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Desperate to get lo to nap in the day.help!!
Morning.
Maiya is now nearly 16 weeks and used to nap on the sofa as refuses to go into her cot in the day. I have tried for over an hour to try and get her to nap in it in the day. Now though she won't nap unless in the pram (after I have walked for approx 30 mins she will start to nap) or out in the car (again after 30 mins and we cant afford to keep driving it so much). By the time bedtime comes at 7.30 she is like a wound up spring and totally stressed. also she's only getting in total around 10/11 hours sleep in 24 hour period as at most she'll nap for 20/30 mins in the day. have tried a swing but won't sleep in that. the day starts so early as she's up at 5.30am for a full feed and won't go back to sleep.
help!!??????
p.s she sleeps for about 9 - 9.5 hours in the cot at night. so why not nap in the day??
thanks xxxxxx
Maiya is now nearly 16 weeks and used to nap on the sofa as refuses to go into her cot in the day. I have tried for over an hour to try and get her to nap in it in the day. Now though she won't nap unless in the pram (after I have walked for approx 30 mins she will start to nap) or out in the car (again after 30 mins and we cant afford to keep driving it so much). By the time bedtime comes at 7.30 she is like a wound up spring and totally stressed. also she's only getting in total around 10/11 hours sleep in 24 hour period as at most she'll nap for 20/30 mins in the day. have tried a swing but won't sleep in that. the day starts so early as she's up at 5.30am for a full feed and won't go back to sleep.
help!!??????
p.s she sleeps for about 9 - 9.5 hours in the cot at night. so why not nap in the day??
thanks xxxxxx
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how pathetic is this. i've had to draw all the living room curtains, switch off lights and put washing machine on. after 3 attempts have managed to get her to nap on sofa. I have to hide upstairs and creep down every few mins to check on her!! needed my purse a minute ago and had to crawl past the sofa to get it so didn't wake her!!! problem is she's so nosey everything and everything distracts her when trying to nap. i am so sad!!!
have just ordered a baa baa black out blind as maybe if her room is pitch black she'll nap??
things we do for a quiet life!!!
I had to get tough to teach him to nap, I tried using pick up put down but he just fought against it. In the end, following advice from www.babysleepanswers.co.uk I switched to controlled crying. He went in his cot when he was tired and he stayed there for an hour. Typically he would cry for about 25 mins (I checked him every ten mins) then sleep for 20 mins and then cry some more. To start with we only did this for one nap a day so it wasn't too much for either him or me. It did work (although he was particularly stubbon!) and he now naps in his cot. He normally has about an hour in the morning (2 hours after he wakes up) and then either 2 hours after lunch or 1 hour then and another hour about 4. The house is much more relaxed now I don't spend all day trying to keep a very grumpy baby happy!!!
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thanks ladies. lets hope a bit of tough love does the trick. thing is when she does have a nap she's a much happier baby!!
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Tried the cot with grobag on and wrapped in a blanket but she woke up wouldn't go down. I let her fall asleep in my arms and then put her in the cot/or laid on floor with pillows. ...this only lasted 10mins. So I decide to try my last resort other than the car.
I got the pushchair out, once she started rubbing her eyes, i strapped her in and wrapped a blanket over her legs. I then pushed her in the pushchair back and forth and rocked it from side to side. She fell asleep within 5mins. Yesterday slept for and hr in am and 1.5 in pm. I was really pleased, as it allowed me give my kitchen a proper clean! Was so relieved to find a solution.
you could maybe give the pushchair ago in the house where its warm? I have the curtains drawn too and its quite. Shes now so comfy thats shes snoring away behind me! xxx
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shes been asleep from over an hr now. Hopefully Il get a tidy house before Christmas...thats after 7mths though!
I hope you find a solution too lynda.
I saw your other post. I never know what to do when Maiya eventually goes for a long nap in the afternoon as how much is enough so doesn't disrupt night sleep? good luck!!!
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