If your LO napped in the swing....

CandKmomma · March 2011

When could you stop. DS never napped in his swing so I have no idea. DD will sleep in her crib at night but will only nap in her swing. When can I expect her to start napping in her crib. I tried again today and it didn't work. Ugh.

jessNdean · March 2011

Your DD is 2 months right?

My DD Napped and slept in her swing only for the first 4 months. then i just tried the crib and she was fine. I used the swaddle blanket to help her since she was used to being cradled in the swing. But yup 4 months my pumpkin slept in the swing. Eventually no swing would work cause she was too heavy for it and it wouldn't swing anymore!

jesstibb · March 2011

3-4 months. Just keep trying. Eventually she'll get used to it! Try a sleep positioner. That helped my LO feel like she was still snuggled in the swing. GL!

stellasmommy · March 2011

DD napped in her swing until she was 8 months old, when she was just getting too big for it. the transition was surprisingly easy for us, but i think i let her stay in so long because she fell asleep so quickly in her swing.

parsleyqueen · March 2011

It was a napping free-for-all at my house until they were at least 4 months, and the swing was the preferred spot for one of my girls. As they got older I started putting them up in the crib and they took to it no problem. I wouldn't worry at this point--if that's where she likes to sleep, I'd let her!

4realyo · March 2011

all naps were in her swing until about 5/6 months. it took a couple weeks of going cold turkey with the swing to get her to nap in her crib. she always slept in her crib at night.

SeaStar430 · March 2011

We stopped about 3-4 months. LO only napped in the swing too, but she got more comfortable with the crib as time went on.

Karla and Alex · March 2011

DD slept in her swing at night and naptime until she was 7 months old. (I'm not proud of that but she's a picky girl) One night I decided enough was enough so she transitioned beautifully into the crib. She still takes her afternoon naps in her swing though, yep, at 14 mos she wants to nap in a swing and sometimes even her carrier.

DiscusCoach · March 2011

13 mo. ooops.

jason&robin · March 2011

DD napped in her swing till 15 months. Finally, I just decided she needed to be in her crib and it was a seamless transtition. We had no issues.

mickey1330 · March 2011

DS would only nap in the swing or car until he was 9.5 months! I honestly didn't see a problem with it, since he needed the sleep. We moved him out of it right before Chjristmas, since we were going to be travelling, and he did fine.

erin922 · March 2011

I moved DD to the crib for naps around 3 months and only because my mom was going to be watching her 2 days a week and she didn't have a swing. It was a rough week or so, but once she was used to the crib, she screamed when I put her in the swing! I would say just switch your LO when the both of you are ready.

jnk062602 · March 2011

DD napped swaddled, on her side, binkied, white noise, and in the swing until a week before her first bday. We were big on the 5 S's

We stopped only because we went on vacation and didn't want to bring the swing. The transition was fine. With two her taking 2-hr naps a day, we didn't want to mess with that!

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