Where's your baby sleeping during the day?

[cbowl]

Just curious and feel free to elaborate below!

[cassey910]

E will either sleep on me or in her car seat. I don't strap her in or anything and I make sure the straps are all hidden. For some reason she really loves napping in it.

[danizee]

She's still pretty little (3 weeks) so usually in my arms, while I'm wearing her or in swing. In a few weeks I'll start working on swaddling and laying her down for naps.

[LadyNymeria]

Either my arms or the pack n play.

[NJgirl84]

Either my arms, wearing him, or occasionally the RnP or mamaroo.

[annapunkalunka]

Either in my arms or the RNP. I've tried a crib nap twice and failed both times. Idk how I'm going to get him used to that with a toddler to worry about, too.

[kerbear]

The swing. I should really stop using the swing function...

[singingsea]

The swing or on me.

[danielle]

My arms, swing, ktan or rock n play.

[cbowl]

Oct 25, 2016 16:03:59 GMT -5 cassey910 said:

E will either sleep on me or in her car seat. I don't strap her in or anything and I make sure the straps are all hidden. For some reason she really loves napping in it.

I forgot the car seat option!SaveSave

[cbowl]

Oct 25, 2016 16:54:18 GMT -5 kerbear said:

The swing. I should really stop using the swing function...

I was determined to not use the swing option bc my older kid was so reliant on it to nap.  But I have been using it the past few days as that is the only way I can get her to nap not in my arms or in a carrier.  Argh!

Trying not to stress out about it as she's only ~5 weeks.SaveSave

[jennybeans]

The crib lately for most naps or in the car seat on the go. Also on me & the swing if she's overtired and not going down. I've gotten a couple great naps in the crib but then other times she fights me like crazy and jolts awake. Trying to start doing shush-pat in the crib as a part of our normal nap routine but it's not going well so far and is going to take time..

[watermelonseed]

+1 car seat no straps. I think it's the cozy feeling. Otherwise only in arms if we expect it to last for more than 15 minutes. I've asked our sitter to start trying for a morning nap in the crib.

Getting night time sleep in order was way more important to me. So far she's only up about once so now I can focus on daytime a little more.

[Deleted]

Usually on me or in the swing. Ive gotten ONE good crib nap out of her on day like 2 but nothing since then. She will also sleep in the car seat out and about or in a carrier.

[caz1221]

I try to have LO do his first nap of the day in the PNP (which is where he sleeps overnight as well - it's in the nursery). I've had varying success. After that, he naps in the stroller, carrier, or car seat. I like to be out and about and not stuck at home due to frequent naps. With DD, I got serious about doing most naps in the crib around 5 months old, but I may start earlier this time around since I'm going back to work at 16 weeks.

[fem]

She'll only nap in the K'tan or ring sling. Even the car seat isn't working. Hopefully it's temporary since she's only 3.5 weeks.

[serendipity731]

I chose my arms because one of us is usually holding him. Very rarely can we put him in the swing and he'll stay asleep. Sometimes I put him in the pnp to do something and he'll fall asleep but it doesn't last long. I'm not gonna worry too much about it until after the 4th trimester.

[hurricanerek]

Usually in her mamaroo unless we're out and about in which case she'll fall asleep in her car seat and then sleep several hours in there, even after we get home.

[jennybeans]

On the topic of naps, if anyone is interested in getting more naps in the crib or bassinet or pnp), I recommend reading the baby whisperer books. I've been trying to follow the sleep 'process' (I won't call it training since that has a bad rap) from the books and it seems to be working well with E so far. I like that it is a structure but there is no crying or stress involved. You do a brief routine to signal naptime, swaddle, settle the baby on you, then put them in the crib and pat & shush to sleep (I actually found jiggling E lightly from her legs works best for her).
It's somewhat time intensive since babies this age are so jerky and it takes a while to get to deep sleep - I spent 30 minutes next to the crib this morning - but I figure otherwise she is sleeping on top of me so it's worth it to get the practice. I didn't try this with my son and I like this a lot so far since the idea of it is helping her go to sleep in the crib while still providing all the parental support she needs.

[lovetruly2015]

In his swing or his pack n play or on me. His getting better at sleeping in the PNP so I can put him in there but he wakes up alot still. So I leave him in his swing alot so he sleeps longer periods. I tried putting him in his bassinet in our room the i ther day but with all his machines and equipment ita more hassle to move them back and forth all day long.

