get wide-eyed and laugh....and then you have to rock him all over again.

At night, we swaddle which he still loves. All i have to do is swaddle him and he'll go to sleep. I'd do it for naps, but they aren't allowed to swaddle at his daycare so I try to greet consistent with what he experiences there sincebthey put him down for naps more than I do.

Weljadraak

I have to nurse to sleep and very delicately transfer. Nighttime is easier because he sleeps longer alone and *sometimes* he can be soothed back to sleep, not usually. Usually he needs to nurse again.

ballygirl

We swaddle when they get drowsy and either rock or walk with them. If they are being difficult, a small 2 oz bottle usually puts them down.

Last week I finally found a pacifier that they seem to like, I've tried several brands but they never took them. They seem to like the Avent ones though and nap time has been a bit easier, I can swaddle them and give the paci and put them down drowsy with it. Sometimes I have to stand there for a few minutes to make sure the paci stays in until they are fully asleep, them I let it fall out. It beats walking around with them.

hartsl01

I nurse to drowsy at night. Nap time I'll put him in the rnp instead of his crib and he'll sleep for 2-3 hours. He starts to get fussy and rubs his eyes when he's tired, that's when I know it's time to put him down.

CatieG

Gatorsgirl731 said:

For naps I give her the paci and her lovie when I can tell she's sleepy.
At bedtime I change her, feed her, and hold her for a while but that is mostly for me.

Most days go like this every now and then she will throw me a curve ball.

This pretty much exactly.

carawasa

Naps were non-existent around here up until this past Wednesday. I think it was the 4mw in nap form.

Now she is napping like a freaking champ! Whenever I see her rubbing her eyes I just change her and put her down in her crib. I usually give her the paci for naps but she has been taking it out. I just put the sleep sheep on and she falls asleep by herself.

WhenInRome11

jgslr said:

Naps, what's that? I usually have to hold LO and she'd snooze while comfort nursing for an hour or 1.5 hr. I finally put my foot down and was convinced I needed to break that habit and put her down (yesterday), even if she'd wake up, I figured she'd eventually get tired enough and stay asleep. Ha! She showed me, she only took two 25 min naps ALL day, that's it, and she slept terribly that night too just for shits and giggles. Quiet room, rnp, white noise, paci..none of it matters to her. I refuse to let her cio, so I've got a lovely fussy, sleepy baby all day long. How can this kid NOT sleep?!?!

We're essentially in this same situation. My LO will only nap on me, while nursing or in the Mei Tai. She is sleeping in the Mei Tai at this very moment. I spent over and hour the other day trying to get her to nap in her crib. She was having none of it. She sleeps ok at night.

beesquar3d

Naps during the weekends: nurse until she's sleeping then put her in the crib. When I'm tired, we nap together. This is the most successful because we co-sleep at night.

Nights: nurse then place in her bassinet. When she wakes to eat, we nurse in bed and co-sleep the rest of the night.

sleepy33

Inn2 said:

I nurse/hold him for naps. Sometimes I get lucky and can set him down, when he is asleep, in the pnp and he'll stay asleep for 20-45 minutes. If I am still upstairs, then I nurse/ rock and put in crib. Sometimes it works, most times it doesn't. There is no putting him down semi-awake, or it becomes screams. Little man fights naps like there is no tomorrow. Nighttime is way easier, we rock/nurse and the transfer is pretty smooth. He sleeps 2-6 hours, depending on whether he got a good nap, isn't teething, and if we wore him out well enough. Lately, teething/4 month wakeful, so mostly 2 hours. I miss sleep.

@Inn2 I think we have the same baby.

casey820

sleepy33 said:

Inn2 said:

I nurse/hold him for naps. Sometimes I get lucky and can set him down, when he is asleep, in the pnp and he'll stay asleep for 20-45 minutes. If I am still upstairs, then I nurse/ rock and put in crib. Sometimes it works, most times it doesn't. There is no putting him down semi-awake, or it becomes screams. Little man fights naps like there is no tomorrow. Nighttime is way easier, we rock/nurse and the transfer is pretty smooth. He sleeps 2-6 hours, depending on whether he got a good nap, isn't teething, and if we wore him out well enough. Lately, teething/4 month wakeful, so mostly 2 hours. I miss sleep.

@Inn2 I think we have the same baby.

This is my baby too. Exactly.
Except nights are more like 1-3 hours. :-(

spanx21

For naps I swaddle and put down awake. He fussess but is uusually asleep within five minutes. At night I nurse him and he's usually our by the time hes done with the feeding but If he isn't asleep I lay him down awake and he will shortly fall asleep.

finnybooboo

For naps we do the butt pat and paci.

For bed she usually falls asleep nursing after bath/pjs change. She's totally asleep when we put her down.

nbcarlson

We usually put him in his swing with his snugamonkey for naps. Sometimes he'll fall asleep while nursing though, then I just lay him in the swing or just stay snuggled up with him. At night we always nurse to sleep.

Chrisanna0508

Glad I'm not the only one nursing to sleep. These LOs who pass out while playing are totally beyond me. DS would never do that!

CousinVicki

nurse to sleep, rock to sleep or swing to sleep.  no other options at this point

emmylou78

Emilyusc211 said:

We use a pacifier and/or crib aquarium for naps. I nurse to sleep at night and rock him if that doesn't work for some reason.

What's this aquarium?

Nurse to sleep for all. Nothing else goes. Ugh.

Slap8out

Since LO has been about 8 weeks, our "routine" is bath, book, bottle, rock, bed. I feel like she knows what is going to happen next and is pretty easy to put down. We have to make sure LO is asleep before we put her down. I enjoy the extra snuggle time with her. Naps, well when I'm home she likes her swing in the morning. I hold her hand and she falls asleep for about 45 mins to 90 mins. I can sometimes rock her and put her in her crib in the afternoon.

stephl3055

For naps she goes in the RnP unswaddled with her pacifier.  Sometimes that puts her right out, but other times she'll start rubbing her eyes.  In that case I hold her hands and that keeps her occupied and keeps them away from her face.  She's usually out within minutes.

For bedtime we are doing the one arm swaddle in the RnP (slowly trying to break the swaddle habit and then the RnP habit).  We feed her right before bed and that either completely knocks her out or makes her very sleepy.  If she's not out then the pacifier will do the trick. 

Chrisanna0508

@rgslr You are not a failure. This sleep regression is no joke as shown by DS being up pretty much all night last night. Just keep doing the best you can and if you need to cry then cry. I know I did today after my disaster last night.

sarahcatie

I put DS in his crib, give him a kiss, tell him I love him, turn on his sleep sheep, and walk away.  Sometimes he fusses a little, but he's usually out within 10 minutes.