15 week old baby not napping through the day

[srv]

Our son used to be fab at having a couple of naps during the day but in the past two weeks has just refused to. Our HV says that if he is getting 12 hours a night (which he is) this is ok and he doesn't need any more. But it's not ok because he is getting tired and teary and upset. He will fall asleep in my arms but wakes up and cries as soon as I put him in the cot. Oddly enough he has just started settling really really well at night - I can even put him down awake and he will settle himself - but not during the day.

Any ideas?

thanks

srv

[Joolyjoolyjoo]

No great ideas, but I am watching with interest, as my 17wk old son has started the same!! He will sleep in the car, or fall asleep in my arms, but I can't seem to get him down in his basket, although he sleeps fine in it at night until I transfer him to his cot upstairs when we go to bed. I was wondering if it is because it is getting a bit small for him, or if it was the noise during the day. The other day I put the hoover on and he went to sleep! (but I nearly burnt the motor out- I don't recommend it! Although, on the plus side, house is very clean!!) He woke up 5 mins after I switched the hoover off!! Do you have other kids at home? I do, and am starting to think about maybe putting him upstairs out the way for his naps, although it is less convenient for me to pop in and out if he is fussing (we have a downstairs bedroom I have been using)

[srv]

He si already in his cot so it can't be that and I always put him down in his own room. When he falls alseep in my arms it's in a chair in his own room - literally a few feet from his cot! But it's when I put him down and pull my arms away that his eyes open and he starts crying. The other day I even let him sleep in my arms for an hour or so just so he would get some sleep but I know that is a really bad habit to get into!

srv

[nickytwotimes]

My ds (now 19 mths) went through a very awkward phase where he wouldn't nap and just got beside himself with exhaustion. It was as if he had become aware of what was going on around him and could no longer be rocked or cuddled to sleep. I went throuhg a period of walking him in his pram (got the figure back too!) for naps. When he was about 6 or 7 mths, he settled into his own nap routine with me just putting him in his cot awake as I always did at night. We also gave him a dummy for the first 4 mths which helped him nod off, though they are not to everyone's taste!