https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 05 May 2026 10:14:41 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-wont-nap-alone#post-2794112 Fri, 29 Dec 2017 15:53:39 +0000 ALV91711 2794112@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Weswife: yes, I nursed and that was definitely a problem for naps. He would fall asleep nursing and then it was near impossible to put him down. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-wont-nap-alone#post-2794092 Fri, 29 Dec 2017 13:51:07 +0000 gotkimchi 2794092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Weswife: yes I was nursing which was her preferred method to fall asleep :/ that was causing our problems and had to stop that association </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-wont-nap-alone#post-2794091 Fri, 29 Dec 2017 13:50:18 +0000 looch 2794091@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Weswife: No I wasn't nursing, but my son never fell asleep while eating. He was one of those kids that just couldn't figure out how to self soothe. He is 7 now and still sometimes asks for me to lay next to him until he falls asleep.</p> <p>How long is he awake before his first nap in the morning? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-wont-nap-alone#post-2794089 Fri, 29 Dec 2017 13:42:44 +0000 LBee 2794089@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Weswife: Yes, I nursed until he was a year.</p> <p>ETA: But I never nursed to sleep. I made sure nursing / sleep were not associated.</p> <p>Also, my daughter goes in her crib for every nap and can just look around until she falls asleep. If she's even the tiniest bit over tired, she has to be rocked to sleep / loses her mind. I'm wondering if you are trying to go off cues as opposed to a set time. Once we get cues with DD it's usually too late so we have just figured out how much awake time she can have and even if she doesn't seem tired she goes down. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-wont-nap-alone#post-2794088 Fri, 29 Dec 2017 13:41:53 +0000 Weswife 2794088@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: @ALV91711: @gotkimchi: read above... were you nursing at the time? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-wont-nap-alone#post-2794087 Fri, 29 Dec 2017 13:40:55 +0000 Weswife 2794087@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LBee: also were you nursing? I feel like the nursing plays a part. Because he falls asleep nursing not on his own. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-wont-nap-alone#post-2794002 Fri, 29 Dec 2017 08:54:52 +0000 LBee 2794002@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Weswife: Okay, finally not being worthless and will wall you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-wont-nap-alone#post-2793996 Fri, 29 Dec 2017 07:59:15 +0000 looch 2793996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son was like this as well, I can't tell you how many hours I have spent trying to get him to sleep, watching him sleep, reading about sleep...and I still feel like it's all a crapshoot.</p> <p>Basically, my view is that I have to look at a few things to diagnose a problem. The biggest problem I had when my son was small was not understanding the wake periods. I was keeping him up too long between the time he woke up in the morning to his first nap. Once I shortened that time and I put him in bed again before he showed overtiredness signs, things improved.</p> <p>The other thing I had to look at was overall hours of sleep. I realized that my son needed a lot of sleep, and if he didn't get the number of hours, it actually made it worse, not easier, in terms of his tiredness. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-wont-nap-alone#post-2793993 Fri, 29 Dec 2017 07:31:32 +0000 gotkimchi 2793993@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Weswife: I just did our routine and then put her in there awake. There was def crying which is why I gave it a 20 min time limit. I think you just have to decide what you’re going to do and then stick too it. You might have to decide if the naps alone are worth it or not. My younger one I’ll put him in there and then tell him over the monitor to lay down and go to sleep when he cries and that works for him </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-wont-nap-alone#post-2793987 Fri, 29 Dec 2017 03:19:24 +0000 Weswife 2793987@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@gotkimchi: can you explain what you did? Did you lay baby down drowsy? Awake, already asleep? My first attempt today did not go smoothly. He was sleepy so I put him down. He attempted to play for a few mins. But he was so tried he started to lose it. I left him for about 5 mins and he was screaming hysterically. Like he was hyperventilating and when I picked him up poor kid has snot all over his face! I couldn’t even calm him down without nursing him. And he still was having a hard time calming down for about 5 mins while nursing. Aww it was so sad! Please tell me I don’t have to make him suffer... 😢 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-wont-nap-alone#post-2793812 Thu, 28 Dec 2017 00:28:49 +0000 ALV91711 2793812@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think you have to tough it out if you want him to hap in his own. I would try like @gotkimchi: did. </p> <p>DS always napped better with me. Mostly even when younger I'd lay him in our bed and cuddle him while he fell asleep. Lots of time I'd nap for a bit but sometimes I'd get up. At 4.5 he still naps and prefers when I cuddle him. He has no problems at night going to sleep on his own. </p> <p>He started daycare at 1 and has never had problems napping there by himself. He also goes for a nap fine if just DH is home. </p> <p>I hope you find something that works. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-wont-nap-alone#post-2793792 Wed, 27 Dec 2017 21:21:26 +0000 gotkimchi 2793792@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We also held our lo for naps until 10mo, my ped said only let her nap in her crib she’ll get it. So we did a sort of boot camp where we stayed home for a few days until she figured it out. I put her in crib and got her if she cried for 20 min. If that happened I put her back down in an hour. She figured it out. After we knew she could nap in her crib we only insisted on her morning nap in there and she could take her other nap with us holding her or in the car but that way when she got down to one nap a day it was alone which was valuable time for us </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-wont-nap-alone#post-2793790 Wed, 27 Dec 2017 21:14:07 +0000 LBee 2793790@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This happened with my son (including the grandma care part). I’m on my phone, but I’ll wall you in the morning. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-wont-nap-alone#post-2793787 Wed, 27 Dec 2017 20:37:55 +0000 Weswife 2793787@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ok moms... our 9 month old will not nap alone. To be honest he never really has and this is probably a huge mistake on our part as parents. When he is finally asleep if we set him down his eyes instantly open up so we have always held him for naps. That is unless he falls asleep in his car seat. He has always slept on his own no problem but napping that’s another story. </p> <p>He is watched while I work by Grandma and she has always held him too. Does anyone have any ideas or advice on how to get him to nap in the crib or pack and play. He has maybe a handful of times, but it’s obviously not consistent and the times he stayed asleep we feel are completely luck! We love holding him because we sadly know it’s going to end but I think if we can get him to nap our lives will be much more our together. That time is so valuable. Any ideas??? </p> <p>I have read about sleep training and tried several times to do some of those ideas. Ie; put him down when drowsy, leave him in there, etc. He doesn’t sleep though he just plays. I mean I have left him for over an hour 😊... or he has been asleep, put him down and we have the same outcome... playing. I think he naps with us becuase of body heat and cozy ness, but I don’t know how to duplicate that feeling for him in the crib? Oh also we have tried a shirt that smells like me for grandmas house... didn’t work 😢. We need ideas from experienced parents. </p>