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I did it and nap trained at 5 months after he was sleep trained (could fall asleep on his own for bedtime and didn't need me all night). nap training was tough (I guess breaking that bad habit of needing a nursing or rocking session) but totally doable.

Liv nurses to nap still at 8 months old, but she doesnt NEED it to fall asleep. She naps for the nanny just fine, and most times with me she can sleep without it. But sometimes its just easier when shes exhausted and fussy to nurse her as it konks her out immediately

They say it is bad because it isn't necessarily training your baby to nap on her own. What if you are not there? Is your baby going to nap without you feeding her? That's why they say not to do it but as pp said - lots of people do it!

I have been doing this on the weekends. It's really the only way I can get LO to sleep when we're home. She goes down for a nap like a champ at daycare, but with us she has a hard time staying to sleep. Nursing her is the only way we can get her to sleep, and even then it's usually not for a very long stretch of time.