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Sleep training question

UMichGirlUMichGirl member
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We've been doing Weissbluth's extinction method for about a week now to put DS down at night and it's been going great. However naps he's still being rocked to sleep by my mom, MIL, or whoever is watching him that day. Today being a Saturday is the first day I've been home to put him down for a nap...so I rocked him, like he's used to. Now I'm worried that I've screwed up tonight and since I rocked him for his nap he'll protest more to going down for bed awake. I remember reading that naps and nighttime sleep are separate in LO's mind and what you do for one you don't have to do for the other. I'm hoping that's true. We do want to be able to put him down awake for naps as well but with different people watching him during the week we figured it'd be easier to keep nap time consistent until I'm off for the summer when I can sleep train him for naps.

Has anyone else not done naps and bedtime at the same time? Did it seem to cause LO confusion or make the process more difficult? Thanks!
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Re: Sleep training question

  • danslilgrizzlydanslilgrizzly member
    We did them at the same time, but just from observing, I've noticed that my son is totally different at naps and bedtime. I wouldn't worry about it, until there's actually (if ever) a problem.
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  • alrighthamiltonalrighthamilton member
    We are using a modified Ferber for nighttime, but for naps we're not sleep training at all. She usually naps on my lap or on a blanket on the living room floor. Even though she sleeps in her crib all night without waking, the moment I lay her down in there for a nap she wakes right up. But to answer your question, not sleep training for naps has not had an impact on her nighttime sleeping. In fact, sleep training has gone smoother than I expected. I do rock her to sleep at night though, and lay her down in the crib about 15 minutes after she falls asleep. She stays asleep once I put her in the crib at night, just not for naps. Once I feel the nighttime sleep is where it needs to be consistently, maybe we'll do sleep training for naps. Honestly, I'm just so elated she is sleeping through the night, in her own bed and in her own room, that I'm not really worried about the naps.
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  • JulieMarie21JulieMarie21 member
    We sleep trained for naps about 2 months after we sleep trained for night.  The difference in time didn't seem to matter.
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