Naptime troubles

healthynut

My little girl is starting to resist the afternoon nap and I am just too sick of rocking an angry child to sleep while my little boy is laying in his crib and falling asleep on his own.  So today I dropped them both in the cribs and I think my little boy is sleeping, while my little girl seems to just be playing and yelling.  How does everyone put them down for naps?  Do you do it together?  Do they fall asleep?  At night I just put them in their cribs after their bottle/Elmo time and they go to sleep after a little while.

Rose.9.6.03

At 15 months, she may just be ready to go down to one nap.  I know that one of mine was ready at 13 months.  I basically forced both of them to go to one nap at that point to make it easier on me. 

Although, if she's happy playing in her crib and not cranky for the rest of day, I might just leave her in there until your boy shows signs of readiness for one nap.

BTW, going down to one nap is awesome.  The transition period can be a little rough.  But once you get down to one nap, scheduling your day is so much easier and most kids end up napping longer. 

 Good luck!

kelliwill

I am right there with you.  I could have written this myself!  I have the hardest time getting them down at the same time.  Usually one is asleep in a swing and I rock the other to sleep then lay in the crib.  I am afraid to move the swing sleeper, so I leave her.  It's a mess, but they are so used to being rocked to sleep I don't know what to do.  I am a little scared I have created a mess for myself and haven't yet let them CIO either since they are only 5 mos, but not looking forward to it.  I'm eager to see if anyone has any suggestions. 

B_C_Rosa

OMG!! I was just thinking the same things today. My twin boys are 6 1/2 months and naptime has been horrible lately. Their first nap in the morning is fine because they get tired very shortly after they wake up at 6 a.m. But usually that nap is pretty short. Or one baby will sleep for 2 hrs and the other wakes up in 30 min. So when the second one gets tired again, I'm trying to get him to sleep without waking his brother. By late afternoon they are both exhausted but won't sleep. When I try AGAIN for a nap, I am usually trying to fight with one while the other tries to put himself to sleep. I have that portable musical projector and I turn it on as part of night time routine so I do the same during the day hoping that it will drown out the noise for each baby. Lately, I've gotten so tired I have to let them CIO for a while because I'm tired of fighting. I'm sorry I don't have any advice. I just wanted you to know that you're not alone. And even though mine are younger I'm glad I'm not the only one.