https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 17 Apr 2026 01:48:28 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-baby-wont-go-down-for-a-nap-on-his-own-anymore#post-2888340 Thu, 20 Jun 2019 19:13:30 +0000 Eebolleh 2888340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PurplePumps: I do try to be consistent. Being inconsistent makes the crying worse. </p> <p>My daughter has never been very sick, she normally slept better when she was sick and tired. But when she was teething she would cry and cry and I could tell it wasn’t the same. I would take her out of the crib, give her Tylenol, give her time to calm down and hang out, then back to the crib. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-baby-wont-go-down-for-a-nap-on-his-own-anymore#post-2888319 Thu, 20 Jun 2019 15:13:05 +0000 PurplePumps 2888319@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Eebolleh: @cake2017: Did you continue sleep training methods when your LO was sick too? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-baby-wont-go-down-for-a-nap-on-his-own-anymore#post-2888246 Thu, 20 Jun 2019 07:19:28 +0000 cake2017 2888246@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Try to be consistent. I had a few struggles with LO and we started to sleep train him at 6 months. It wasn’t easy but we did CIO with some checks. He STN. He’s 2 now and some of his naps can be short and flaky but I don’t enter the room right away. I’m consistent and it seems to work cause he’s fallen back to sleep. Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-baby-wont-go-down-for-a-nap-on-his-own-anymore#post-2888236 Wed, 19 Jun 2019 23:38:51 +0000 Eebolleh 2888236@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am a firm believer in sleep training. My daughter occasionally goes through fits where she won’t sleep. I will allow her to cry for up to half an hour. This is very rare, she normally goes to sleep on her own. If after half an hour she is still crying, I take her out of her crib and we hang out for a while until she’s calm and collected. Then we start bedtime routine again and she goes back to her crib. </p> <p>Obviously you know your child best. We had a random regression where she cried and clung to our arms like a koala bear for no good reason. We just safely put her to bed and she eventually fell asleep. Two days later the dramatics ended and she was sleeping on her own again. </p> <p>FWIW, my daughter is 16 months old and sleeps TTN since 5 months. We are very strict about sleep and one or two nights of CIO works for us. This isn’t for everyone though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-baby-wont-go-down-for-a-nap-on-his-own-anymore#post-2888215 Wed, 19 Jun 2019 20:26:04 +0000 Ajsmommy 2888215@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I created a monster in a similar fashion and I'm still living the nightmare. Ds had ear problems from about 18 mos to 24 mos so I would rock him to sleep every night bc poor buggers ears hurt him...</p> <p>Well he's now 29 mos and I have to do it every night.... Before this mess I would change him, read two books /bottle and then put him down wife awake and he'd put himself to sleep in less than 15 mins. Now I have to rock to sleep and make sure he is really out before I can even attempt to put him down.</p> <p>All of that to say that if you can try not to create a new routine unless you like the new routine....<br /> Keep trying to go back to your old routine and hopefully it's just a fluke for a few days or a week. Don't be like me.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-baby-wont-go-down-for-a-nap-on-his-own-anymore#post-2888167 Wed, 19 Jun 2019 15:08:32 +0000 JJ2626 2888167@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO definitely went through phases of not napping well before 12 months. They usually lasted only a few days and our sleep consultant said it’s usually because of a development leap. Or sickness could do it too I think. So I would give it more time before panicking but I also would stop nursing to sleep because he will start to expect that and it will make it worse. Just keep putting him down and leaving him as long as you can bear and then try again for the next nap. Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-baby-wont-go-down-for-a-nap-on-his-own-anymore#post-2888158 Wed, 19 Jun 2019 13:55:16 +0000 PurplePumps 2888158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Baby is 8.5 months and has been going down for his naps with no complaints and falls asleep within a few minutes for the past 8 weeks. We were on vacation last week and he had a fever on Thur morning to Friday morning, but still napped fine on his own. He had trouble sleeping Thur night, but was back to normal Friday night. We came home Saturday and all was pretty normal, and then Sunday night he had a crazy coughing fit and couldn't go back to sleep for like 30 minutes until I finally nursed him to sleep. Monday morning, he took his first nap like usual and then it was all down hill from there. That afternoon he went down for 20 minutes, then the last nap we were at the doctors and he was SO over tired and ended up with a car nap. Yesterday he refused to nap and just stood there and cried out for 10 minutes before I went to pick him up and even then he wouldn't settle and I ended up nursing him to sleep for all naps. Same thing today. I try with the usual routine, put him down. He's starts to whine and it just escalates. He's still coughing and sniffly so I give in. Tell me it's just cause he's not feeling well!?? Will he go back to normal and just go down for naps on his own?? Am I created a monster by letting him nurse to nap right now?? :( </p>