Hellobee Boards Topic: What do you do when your LO won't go down for a nap?

Hellobee Boards Topic: What do you do when your LO won't go down for a nap? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 04 Apr 2026 01:26:08 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses on "What do you do when your LO won't go down for a nap?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-lo-doesnt-go-down-for-a-nap#post-133517 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 20:32:12 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 133517@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Mavrick is older, so he tends to get out of his bed, and I put him back in... he cries, gets out and I repeat. I know he's exhausted... so I keep at it, until he falls asleep. Other times I don't even try because he doesn't really need it. Mrs. Pen on "What do you do when your LO won't go down for a nap?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-lo-doesnt-go-down-for-a-nap#post-133423 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 18:41:49 +0000 Mrs. Pen 133423@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I let him sleep in my arms, because i know that's what he really wants if he won't sleep on his own. So I nurse him, then hold him. It's tough, cause then I have to sit with him the whole time, but if it gets him to sleep that's all that matters. Or I'll carry him in the baby carrier, he'll sleep that way too. Maysprout on "What do you do when your LO won't go down for a nap?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-lo-doesnt-go-down-for-a-nap#post-133375 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:01:15 +0000 Maysprout 133375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We're struggling with this now, her schedule (very loosely used) got way way out of whack last week due to craziness. Now she's just all out of sorts and it's been a struggle this weekend getting her to nap. She just will play her self into exhaustion. I try nursing her but she just wriggles away, I try holding her while she cries or going on a walk but this weekend she's just got to be on the verge of collapse before she'll shut her eyes, so we just take her outside and try and get some sillies out and then try for a nap again. Rubies on "What do you do when your LO won't go down for a nap?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-lo-doesnt-go-down-for-a-nap#post-133343 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 15:38:46 +0000 Rubies 133343@https://boards.hellobee.com/ When LO was very young I would sob uncontrollably and then go driving down the highway. :( I would not want to go back to those days....SAD! heffalump on "What do you do when your LO won't go down for a nap?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-lo-doesnt-go-down-for-a-nap#post-133277 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 13:47:57 +0000 heffalump 133277@https://boards.hellobee.com/ It's been a few months since I've had that problem- crazy! Now I would probably just let her tire herself out a little more and try again later. looch on "What do you do when your LO won't go down for a nap?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-lo-doesnt-go-down-for-a-nap#post-133269 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 13:28:37 +0000 looch 133269@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Same as @Mrs. Jacks. I then see what happens for the next few days and determine if we need to start the nap routine a bit later. Mrs. Jacks on "What do you do when your LO won't go down for a nap?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-lo-doesnt-go-down-for-a-nap#post-133262 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 13:14:02 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 133262@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We say forget it and try again in half an hour. autumnlove on "What do you do when your LO won't go down for a nap?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-lo-doesnt-go-down-for-a-nap#post-133248 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 12:09:18 +0000 autumnlove 133248@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I let her do tummy time until she wears herself out. brownie on "What do you do when your LO won't go down for a nap?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-lo-doesnt-go-down-for-a-nap#post-133207 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 10:31:43 +0000 brownie 133207@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Rock and nurse. Let him cry for 10 min. Do. It again. Let him sleep on me Mrs. Yoyo on "What do you do when your LO won't go down for a nap?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-lo-doesnt-go-down-for-a-nap#post-133205 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 10:26:40 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 133205@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I keep trying for probably a half-hour. After that, he goes in the car! sandy on "What do you do when your LO won't go down for a nap?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-lo-doesnt-go-down-for-a-nap#post-133204 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 10:23:22 +0000 sandy 133204@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Leave her in her crib and watch her obsessively on the monitor chopsuey on "What do you do when your LO won't go down for a nap?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-lo-doesnt-go-down-for-a-nap#post-133191 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 10:11:29 +0000 chopsuey 133191@https://boards.hellobee.com/ USually I'll keep trying if I know she's tired. Otherwise, I just let her play. :T mrbee on "What do you do when your LO won't go down for a nap?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-lo-doesnt-go-down-for-a-nap#post-133178 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 09:42:19 +0000 mrbee 133178@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Do you put them in a swing, take them on a stroller ride, put them in a car seat, sob uncontrollably, all of the above?