Right now, I pretty much just let LO sleep when she wants. When and how did you start an actual napping schedule? I ask because we are going to start transitioning to her crib because she is sleeping 4-5 hours at night and I want to start letting her nap in the crib during the day.
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My LO's naps have gotten more consistent in the past couple months, but she is battling a cold/ear infection so any schedule has got thrown out the window! I will say we never forced any schedule. We just followed her cues and eventually she starting consolidating her naps more.
we weren't in a consistent nap in the crib schedule until 9m/5m. My daughter was on a pretty consistent sleep schedule early on so we let her nap in the rock n play until consistent naps were replaced with little 30 minute cat naps all day. We couldnt take it anymore so we did a little sleep training and transitioned her to the crib for naps.
also, to answer your question on how to transition:
Since we got on a schedule a little later we were able to go right to a 2x day nap schedule. At the beginning I would wait until she was drowsy and had a full belly and then put her in the crib (window blinds drawn). She would fuss but typically fall asleep within 5 minutes or so. The key to success for us was not running to get her the minute she woke up. Often she would wake after 30-45 minutes and fuss or move around for a bit and then fall back asleep.
Re: Time for a nap schedule?
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also, to answer your question on how to transition:
Since we got on a schedule a little later we were able to go right to a 2x day nap schedule. At the beginning I would wait until she was drowsy and had a full belly and then put her in the crib (window blinds drawn). She would fuss but typically fall asleep within 5 minutes or so. The key to success for us was not running to get her the minute she woke up. Often she would wake after 30-45 minutes and fuss or move around for a bit and then fall back asleep.
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