DS will be 4 months on Thursday.
He's a great sleeper and sleeps 11+ hours in his crib every night.
However, naps are hit or miss. And he does the bulk of them in the swing. And sleeps well in the carseat.
He goes down in the crib, but 30 min max nap there.
(though he usually catnaps just about anywhere)
Where does your LO nap? When did you transition naps to crib?
GOLD / eggplant / 11517 posts
I'm not 100% sure on daycare nap locations, but at home:
Crib naps: Short and crappy (15 mins)
Being held/snuggled: Medium length (60 min)
Swing naps: Usually long (up to 2.5 hours)
Carseat/stroller naps while moving: Very long (Can do a 4 hour road trip with her asleep almost the whole time in the middle of the day)
ETA: She will be 4 months next week, which you know. But I thought others might like the reference.
pineapple / 12526 posts
She slept in the swing until about 4-5 months old and then we weaned her into her crib.
grapefruit / 4066 posts
DD is 4 months and will ONLY nap in her crib lol....i cant get her to nap in the swing, carseat, anywhere else. nap times are def hit or miss...sometimes she will take 2 hour ones, others 45 mins
bananas / 9357 posts
DS is 5 months and he mostly naps in his crib now. We started around 3 months putting him in there for naps. it's taken time, but we've got a little nap routine down and he'll go down pretty easy. BUT he only sleeps 30-40 minutes.
Other places he naps are in my arms or in my bed. I just hold him if he falls asleep nursing or if I want to nap too, I take him to our bed to nurse him. He'll nap for a good 1 hour+ in my arms or in bed with me. He's napped in bed upwards of 3 hours before. If we're out and about, he'll nap 25-30 minutes in his stroller or car seat.
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
My son napped in the swing until about 4 months when all of his naps became short (30 minutes). Lasted until 5.5 months and by 6 months he was napping well in his crib.
blogger / pomegranate / 3491 posts
Under 6 months, we did almost every nap in the swing.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
@Mrs. Confetti: you make me so good about future nap transition~...
pear / 1570 posts
Up until about 6 months 98% of naps were in arms or in the 'big bed' with mom. I could get 2 hours out of him!
Now at 8mo 98% of naps are in the crib. Usually 2 60-90min naps.
(hi friend!)
kiwi / 643 posts
We are almost exactly the same as @highwire! I've really been pushing crib naps, though, because we only have one swing, and it was getting crazy to have them napping in two different locations at two different times. Le sigh...
squash / 13764 posts
He's 5 months old and if we're home, he naps in his crib. We stated that around 6 or 7 wks I think? If we're out and about he often falls asleep in the stroller or ergo, but I try to have the first nap f the day at least in his crib.
pomelo / 5331 posts
LO only takes stupid short naps - 30 minutes to an hour, occasionally 2 hours. Right now the only place he'll sleep at all is the rock n play because I can rock him to sleep. He'll sleep in the car seat as long as we're moving and we bring it inside with him in it if he's still asleep so sometimes we get 30 extra minutes that way. If he falls asleep on us it's usually only for 5-10 minutes (especially me, he smells milk And it wakes him up lol). Same with lying next to me in bed, he falls asleep nursing, pops off and dozes for 10 minutes before trying to get back on.
We havent transitioned him to his crib for anything because he still needs to be soothed to sleep and it can take a while in our arms. Rock n play is easier/faster.
He's 6 weeks, so take it with a grain of salt.
grapefruit / 4923 posts
so funny, i just asked this on my postpartum board. LO is 8 weeks old and he "takes" almost all his naps in the crib. i say "takes" because he sure puts up a fight! reading everyone's responses makes me think that i should have considered making it easier on myself and gotten a swing! too late now--he starts daycare in a month and has to get used to the crib for naps. i missed the boat on that one!
honeydew / 7687 posts
My guy won't nap in swing carseat or carrier usually so its almost always crib or if I'm feeling lazy on me.
GOLD / wonderful olive / 19030 posts
She's 5.5 months, and the majority of her naps on weekends are either in her swing or on us if we want a decent nap. She sleeps in crib at night, but naps horrible in there. I wish we could get her to nap better but no dice!
hostess / eggplant / 11068 posts
Up until 4 months, LO only slept in my arms. When we sleep-trained, we also nap-trained for her to nap only in her crib.
hostess / wonderful honeydew / 32460 posts
DS naps on our bed or in his pnp.
At night he sleeps in his pnp for 10+ hours
GOLD / grapefruit / 4007 posts
He sleeps in his crib at night but does all daytime naps either on me or in the RnP ! If DH is home with him he puts him in the swing - I just never think to for some reason !
GOLD / wonderful coffee bean / 18478 posts
Mostly the crib. Sometimes the swing if the crib isn't working
pomelo / 5524 posts
Up until about 4.5 months, almost every nap was in the bassinet that came with the pack and play. But he really started to outgrow that. By about 4.5 months, we were able to start getting him to nap consistently in the crib.
For what it's worth, he used to only sleep for 30 minutes maximum in the crib before 4.5 months. We just kept at it after that point, and he finally started to sleep longer here or there. I think it's just them getting used to it for nap time. Just keep at it and it will eventually help!
honeydew / 7917 posts
Naps were mainly in the crib, but my LO would sleep on me occasionally. If it was really difficult for him to fall asleep, I would wear him in the Ergo.
pear / 1769 posts
I push the crib when I'm home with her, I might let her get away with one nap on me a day (out of 4). The car seat is the only other place she sleeps, because we don't have anything else. Last weekend she passed out on the floor on a portable changing mat with my dad and brother lying near her.
pear / 1510 posts
She used to nap in her swing when she was 1-2 weeks, but now at 8 weeks, she pretty much only naps on me or DH. We need to work on the crib, though, as she'll start day care in 8.5 weeks.
kiwi / 673 posts
He's almost 3 months and naps in my arms or in my bed while I lie next to him and read. Sometimes he'll nap in the rock and play, but not for long.
cantaloupe / 6164 posts
I don't know if my info is useful to you since S is only 5 weeks, but she naps wherever I am or depending on what I'm doing. If I'm in the bedroom or shower she naps on the bed or in the RNP, if I'm in the kitchen or living room it's the swing or in the boppy on the couch, and if I'm trying to clean I'll put her in her crib. She will sleep all day in her carseat. She sleeps the least in the crib, so we really need to work on getting her comfortable in there. I'm going to try for more crib naps this week. She moves around so much in there and it wakes her up.
nectarine / 2163 posts
Dude always slept either on me, or in his P&T nest next to the running washing machine.
I started putting him in his cot for naps at the same time we started him in his cot at night, so around 2 months
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