https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:22:51 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/napping-in-the-swing#post-288589 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 16:22:50 +0000 mrs. wagon 288589@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Glad to hear almost everyone also keeps it swinging!! I was feeling guilty (she's taking at least 1, usually 2 naps a day in it every day, and it stays at a full swing the entire time) and now I don't :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/napping-in-the-swing#post-288053 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 01:14:08 +0000 plantains 288053@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I keep it swinging. She naps for about 3 hours in the swing in the morning. She sleeps fine in her crib at night so I'm not worried. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/napping-in-the-swing#post-287617 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 13:51:02 +0000 prettylizy 287617@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Keep that mother swinging. Swing away!!! I wanted her to get as long a nap as possible, so we just kept it going. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/napping-in-the-swing#post-287605 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 13:33:11 +0000 erwoo 287605@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I swing napped my oldest until 8 months. Crazy. I don't remember him having a hard time transitioning to his crib bc he was already sleep trained at night. I'm going to sleep train my youngest next week or so and do both nap and bedtime. We will see how that goes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/napping-in-the-swing#post-287589 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 13:05:01 +0000 looch 287589@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was really afraid of using motion to get a good nap, because I was not sure how I'd have to break the habit. I really made my life more difficult than it needed to be those first 6 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/napping-in-the-swing#post-287355 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 07:39:53 +0000 autumnlove 287355@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I let her nap in the swing once a day during my maternity leave. The longest she would sleep for was 2-3 hours with the swing on the entire time. She started hating it after she turned 4 months old and it is currently packed up in a storage closet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/napping-in-the-swing#post-287331 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 06:58:03 +0000 winniebee 287331@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Leave it swinging. When I stop the seining he wakes up within 10 mins...</p> <p>I'm transitioning him to crib this week. Next week is napping out of swing....</p> <p>@meredithNYC: I read that too. But the book also says that a nap is better than no nap and currently I'm not willing to give up the killer morning swing nap! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/napping-in-the-swing#post-287325 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 06:44:11 +0000 meredithNYC 287325@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: Well, by the time I started the technique of turning off the swing after sleepy time, LO was already over the swing and she was like, 13 weeks old. So maybe your LO just needs a little more time? And in the meantime you can keep letting her sleep while swing is in motion? I mean, a mom's sanity often rests on her LOs ability to sleep/nap well, so I think ultimately you have to go with your gut and do what you have to do. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/napping-in-the-swing#post-287324 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 06:42:17 +0000 meredithNYC 287324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: Oh yeah, in the early days we always left it on. By the time I even knew that we shouldn't be doing that, she had nearly given up the swing anyway so we were just lucky that way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/napping-in-the-swing#post-287199 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 23:04:11 +0000 Mrs. Superhero 287199@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I kept it on or she woke up. It was fine, it's not like she was in it forever, she outgrew the need to be in constant motion after a bit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/napping-in-the-swing#post-287095 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 21:00:53 +0000 Andrea 287095@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@meredithNYC: oh yes, I agree that sleeping in a swing or car isn't as restorative. I misunderstood what you had written. However, in the early days, the swing was easier on me. I remember at one point I was rocking her to sleep at least 8 times a day so using the swing instead was a good cheat for a little bit until I could get her to nap in a crib. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/napping-in-the-swing#post-287082 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 20:51:29 +0000 mrs. wagon 287082@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@meredithNYC: this is the reason I asked the question! I love that book because Wagon Jr. responded to the techniques so well, including stopping the swing or stroller or car and letting them go into deeper sleep. However, just like @artbee she gets up sometimes when just the music shuts off, let alone when the swinging stops. But sometimes when we stop the swinging because she's been sleeping in there for like 3 hours straight, she keeps sleeping and seems to enter an even deeper sleep.</p> <p>That being said, she won't fall asleep in the swing-- we have to rock her to sleep, then once she's almost asleep she'll let us put her in the swing at that point. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/napping-in-the-swing#post-286798 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 16:24:10 +0000 meredithNYC 286798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It claims that if motion is aiding the baby's sleep then it isn't really as restorative as sleeping while still. I don't know what to believe, to be honest. I was just desperate for some good, quality naps and a well rested baby so I figured I would give it a shot. But, she seemed to give up the swing for the most part after we started sleep training, so I can't really say whether it made a difference. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/napping-in-the-swing#post-286781 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 16:15:12 +0000 Andrea 286781@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@meredithNYC: why does it say not to? </p> <p>I turned it off because I didn't want her to get too used to the motion. She didn't wake up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/napping-in-the-swing#post-286758 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 16:01:30 +0000 heffalump 286758@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not only did we keep it on when she was napping, but I would have to keep getting up and resetting the music every time it would shut off or she would wake up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/napping-in-the-swing#post-286701 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 15:39:09 +0000 sulli301 286701@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We left it on the whole time when she did nap in there, but we tried to limit it! She LOVED her swing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/napping-in-the-swing#post-286693 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 15:36:45 +0000 meredithNYC 286693@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to until I read in the "Healthy Sleep Habits" book that we shouldn't. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/napping-in-the-swing#post-286672 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 15:27:56 +0000 banana 286672@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've been keeping it on the while time. She gets up when the swinging stops! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/napping-in-the-swing#post-286603 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 14:50:04 +0000 Springtime 286603@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is almost 5 months old and still naps in the swing, it's a habit I need to break! We leave it on the whole time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/napping-in-the-swing#post-286596 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 14:46:20 +0000 mrs. wagon 286596@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When your LO naps in the swing, do you turn the swing off after they're asleep, or leave it on for the entire nap? </p>