https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 11 Apr 2026 10:48:00 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/strategize-with-me-naps-amp-church#post-1135493 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 09:35:27 +0000 swurlygurl 1135493@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh, at 8 months we just got comfortable with naps and church. For the longest time we just didn't go because we couldn't figure it out. :( Church starts at 8 or 9:30, and she used to nap from 8:30 - 11, so neither of those times worked for us. Finally she's down to one nap on the weekends and goes down at 10-11ish depending on the day. So, we're finally able to go to church again.</p> <p>Not helpful at all to you, but I understand the stress! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/strategize-with-me-naps-amp-church#post-1134913 Sun, 06 Oct 2013 20:23:15 +0000 yellowbird 1134913@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're struggling with this right now too. Our church has services at 9:30 and 11:15 so we can usually make it to one or the other. Neither are ideal though as her usual naptime is 10:30. We usually try the 11 service and put her down early around 9:30 or 9:45 for an hour. She usually isn't that great in church and gets fussy so one of us have to take her to the back and feed her cheerios :( So distracting! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/strategize-with-me-naps-amp-church#post-1134907 Sun, 06 Oct 2013 20:17:50 +0000 Weagle 1134907@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I either wore her at church or just dealt with skipping a nap. For us, church is more important than one messed up nap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/strategize-with-me-naps-amp-church#post-1134615 Sun, 06 Oct 2013 15:58:46 +0000 Ginger333 1134615@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have the same situation - service and morning nap overlap ... we never really figured out how to make it work.<br /> Sometimes he naps before, sometime he sleeps on the way and the best days we can transfer him from the car and he stay asleep through service (in his carseat), sometimes he's tired and cranky but won't sleep and I "volunteer" to stay in the nursery with him, and sometimes I get paged to come pick him up part way through because he's tired but won't settle for the nursery volunteers. Those times, we hang out in the nursing nook and watch the service on the TV in there.<br /> We just kinda go with the flow and hope for the best. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/strategize-with-me-naps-amp-church#post-1134613 Sun, 06 Oct 2013 15:51:48 +0000 Penny Lane 1134613@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Deer: ah, I always nursed him to sleep at church too :) we just decided we had to make it work somehow, because not going to church was not an option for us! it's not fun, but we survive ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/strategize-with-me-naps-amp-church#post-1134609 Sun, 06 Oct 2013 15:39:37 +0000 Mrs. Deer 1134609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: she won't nap in the car seat or stroller anymore :(</p> <p>@photojane: I could, I just hate to short change her like 2 hours of sleep. If I did that I think I'd have to give her 3 naps, and usually on 3 nap days she'll wake up more at night. So silly!</p> <p>@Mrswonderwoman: that sounds good, I think I need to try and go with the flow a bit more and stop trying to control things :)</p> <p>@tinyperson: yeah, she's not great at napping while we're out either. This new church we're trying is in a school auditorium while it's building is being renovated so there's no mothers room that I know of. Maybe we'll get there early so she can nurse/nap in the car...so tricky!</p> <p>@Running Elley: she used to wakeup around 6:30 but it seems to be moving later and later. When we turn the clocks back I think we'll be perfect! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/strategize-with-me-naps-amp-church#post-1134576 Sun, 06 Oct 2013 15:09:50 +0000 photojane 1134576@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Deer: Can you just keep her up after her 5:30 wake up? I know that's early, but maybe just on Sundays. Then, you can put her down for a long nap around 7:30, and you can get ready for church...? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/strategize-with-me-naps-amp-church#post-1134516 Sun, 06 Oct 2013 14:13:24 +0000 Mrswonderwoman 1134516@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When DS was younger than 6 months, I wrapped him for a nap and he'd sleep through church. He's a little more mobile now and won't do that...well, I haven't tried in a while. I'm not keen on him napping in the PnP in the nursery ( I doubt he'd last long). So I just do his nap at home, and if we make it to church, great...if not, it's a bummer, but I don't fret about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/strategize-with-me-naps-amp-church#post-1134375 Sun, 06 Oct 2013 11:55:19 +0000 tinyperson 1134375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sundays are so tricky. Our LO is on two naps, but doesn't sleep well out of the house...won't sleep in the car seat or stroller, and we don't have a nursery to put her in during meetings. There is a mothers room with a rocking chair, but I feel bad monopolizing the room I case one of the other littles needs it (we only have a few babies, but they need to be fed more often than our 10 month old). Some weeks she'll go down for a short early nap, others I'll try to get her to nap during the service. Depending on what happens we might go home at the break instead of sticking around for the Bible study/Sunday school. We kinda play it by ear and go with the flow on Sundays! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/strategize-with-me-naps-amp-church#post-1134322 Sun, 06 Oct 2013 11:07:19 +0000 Running Elley 1134322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've been switching his naptimes on Sundays so that he gets a nap before church- even if its a little shorter than normal. He will not nap at church... There's way too much going on for him. We leave him in the church nursery and they couldn't get him to nap. Luckily (???) he wakes up at 6:30am. His normal naptime is 10am for his morning nap but on Sundays I put him down at 8:45-9. We wake him up at 10, right before we need to leave, and get him dressed. Our service is at 10:40. It can definitely be tricky! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/strategize-with-me-naps-amp-church#post-1134293 Sun, 06 Oct 2013 10:48:21 +0000 looch 1134293@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Are you okay with a nap in the car seat, snapped into a snap and go type stroller? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/strategize-with-me-naps-amp-church#post-1134291 Sun, 06 Oct 2013 10:45:57 +0000 Mrs. Deer 1134291@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Penny Lane: I've thought about that, but she usually won't sleep unless I nurse her. Hmmm, so tricky! I'm glad you guys mark it work :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/strategize-with-me-naps-amp-church#post-1134102 Sun, 06 Oct 2013 08:05:48 +0000 Penny Lane 1134102@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we just have LO nap at church as best we can. whether I'm holding him or he's in his stroller. he rarely lasts more than a half hour asleep. </p> <p>then, because he's still on 2 naps we just move the second nap a little earlier than normal after church! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/strategize-with-me-naps-amp-church#post-1134097 Sun, 06 Oct 2013 07:58:43 +0000 Mrs. Deer 1134097@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For those that attend church on Sundays (or really, any morning events) what do you do about your LO's naps? Since we moved we found a new church we like, but their service is at 10 and that is Little Deer's nap time exactly. She normally wakes around 7:30, so I thought we could wake her early...but she also nurses around 4:30/5:30...so my dilemma this morning is that she nursed at 5:30, was back asleep by 5:50...how can I wake her up at 6:00?? (That's how early it'd have to be to get that nap before church). That seems too early and mean since she just fell back asleep. She doesn't sleep well out and about either. Such a dilemma! Her sleep is important to us, but so is church. </p> <p>Any ideas? How have you all made church/events work when they were during LO's naps? </p>