[sodapop]

Arms, car, Mamaroo and rarely bassinet

[caz1221]

jennybeans - I read Baby Whisperer with DD though not until around 4-5 months old. Shush/pat was a game-changer for her - bedtime had been taking hours, & after a week or so, it was sooo much shorter - I wish I'd read it sooner! I'm planning to start implementing over the next week or so in hopes of encouraging naps in the PNP.

[jennybeans]

Oct 26, 2016 11:58:39 GMT -5 caz1221 said:

jennybeans - I read Baby Whisperer with DD though not until around 4-5 months old. Shush/pat was a game-changer for her - bedtime had been taking hours, & after a week or so, it was sooo much shorter - I wish I'd read it sooner! I'm planning to start implementing over the next week or so in hopes of encouraging naps in the PNP.

It works 50/50 here so far. I still have to remind myself we are just starting it and she's young so I'm trying not to get frustrated when it doesn't work for a nap. I spent 20 minutes shushing and patting to get her to sleep for her 2nd nap and ended up putting her in the swing when she kept popping her eyes back open. She's been sleeping 2 hrs so she obviously needed it... I'm hoping the effort gets us somewhere eventually though.
I haven't tried it at bedtime - she nurses right now and sleeps 5-6 hours for her first stretch so I don't want to mess with that if it's not broken yet.

[jennybeans]

caz1221, when I try to do the sitting part with E she gets mad at me and bangs her head all around like she wants to nurse (I have in some cases been nursing right before naps to rule out hunger since she seems to root when she is tired too so I know it's not really hunger). Did your DD do anything like that? It seems like it's been the times I don't get her to settle well that the whole thing seems to go to hell. I try a paci but she doesn't love them.. Do I just power through?

[caz1221]

jennybeans, I didn't have that issue with DD, but she was almost 5 months when I started. Once she figured out how to settle at bedtime, naps kind of fell into place. DD never took a paci, so for times she had trouble settling, I just kept at it with shush/pat for up to an hour (or until it was time for her to eat again if that came first). If she didn't sleep, I fed her & started over, watching for sleep cues early.

I successfully got LO to nap in his PNP this afternoon using Baby Whisperer. It took a while and lots of shush/patting, but then he slept for 1.5 hours before I woke him to eat!

[cbowl]

unringthebell Mine is definitely not on a schedule yet. I just follow her cues and try to limit awake time to 1 hour at the most...but sometimes it doesn't work. Thankfully I've learned from my first that i can't force a baby to sleep...I use to go bonkers just trying desperately to get my older one to go to sleep and it was really frustrating.

[jennybeans]

unringthebell, for me it generally means a longer sleep period for E. We are on a loose schedule/routine (not necessarily by the clock) where she eats, is up for a little bit, then goes down to sleep in her crib or the swing. Other times in the day she may fall asleep nursing briefly (or sometimes for a longer nap too). He wake time eternal 'naps' is roughly an hour to an hour and a half at a time.

cbowl, I have to watch myself very carefully to make sure I'm not getting too crazy about sleep with E. It's the thing about newborns that makes me anxious and I could obsess over. Luckily E is a better sleeper than my son so I have been generally more chill this time around but my anxiety over it seems to go up and down.

[merryrissmas]

D is usually in my arms or the bouncy seat, I haven't tried the crib for naps yet since he stills wakes/nurses frequently. He does sleep fairly well in the crib at night so I should probably start trying it for naps before too long.

[madamewaffles]

Oct 25, 2016 18:06:35 GMT -5 watermelonseed said:

+1 car seat no straps. I think it's the cozy feeling. Otherwise only in arms if we expect it to last for more than 15 minutes. I've asked our sitter to start trying for a morning nap in the crib.

Getting night time sleep in order was way more important to me. So far she's only up about once so now I can focus on daytime a little more.

cassey910

I'm just a lurker from J16 but it is really, really unsafe to let your LOs sleep in a car seat, especially unbuckled. The straps are designed to keep your baby in a good breathing position and prevent asphyxiation/strangulation from awkward head angle. I know it's so nice to get them to sleep in something, but I just wanted to share that information. Here's an article about it www.jpeds.com/pb/assets/raw/Health%20Advance/journals/ympd/JPEDSBatra.pdf