You still have several options: A good way to start transitioning is to begin during the day
taking naps in the crib, but keep your night time set - up.
«Don't let your
child nap in the crib one day, a day bed the next, and in your bed the day after that,» he says.
When it is time to make the move to putting your baby
for naps in the crib, there are steps you can take to help your baby accept this new location.
On our first trip with our daughter, she refused to
nap in the crib in her room, and she was still on two naps at that point.
My mom was telling me that as long as Aiden had one good morning nap and one good
afternoon nap in his crib then he should be fine to sleep elsewhere for the others.
I would like him to take
naps in a crib at my house or at my parents» house and I would like him to sleep there during the night, too.
The problem is she is
only napping in her crib for 45 minutes to 1 hour at each nap and then I move her to a swing where she sometimes will fall back to sleep and sometimes just stay awake until the next feeding.
Should I work on getting her to
nap in the crib first (she's always napped on our bed, but that isn't so great now that she's crawling) or try to do both nighttime and naptime sleep in the crib at the same time?
At that point I first tried to have Baby
Boy nap in a crib by himself, without assistance from someone else to help him fall asleep.
However, we can not get her to
nap in her crib with CIO, I have backed her wake time from 1 hour to 45 minutes, to basically eating time at 30 minutes, no change... should I let her cry longer than 30 minutes.
And if you're going to want to be out and about in the warm weather, don't get your child used to only
taking naps in the crib, or you won't be able to let him or her nap in the stroller while you run errands.
People expect babies to sleep a lot — zonked out in strollers, lulled into dreamland in car seats, tucked away for marathon
afternoon naps in their cribs, and snoozing for long stretches at night (okay, maybe with the unfortunate wake - ups thrown in there).
Afraid that I'd get a comment about how grateful I should be that my son naps and that I should quit complaining that I feel trapped in my home because he
only naps in his crib.
If she wakes mid-nap, I would move her to a prop at this age, but I would at least
start naps in the crib / whatever.
In hindsight, I wish I had let Max spend more nights in her bassinet and take
naps in her crib, so she could get used to sleeping in a number of different places.
I'm a firm believer in
napping in a crib but my baby is 3 weeks and it's sooo soon to be tied to my house!
However, baby wearing doesn't need to be exclusive and babywearing parents often chop and change depending on circumstances, sometimes choosing to take Junior out in a pushchair, or letting
him nap in a crib.
We tried to do like I think sleeping in our room and then we tried to do
some naps in the crib in their own room and kind of gradually move them...
Now she even takes 2
naps in her crib.
3:10 pm: Leah starts to get her fuss on, so I put her in a sleep sack and down for
a nap in her crib.
Our daughter comes over to our bed in the middle of the night, but she begins her night in her toddlerbed and
naps in her crib.
I started this more rigorous schedule around 3 months and always try to make sure I am home at these times so Elle can
nap in her crib.
Once your baby is
napping in the crib every day, then you can transition him into night crib sleeping.
(I transitioned her out of the swing when she started waking in the night again by having
her nap in her crib and once she got comfortable with that made the switch.
He has taken 2
naps in his crib but I put him in there after he was out - out.
We had a difficult time getting our kids to
nap in their cribs.
We have no backup desperation nap plans like cars, swings, stroller and we just have to do all of
the naps in the crib.
• Try
the nap in the crib twice a day (and once a day if your child is on one nap) before going to a «backup nap plan»: You go to a backup plan if you check your sleep log around 2:00 or 3:00 p.m. and realize that your child hasn't had enough day sleep.You want to make sure that he sleeps one way or another for a decent interval before the afternoon is over, so that you're not set up for a bad night.
If the baby keeps this habit, it will be very difficult to put the baby to
nap in the crib.