https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 18 Jul 2026 07:13:28 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-put-baby-in-the-crib-even-if-you-know-they-wont-nap-well#post-582657 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:50:41 +0000 travelgirl1 582657@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks everyone! She's just had a big screaming fit about me trying to get her to sleep and it's taken an hour and a half to get her to sleep just on me. I feel like this is CIO but in my arms, not fun at all, poor baby. I seriously need to figure out how to turn this around for her! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-put-baby-in-the-crib-even-if-you-know-they-wont-nap-well#post-582262 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:18:53 +0000 IcebergMom 582262@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Eek! Stay with the crib. I have serious nap issues with my LO because I was never consistent with te crib. I let her nap on my lap at the boob until 9 months. As I type this we are sitting in my driveway as she naps in the backseat. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-put-baby-in-the-crib-even-if-you-know-they-wont-nap-well#post-582183 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:58:05 +0000 immabeetoo 582183@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cascademom: how long do you think it took out of curiosity? My LO will roll around happily after waking from a fifteen minute micro nap but when I tried to leave him in there he just continued to roll for twenty minutes! I went in bc I didn't want to have his whole awake time be in the crib only to put him down again :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-put-baby-in-the-crib-even-if-you-know-they-wont-nap-well#post-582175 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:54:41 +0000 sorrycharlie 582175@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we co-bed at night, but we are sticking with crib for naps (or pack and play if we're at my parents). sometimes she'll take a nap in the car if we're out running errands, but I really try to work around naps now.</p> <p>our struggle is the length! no matter where she sleeps, she'll only sleep 35-45 minutes. which results in a million naps a day (she will fall asleep about 1-2 hours after waking up). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-put-baby-in-the-crib-even-if-you-know-they-wont-nap-well#post-582167 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:53:12 +0000 Running Elley 582167@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have the same problem and I've been trying to stick with the crib. I have an insane hope that one day it will just click! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-put-baby-in-the-crib-even-if-you-know-they-wont-nap-well#post-582141 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:45:14 +0000 cascademom 582141@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would say stick with the crib. Baby will be fine in there even if they're moving around entertaining themselves instead of sleeping. This happened this morning for me. LO woke up at 6am. I fed him, he pretty much woke up, I put him back in the crib. He essentially played in the crib as I saw on the monitor. I guess it tired him out because by the time I was done getting ready for work, he was asleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-put-baby-in-the-crib-even-if-you-know-they-wont-nap-well#post-582125 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:38:52 +0000 immabeetoo 582125@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've got no answer bc I struggle with this too. Then he gets so over tired it seems impossible to sleep at all. No advice just empathy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-put-baby-in-the-crib-even-if-you-know-they-wont-nap-well#post-582057 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:22:42 +0000 Sammyfab 582057@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss' strategy is what I would recommend also, but I would try with the first nap of the day instead. Babies are usually the most tired for their first nap (unless you've seen a pattern with your LO where she sleeps longer at another point of the day). I'd try the crib for the first 2 naps and if they've been really crappy then I'd do whatever I had to do to get a really good afternoon nap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-put-baby-in-the-crib-even-if-you-know-they-wont-nap-well#post-582033 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:19:07 +0000 MsLipGloss 582033@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have this issue as well. Currently, I have chosen one nap a day (the mid-day nap) for LO to be consistently in her crib. The other two naps (morning and late afternoon) can be wherever she will sleep longer. When the mid-day nap is managed, I will then start another nap time in her crib. I chose sleep (for her and myself) . . . because it was really wrecking her evening sleep to only get short naps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-put-baby-in-the-crib-even-if-you-know-they-wont-nap-well#post-582031 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:18:16 +0000 lemondrop 582031@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, we still used the crib to try to keep reinforcing that the crib is for sleep. Once he woke up I either stuck him in the swing or nursed him back down again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-put-baby-in-the-crib-even-if-you-know-they-wont-nap-well#post-582016 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:14:18 +0000 Weagle 582016@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would stay consistent with the crib. It's hard (and I've not been the best), but they learn with consistency. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-put-baby-in-the-crib-even-if-you-know-they-wont-nap-well#post-581950 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:00:02 +0000 NerdBee 581950@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yah, LO went through a phase where he would wake up at 10 mins on the dot. I would go in and rock him back to sleep and pretty much do this every 10 mins for an hour or so. I would also take him out for a car ride for one of his naps to make sure he got at least one good nap a day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-put-baby-in-the-crib-even-if-you-know-they-wont-nap-well#post-581902 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:44:25 +0000 Andrea 581902@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would suffer through the short term pain of getting her in the crib. Maybe she will get used to it quickly. It didn't take long for both of my kids! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-put-baby-in-the-crib-even-if-you-know-they-wont-nap-well#post-581872 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:32:53 +0000 travelgirl1 581872@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm so torn at the moment. If I put A in her crib, I know she'll wake up within the next 5-30 minutes. If I let her sleep on me I can get at least an hour. But I know that's not a long term solution and I'm super tired and could do with a nap myself. What would you do? Put her down and persevere even though you know she won't nap properly? Or keep hold of her so she rests as she should and I guess I could nap a little with her... </p>