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jeffnstef
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XP: 6-9 mo Naptime has turned into hell time!
jeffnstef
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For a good 3 weeks now, her naps have been such a struggle. She *used*
to nap beautifully, in her pack & play for 3 hours each afternoon.
Now, she wakes up after 30 minutes, screams, cries more when I go into
check on her and leave. She'll keep it up on and off until I go in,and
finally get in our bed craddling her in my arms. At that point, she will
calm down enough to sleep for another 1-2 hours. Bad part is, if I try
to get up, she sometimes wakes up, or worse, I fall asleep for the
entire time and lose out on housework time, or time to myself. I am very
nervous just leaving her in my bed since she could possibly roll out
and fall, but if I move her she always wakes up. What else can I do?
CIO? Please any advice or suggestions are welcome! I'm getting desperate
to get my schedule back.
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Re: XP: 6-9 mo Naptime has turned into hell time!
As far as keeping her from rolling off your bed, the easiest thing to do is just stuff pillows under the fitted sheet on either side of her. That won't do much to keep her from crawling out when she wakes up. I always used a video monitor and went up as soon as he sat up. We also didn't have our bed on a frame, so it wasn't a far fall onto carpet if he did manage to tumble out and he learned pretty early to get out safely. We also used a twin mattress on the floor in his room for naps and when he first went to bed at night.