Just that really. DD needs two naps a day. When I say need, I mean she's a real pain in the arse whinger unless she has a 40 minute nap twice a day. I don't understand why she fights sleep?!
She used to nap in her bouncer or fall asleep cuddling me. Now she is bigger, 7 months, and we have replaced the lovely bouncer with a rocker, she is a bugger to get to sleep. I can't cuddle her to sleep like I could when she was small and getting her to sleep in the rocker is traumatic. She screams and twists and vocalises for ages until, sometimes she falls asleep. Other times I relent, take her out and power through until her next feed when she might fall asleep on me or I go out with the pram or jump in the car. We have no issues at night, she bf's, sometimes falls asleep but mostly she goes down semi awake, we sit by her cot until she falls asleep and she will then sleep through.
I've never been able to get her to nap in her cot and to be honest that wouldn't be ideal. Daddy works nights and often has to sleep during the day. The nursery is next to our room and if there were hysterics up there like we have down here it would wake him. Having said that, if it meant she would sleep after a bit of 'training' I'd try it.
Would love to know what you guys do at naptime?
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muddylettuce · 15/12/2013 10:06
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