https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 02 May 2026 18:19:09 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-training-4#post-784950 Thu, 16 May 2013 07:14:02 +0000 edelweiss 784950@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we started nap training around 3 months because LO was a catnapper but would wake up still grumpy and tired. when we started training, he usually cried/fussed for about 20 minutes before falling back asleep--maybe your LO will do something similar? </p> <p>the third nap of the day was roughest, and a few times he fussed on and off for an hour. at that point i would take him out of the crib and just try to soothe or distract him, like with a bath or a walk. </p> <p>if there had been some other surefire way to get him to sleep, like a swing, i would have taken him from the crib and used that to continue the nap but most things didn't work for him.</p> <p>i tried not to nurse him because by that point we had gotten on a 4-hour eating schedule which i did not want to mess up. </p> <p>it's really hard if they're fussy to find ways to distract them, when you know (and they know) that you could feed them to calm them down, but it depends on what you want to do--if you do want to break the association, then you can push through and find other ways to soothe her, but if it's easier for you to just feed her, that's good too.</p> <p>oh, would you consider using a pacifier instead of feeding her? the sucking might be enough to soothe her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-training-4#post-784878 Thu, 16 May 2013 06:25:05 +0000 T.H.O.U. 784878@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't have any suggestions because we always nursed to sleep or sometimes my husband could do a sleep shuffle and get her to sleep. Over time she just naturally got into a routine where she could go to bed without nursing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-training-4#post-783498 Wed, 15 May 2013 13:44:27 +0000 bienlivingdesign 783498@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been reading through old nap training posts, as I am trying to get H back on a good schedule. She is now almost 8.5 months. She got really sick about a month ago &amp; since then her sleep has regressed. </p> <p>I read Mrs. Bee's posts on training C+O, which align pretty well with my train of thought. If, for example, your baby doesn't nap after an hour of being in their crib (wether playing or fussing), do you take them out and then feed them? Or just start playing or doing whatever? I ask because once I start nursing H she will fall asleep almost instantly...and I'm trying to break that association so that she will take better, longer naps!</p> <p>Any advice?<br /> Thanks!! </p>