bad habits and day naps
Hi ladies
I've got a bit of a dilema and am hoping you can help me out!! Maiya will be 14 weeks on sunday. at night we do bath, bottle bed and she goes straight down in her cot and goes to sleep and has started to sleep from7.30pm to approx 5am. bliss. but this has only been since she's had day naps.
the problem is that she is a devil for day naps. she gets so tired and fights them every time. i've tried on numerous occasions to put her in the cot but she screams and screams. seems to HATE the cot in the day. the only way she will nap is either in the car or on the sofa. I also have to hold her for between 5 - 25 mins and rock her a bit in my arms to calm her before the day naps. she NEVER needs this at night as she just feeds and goes straight in the cot to sleep.
does anyone else have any bad habits to get their lo to sleep in the day? not sure how i can get out of it or if i even need to. thing is if she doesn't nap in the day she then goes into constant crying mode, doesn't feed well and doesn't sleep well at night. not sure what to do for the best!! am worried then when she's got to go to nursery for 3 days a week in april she'll be a nightmare!!
any tips/thoughts please ???
xx
I've got a bit of a dilema and am hoping you can help me out!! Maiya will be 14 weeks on sunday. at night we do bath, bottle bed and she goes straight down in her cot and goes to sleep and has started to sleep from7.30pm to approx 5am. bliss. but this has only been since she's had day naps.
the problem is that she is a devil for day naps. she gets so tired and fights them every time. i've tried on numerous occasions to put her in the cot but she screams and screams. seems to HATE the cot in the day. the only way she will nap is either in the car or on the sofa. I also have to hold her for between 5 - 25 mins and rock her a bit in my arms to calm her before the day naps. she NEVER needs this at night as she just feeds and goes straight in the cot to sleep.
does anyone else have any bad habits to get their lo to sleep in the day? not sure how i can get out of it or if i even need to. thing is if she doesn't nap in the day she then goes into constant crying mode, doesn't feed well and doesn't sleep well at night. not sure what to do for the best!! am worried then when she's got to go to nursery for 3 days a week in april she'll be a nightmare!!
any tips/thoughts please ???
xx
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Personally, if your happy with her not sleeping in her cot now I wouldn't worry about it. April is quite a long time away, by then she may have settled into a good routine durng the day and be easier to put down for a nap.
besides if she's napping on the sofa I can watch her, have a cup of tea and come on here!!! ha ha ha
thanks again.
xxxx
He is 17 weeks and from last week I have got him to successfully sleep in his cot by creatihng a mini daytime nap routine. I started just with his lunchtime nap and now he has all his daytime naps there.
Just as he is getting tired, I pop him in his door bouncer or jumperoo for about 15 mins to make sure he is really tired, then I cuddle him for about 5 mins saying - are you sleepy - is it time for a sleep? Then we go to his room and i close the curtains, switch on his musical cot toy (usualy his baby enistein baby neptune) and then slowly lower him into his cot and give him his dummy. I then leave his to settle.
If he becomes more unsettled i go in and do 5 chest circles, 5 strokes down his tummy and 5 strokes of his head repetitivelym until he settles and falls asleep - if this doesn't work and he is really stimulated, I rest one hand on his tummy and use the other to cover his eyes (without touching him). This is pretty much guaranteed to work, though can sometimes take 30 mins, usually he is asleep within 10 to 15 without crying.
His first nap of the day is great tho because he wakes up at 8/8.30 has bottle then i put him back in his cot at 9 then he goes back to sleep for half an hour.
I hope your lo starts to sleep more in the afternoon for u really soon, my lo is 15 weeks and this week i have found he is taking longer naps during the afternoon. I'm thinking he could be having a growth spurt x