Does anyone still pop their baby 'out of doors' at naptime?

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I have a smallish enclosed 'yarden'. I like the thought of baby having a nap out there (obviously not in the snow or anything!) in it's pushchair. Get a good bit of cool air in it's gills.

Does anyone still do this?

I know baby will nap while out and about at shops etc, but if Im not planning on popping anywhere one day, could I do this?

I would leave mine asleep out there if they fell asleep in the pram whilst walking. I don't think they ever were 'put' there to sleep.

I think if it's done right, it is good for them. When I say this, i do mean that they are secure/warm enough/not left crying/not near a rabid dog... etc etc...

If DS falls asleep whilst we're out and about. I stick him in the back garden to finish his nap otherwise the change in temperature wakes him. It's enclosed and I keep an eye on him. I put him down upstairs when we're at home though. It'd take 15 minutes of pacing to get him to go to sleep and I'm sure he's comfier in his bed.

I used to do it because ds1 would often only sleep outside and if we'd been out would wake up at the change of temperature when we got in. I used to wheel him round to the back garden and watch him through the window/open door. He had snowsuits and lots of blankets-so yes even in snow-if it was fine to sleep on the way to the shops in the snow I can't see why it wasn't ok to be in the garden!
I don't think there's any health benefits though and it's easier if they're in the house in their cot for naps because then you can be anywhere in the house.

If DS falls asleep whilst we're out and about. I stick him in the back garden to finish his nap otherwise the change in temperature wakes him. It's enclosed and I keep an eye on him. I put him down upstairs when we're at home though. It'd take 15 minutes of pacing to get him to go to sleep and I'm sure he's comfier in his bed.

I did with DS when he was little, he seemed to fall asleep easier. Always left the door open so I could hear if he was crying though.

Before she outgrew her buggy, DD used to nap like a log outside. Once round the block and she'd drop off, then parked outside the house, she'd sleep for 2.5-3 hrs. Obviously warm, safe, etc. Fresh air or something.

Used to freak DH out. He's Italian, so has a morbid fear of colpo d'aria (ie. that you'll get ill if you get cold), and would hover round her anxiously. Weirdo.

A local nursery pops the children outside in their buggies for their naps. It was funny when I'd go to pick up two little children I was babysitting, and see rows of little snoozers outside.

I used to with DD1 as she was a May baby and I'd work overlooking the garden. I think it helped her sleep and made her happy when she woke as there were trees to look at and noises to hear. It meant she could wake and be happy and I could work for longer. I didn't with DD2 as she was born in autumn.

I do only envisage doing it while Im popping in and out of the kitchen anyways, with laundry, to the washing line, and having a bit of a play with the cats as they like to lol out there.

Live in a terrace though, so if LO fell asleep outside, i'd have to take it through the house to get out iykwim, so that would probably wake them up anyways.

Did It with both of Mine.

With my youngest I would often on sunny days put him in his pram in the shady part of the garden whilst his older brother and I were messing around in the garden.

I think there must be health benefits. Air conditioning/central heating can't be as good for the respiratory system as fresh air. Obv if you're inner city next to a sewerage works this may not be the case!

haha, im in an urban area, but thankfully no sewage works other than the DH

I live in a terrace too, DS doesn't seem to notice being taken through the house. I tend to leave him by the front door and open the squeaky sliding doors at the back and then pop him through so long as you wait till he's asleep he's oblivious.

I used to let DS sleep outside in the garden (Winter baby). I have no real evidence but I can't help thinking that the fresh air is good for them. I used to put a fleece on and have my coffee outside - I think it was probably good for me too!

I don't but then I don't have anywhere to do it, but think it is great. When ds is at nursery the have great big old school silver cross prams that they put him in and probably rock him to sleep.
No wonder he sleeps more there than at home!

All 4 of mine slept outside in any weather (expect fog) until they gave up daytime naps.

But I did have a great big coach-built Silver Cross pram.

I used to put DS2 outside the patio doors as it was the only way he would sleep during the day. He was in a snowsuit and cosy-toes plus the rainhood was down. I could then sit on the sofa and watch crap tv/read and still see him.
I felt so guilty about it I checked with the doctor, he said so long as there wasn't freezing fog it was fine.Looked a bit odd when it was bucketting down with rain but he always slept for a couple of hours that way.

I still remember fondly the day the HV came round and DS (May birthday) was outside in a shady spot on the patio, fast asleep in his pram and I was painting my nails and relaxing with a cuppa. Unfortunately, this particular HV was itching to find a mother with 'issues' so chatting with her was like being interviewed by MI5 - you had to be very careful what you said or she started scribbling in her notepad and tutting. We'd been talking for quite some time before she eyed me up suspiciously and asked 'where's the baby?'. It would have been so easy to do a Vicky Pollard and tell her that I'd swapped him for a Westlife CD....

All the babies at home and at nursery around here in Norway nap outside. Outside every cafe there's a line of prams with napping babies while mum or dad has coffee.

Did with all 3 of mine - always in sight.

Yes I did this, while I was bumbling around the kitchen/sitting at table by window looking directly onto garden. DS always slept like a dream outside.

I'd be a bit worried about a cat joining him- do you have one if those cat nets?

oh god yes! i used to do it all the time, esp when i was using the double pushchair which wouldn't fit through the door

and yes... even in deep midwinter! as long as they're wrapped up well it's not an issue

I have always been parnoid about foxes eating babies. A young baby is about the size of a rabbit and more helpless.

I see no harm in letting a baby sleep outside provided they are warm enough and closely watched.

If this could happen inside a house, it doesn't bear thinking what could happen to a baby on its own in a garden.

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/7808513/Fox-attack-left-babies-covered-in-blood-says-mother.html

a young baby isn't the size of a rabbit!!!! well, maybe a giant rabbit