Naps in loud places.

bigbootyjudi · July 2013

G naps in his room, white noise on, complete silence. SO wants me to start trying to put him down in his PNP in the living room so that he gets used to it before DC/we don't have to shove him in a bathroom during the next vacation [don't ask me what we're doing for this one...we'll probably end up bedsharing the entire time].

It makes sense, but I just cannot imagine G is going to do this. He is so,so,so attached to me. If I'm in the room [open concept house], there's no way he would just go to sleep in his PNP with me in plain view.

Have you done anything like this? Can your kid fall asleep anywhere [not even from day one has he done this]? WDYT?

lady_tytah · July 2013

It's so much easier to get him adjusted to noise more than keep putting it off. He will have sucky naps at first but it's better for him to learn how to soothe himself.
Amir has slept with mucic playing, loud talking and pa system style music blaring and gets his naps in. He doesn't let much interrupt his nap. Not even me doing hair.
We still bedshare so hearing my heart beat it's enough.
Eta: a DC they aren't going to be completely silent. They might have music they might not. They might have kids crying. It's no guarantee they will have a white noise machine and complete silence. He will have to get used to his teacher being in the same room and nor soothe him. He will have to get used to other babies in the room.

rMe6411 · July 2013

Tbh... I think that is crazy. Lol
DD sleeps the same. White noise, complete silence, blackout shades. There's no way I would change that up. If we are out during a nap time, sometimes she fights her tiredness and sometimes she just passes out. For vacay we would most likely bed share.
I should add... If there is noise when she falls asleep it does not bother her. If there is no noise and then all a sudden noise around she wakes up.

Eta: G will most likely do fine napping at dc. In our 1 year old room they all slept at the same time with the lights off and soothing music. Some kids were rocked and others just went to sleep. The new ones always conformed after a week or so.

vic8504 · July 2013

up until 9 months or so I would only put DD to sleep on the couch or in her PNP. But she started fighting it and was only sleeping 20-30mins so I started putting her in her crib and now get 1.5hr naps.

She can still do it, went to a wedding in June and she slept in the room with us and my parents no problems. Problem we get with naps while out is she is too busy looking around and catching the sights to take a nap.

Mrs. Rohde · July 2013

The only time either of my kids napped in noisy places was when they were infants, like less than 4 months old. Ollie sleeps in his darkened room with the AC (which doubles as his white noise). He can fall asleep among noise but it takes him longer cause he's so into looking at everything and listening to everything around him.

Is G going to DC full time? Does the DC have a separate room for naps where only the babies sleep? I know the other babies will be there but it's not like they can soothe him whereas a provider can so maybe if he doesn't see a grow up then he may sleep faster???? I don't know but I would not want to eff with his home naps on the chance that he may get used to sleeping in your open concept living area. Sorry I'm no help.

Also, YGPM.

xxbabycakesxx · July 2013

B has always taken naps in his room with white noise. We tried to each him to nap with noise as a newborn but it wasn't happening. A few weekends ago we had a family party at someones house. We fed B in the bedroom and he fell asleep on the bed. The bedroom it self was quiet but the rest of the house was booming with people and music and laughing that I was sure B was going to wake up. He didn't.

I say try to get LO used to sleeping with a little bit of noise. Just to get used to it. Maybe don't put the white noise on anymore?

jodegaard · July 2013

I wouldn't mess with his sleep at home. Honestly, kids are different for other care providers than they are for their parents. Many times I had parents tell me how their kid would only do a certain thing if xyz were in place. They almost always adapt very well!

amaite · July 2013

My baby is the opposite. He falls asleep every time we're on the subway, when he's in his high chair and im cooking and have timers going off, etc., but very rarely in his crib.

I wouldn't mess with his sleep at home either. Dc will figure it out, and if you have him in a good routine at home, why mess with it?

JulieMarie21 · July 2013

I agree with most posters. Don't change what works at home, he will learn to nap at daycare no matter what their conditions. At my home dd has black to curtains, white noise, a crib soother and a lovey. At DC she has a sleep sheep, a sleep sack, and lots of noise and light, but she does nap at both places just fine. DC will help him adjust.

mamahawk12 · July 2013

First of all, you are going to be shocked at the things your kid will do at daycare but not at home. The little stinks will do things you'd never in a million years believe they'd do. Example getting your 12 mo old to sleep on a cot, in broad daylight, in a room filled with other kids.

Same note, different page we got Jack into some bad sleep habits, ie consistently putting him down in a pitch black silent room, that were pretty hard to break. The sooner you can get them adjusted to alternate arrangements the better. Good luck!!

Cbarajas08 · July 2013

DD does a good job of falling asleep/staying asleep if it is noisy. I have never kept it super quiet for her. I actually don't think she has ever napped in her crib. We usually put her on the couch as we watch TV.

brandyleighxx · July 2013

I always keep it quiet for naps at home, have since day one. He started daycare at 7 weeks and has no issues sleeping with a lot of noise there and sleeping with just white noise in a dim room at home. His DCP did note it's a little tough to get him down for his first nap in the morning with so much going on, but he eventually does.

BTW... I bedshared for 5 days while on vacation back in March and had to re-sleep train when we got back home. I would avoid it!

ccam · July 2013

jodegaard:
I wouldn't mess with his sleep at home. Honestly, kids are different for other care providers than they are for their parents. Many times I had parents tell me how their kid would only do a certain thing if xyz were in place. They almost always adapt very well!

I agree. Don't mess up a good thing you have at home. The transition at daycare might leave you with a cranky kid for a few days, but they get used to it!

Tapthathank · July 2013

nobadwriting:
Noah will only sleep in his crib, a pnp in a room with a closed door, or his car seat. Absolutely nowhere else. Since he could crawl and pull to stand he has never fallen asleep on the floor or couch or anything. he won't sleep in our bed because he thinks its party time with mommy and daddy. It makes it really difficult. If we are out, he will just not take a nap at all.

All of this! Sam needs to be contained in a crib, pnp or carseat to sleep. And I hear you BBJ - if Sammy sees me in the room, he wants me. It would be impossible to have him take a nap in the pnp in our living room. I would have to go hide in our bedroom or something. You could try putting a radio on in his room if your SO is really concerned with how he will sleep at DC. Set it to a station with some talking and some music. I think he will adjust at daycare; they will have set napping times and he will figure it out.

As for the vacay ....ack! I don't know what I would do. We are planning a trip to Door County at the end of August and we are specifically looking for suites so that we have a separate room for hanging out and a closed door for the bedroom. We don't want to go to bed at 7pm!

GL!

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