https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 25 Apr 2026 01:24:27 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-training-help-3#post-2116187 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 13:22:10 +0000 Turd Ferguson 2116187@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did CIO. I held my daughter until she was 12 months...oops. We had done CIO for nights at 6 months so her night sleep was decent. It sucked and took a good week or so for her to go down in her crib, and probably another month for her to actually lengthen her naps from like, 25 minutes to an hour. I do still nurse her until she's drowsy before putting her down, but I figure I'll work all that out later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-training-help-3#post-2116181 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 13:19:09 +0000 2PeasinaPod 2116181@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: Yes...I was so sad when he gave his second nap up so early.</p> <p>The key is consistency, and unfortunately, not when she's sick. I know it's so much easier said than done, but eventually, she'll start to get it. LO used to cry for 45 min + at the beginning...it widdled down to going straight down for naps for us which was heavenly! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-training-help-3#post-2116174 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 13:15:22 +0000 BabyTsMom 2116174@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>how's her night sleep? once we trained for going to bed at night, naps got better (slowly). I did have let him cio for a couple of naps and it was rough, not gonna lie. But he was very easy to put down for naps for months after that.</p> <p>Nowadays, I'm getting a lot of resistance for the afternoon nap and I'm having to cio again. it sucks again! I think our 2-1 transition will be a long one! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-training-help-3#post-2116139 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 12:50:55 +0000 Smurfette 2116139@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did CIO for naps and night time at the same time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-training-help-3#post-2116066 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 11:57:37 +0000 regberadaisy 2116066@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@2PeasinaPod: if you would've asked me with DD1 I would've said no but this time around yes. LOL </p> <p>I have let her CIO a few times and what it results in is her crying longer than she actually naps for. And it doesn't really improve over the days/weeks. Right now because of her sickness crying to much ends up with her coughing and throwing up. So today after 15m when she kept escalating I came in and rescued her.</p> <p>And oh wow one nap at 8months?? :shocked: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-training-help-3#post-2116054 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 11:52:45 +0000 2PeasinaPod 2116054@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Are you willing to try CIO? We nap trained LO at 8 months with CIO and it was super tough. Some days he didn't nap, but after about a week, he started getting it. Finally after over a month and a half of staying consistent, he went down on his own. This was also the time we started transitioning from 2 naps to 1, and he gave me a much longer stretch in the afternoon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-training-help-3#post-2116051 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 11:49:24 +0000 regberadaisy 2116051@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been trying to nap train DD2 for about a month and half. She's been pretty sick the past week so I put it on hold. Now that she's feeling better I want to start back up.</p> <p>She'll be 7m on the 28th and I really do not want to hold her for all naps till she's over 1, like her big sister.</p> <p>Drowsy but awake might as well be unicorns in this household. I try to get her to nap when she shows sleey signs. Sometime she fights it and sometimes she falls right asleep. Getting her to sleep in the crib is just a insane battle.<br /> I also think she's transitiining from 3 to 2 naps. Some days it's 2 with a 5pm cat nap, some days it's just one!</p> <p>How did you nap train your baby to nap in the crib? </p>