When he was little I would mimic our bedtime
routine at naptime — nursing, rocking, extra-tight swaddle.
Keep mimicking the bedtime
routine at naptime, even with the nursing.
I've been performing a modified nighttime
routine at naptime.
Parenting practices included reading to the child or showing the child picture books, playing with the child, and following daily
routines at naptime, mealtime, and bedtime.
Not exact matches
• Your child takes short naps or no naps, but clearly needs more daytime sleep; • Your child's sleep habits are changing and what used to work, no longer works
at bedtime or
naptime; • Your child's bedtime
routine seems unusually long and arduous and requires too many «special requests»; • Are you exhausted and frustrated?
Try to make the
naptime routine different from the one you do
at bedtime so your children can come to rely on the comfort and predictability.
«The transition can be really difficult, and you don't have to make the switch
at nighttime,» according to Melisa E. Moore, Ph.D., a sleep expert and psychologist in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia who advocates starting your baby out sleeping in his crib
at naptime and then transitioning into a nighttime sleep
routine.
When our
naptime routine was
at it's peak of effectiveness, which you must realize, dear rookie moms, can change
at anytime, I recorded the procedure, in more or less 10 steps:
Once you've settled into a breast - feeding
routine, keep in mind that sucking on a pacifier
at naptime or bedtime might reduce the risk of SIDS.
This is the reason why you should strengthen his or her
naptime and bedtime
routines at this early stage.
1) Keep baby feeling safe and secure by following the same
naptime and bedtime
routine that you do
at home.
Keep baby feeling safe and secure by following the same
naptime and bedtime
routine that you do
at home.
I never said a word to my son about it, just did my usual
routine giving him one
at naptime or whenever.