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daytime naps
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Hi ladies
LO is now 6 months old and I have real difficulty in getting him down for his daytime naps. He's fine going to bed at night but he does need a couple of good naps in the day and shows signs of being tired but then cries and cries when I put him down. This is definitely getting worse. I wait outside his room and go in and check on him a couple of times whilst this is going on. I'll turn him over if he's rolled over but it's now taking up to 10 mins of crying/upset before he'll drop off. He never used to be like this and it's happening at every naptime now. I just wondered if you had any advice on this?
Thank you!!
LO is now 6 months old and I have real difficulty in getting him down for his daytime naps. He's fine going to bed at night but he does need a couple of good naps in the day and shows signs of being tired but then cries and cries when I put him down. This is definitely getting worse. I wait outside his room and go in and check on him a couple of times whilst this is going on. I'll turn him over if he's rolled over but it's now taking up to 10 mins of crying/upset before he'll drop off. He never used to be like this and it's happening at every naptime now. I just wondered if you had any advice on this?
Thank you!!
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When my ds1 was teething it would upset his napping but not nighttime settling. Maybe try some bonjela and a teething powder before putting him down ans see if this helps. I also found putting his mobile on to distract him until he drifted off helped.
Liz x
The other thing I have found with my son is that he prefers not to nap during the daytime in his cot. Im not bothered where he naps, I just want him to nap, so I put him on our bed surrounding by pillows so he cant roll off, or in the living room on the floor on a sheepskin rug.