Nap routines.

Re: Nap routines.

• cagoldi member

  September 2014

  He's on a pretty set schedule at this point. If he starts acting tired before his usual naptime we'll put him to sleep early. His first nap is normally around 10. We take him to the nursery, put on a clean diaper, and rock him. He still
  takes a bottle before naps but doesn't fall asleep while drinking.
  
  Once he starts closing his eyes we lie him down and he usually goes to sleep fine. Even when he's sick he usually naps decent. We do drowsy but awake but he is on the heavy side of drowsy.
  
  Nighttime is basically the same, but darker. I sing to him while I rock him at night. There have been maybe only 5 times when I have been able to put him down wide awake that resulted in him actually going to sleep on his own. If he cries we go right in because we don't want him getting even more congested.

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• Ninjamama86 member

  September 2014

  My precious angel turns into a monster for naptime she sleeps great in the car, soooometimes I can nurse her to sleep at night and pat her butt for a few and walk away at bedtime, but afternoon is always a screamfest. If I know she's tired, I'll walk out and literally 3 minutes later she's knocked out, if I stay and try to pay her bottom she just gets more agitated. I didn't plan on being that mom to a "cry it out" baby, but it's become the last resort and fortunately she doesn't cry for too long most of the time.

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• megswen member

  September 2014

  For the most part, he's pretty good about going to sleep. I read him a book, then turn on the white noise and put his pacifier in, and then rock him upright with his head on my shoulder while singing to him until he's drowsy, and then I'll put him in his crib and sing and rub his back for a few seconds before leaving.
  
  He used to take 3 naps a day, but now he's boycotting his last nap, which I think is normal since he's coming up on a year.
  
  At bedtime, I'll nurse him before he goes to sleep. Sometimes he stays awake, in which case I'll rock him like I do at nap time, but sometimes (especially lately since he skips his last nap), he'll fall asleep while nursing for bedtime.

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• Mum2Be28 member

  September 2014

  Naps go pretty well for us. He goes down for morning nap around 8:30/9. Clean diaper, sleep sack, lay him in crib wide awake, turn on music box. Same routine for the 1/1:30 nap. The only time I rock him is if we are coming in from errands or doing something and it is past his nap time. Then I will rock him for a few minutes just so I don't feel like I'm walking in the front door and throwing him in the crib.
  
  We have had one new set back. Over the last week or so he has started throwing his lovie out of the crib as soon as I walk out. I will go in and give it back to him twice and then after the second time he usually keeps it and goes on to sleep. But if he throws it again he will sometimes stand up and cry for it, but he never screams or gets hysterical and he goes on to sleep after 10 min or so. Sometimes if I can get to the monitor fast enough before he throws it-- I can talk into the monitor and say "no throws" if he looks like he is about to do it. That works maybe half the time.
  
  He has not been throwing the lovie at night time, thank goodness.

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• megswen member

  September 2014

  Sorry to hi-jack the thread, but @Mum2Be28‌, how long of naps does your babe take?

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• Mum2Be28 member

  September 2014

  @megswen‌ 90 minutes is the average but one or two naps a week may be 45 min or 2.5 hours.

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• 88sharonlee member

  September 2014

  We're down to two naps a day most days. DC tries to do two naps, but she often fights or refuses her afternoon nap so then she will nap with DH when they get home.
  
  I try to keep a similar schedule on weekends- nap around 10:30am, then around 5pm.
  
  I'm lucky if naps last 45 minutes
  
  I try to put her in her crib with her stuffed animal, white noise and rub her back a little. She's usually awake and tosses and turns and I might have to go back in and calm her twice until she's down.
  
  But today she refused to sleep in her crib, so both naps required a short car ride to knock her out. Teething I think, top tooth is poking through.

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• Princess_Lily member

  September 2014

  megswen said:

  For the most part, he's pretty good about going to sleep. I read him a book, then turn on the white noise and put his pacifier in, and then rock him upright with his head on my shoulder while singing to him until he's drowsy, and then I'll put him in his crib and sing and rub his back for a few seconds before leaving.
  
  He used to take 3 naps a day, but now he's boycotting his last nap, which I think is normal since he's coming up on a year.
  
  At bedtime, I'll nurse him before he goes to sleep. Sometimes he stays awake, in which case I'll rock him like I do at nap time, but sometimes (especially lately since he skips his last nap), he'll fall asleep while nursing for bedtime.

  DS' style was exactly this - easy sleeper, until 18mo when he dropped all naps. I remember 2 naps a day, one AM nap (1hr), and one pm nap (2.5hrs max)
  
  DD will fight me for bedtime, especially if I miss her cues and she becomes over stimulated.
  
  Naptimes are a bit easier, she loves movement to go to sleep, so a car ride, or a stroller ride will help to transition her to bed. She wanted to nurse to sleep, and naps will only happen in my bed. Bedtime, is in the crib.
  
  

   
  

    

   
  

  
  

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