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jelly0822
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Intro and nap question
jelly0822
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I've been on TB before having DD in December, then stopped posting when motherhood consumed all my time. I'm about to go back to work next week and am EBF. DD is napping in her swing right now (a little triumph, as far as I'm concerned), so I took the opportunity to try to get some questions on TB before she wakes.
So, my questions are about sleeping. Or, well, napping, to be precise. We've never been able to have DD sleep during the day on her own. After her first day or two, we've just always had her in our arms. (I know I'm gonna miss it when she gets older, but there are days when I just need a break, and would love to just lie her down in her crib for a nap and be able to walk away knowing she'll fall asleep.) She will wake up and bawl hysterically if we leave her to sleep in a motionless place, like a crib or bassinet or bed. She will only be rocked (or walked or bounced) or nursed to sleep in our arms, and will usually only do that with white noise. Right now she's sleeping in her swing with the noise on loud. Any tips about that? How can I just get at least two napes out of her during the day without the loud noise and motion? Am I just being paranoid and not trusting that she'll do it when she's comfortable or will just drift off if I stop hovering?
I'm a paranoid mom, here!
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Re: Intro and nap question
Is your concern about her in general, or what's going to happen when you go back to work?
If it's just her in general, then I'll tell you that my guy would only nap on me or DH for the first 3 months (he slept in his crib at night fine). In fact, I'm a little jealous of the sleeping in a swing - mine wouldn't do that at all! At 3 months, I started a fairly long process of transitioning him to napping in the crib (It took over a month - but I didn't go back to till he was 5 months old, so I had the time.) The process did involve swaddling, white noise, and his seahorse, but he doesn't need that now, so I guess they do get that.
If you're concerned about what's going to happen when you go back to work, then try to worry a little less about that. IME, daycare has been magical with naps. At first, my guy had some regression, and they had to hold him for a lot of his naps - or at least to get him to go to sleep. But I eventually got reports that they could put him in his crib and he'd fall right asleep (even when he wasn't doing it at home.) Now that he's in the "Wobbler" room and they sleep on cots, he gets his own cot out at naptime, crawls on it, and goes to sleep. Magic, I tell you.
Thanks, DC2. I think I needed that reassurance. I've been feeling like I should be laying her down for naps all the time, especially since my SIL was baffled at how I had to hold her so much. (I shouldn't be so easily influenced.) Being a new mom, I'm not sure what I'm doing at all, so it's good to know that comforting our baby to sleep is good for everyone!
I tried the Moby again today and she slept ok, so I think if we keep it up, she'll be more used to it and sleep better. Do you usually strip LO down to the diaper for wearing? I kind of feel like I have to strip DD because she gets so hot otherwise.