Naptime

[notharryssally]

My 6mo EBF baby feeds to sleep and then regularly wants to feed/comfort suck during sleep. This is fine at night as we co-sleep. But nap times are a bit of a nightmare. I basically have to lie down with him for both naps. The short one, fine, I could live with that. But two hours in the afternoon 😫 I can't get anything done.

I'm supposed to be going back to work on our business next month, and I was going to use nap time. That's impossible right now.

I'm in the middle of introducing dummy today. It's not looking good so far. I was warned it might be a bit late. Not interested in any CIO type solutions. Any ideas? Help!

Have you tried napping baby in a carrier or sling? For DC1, this was just as good as the boob as long as their face touched a little bit of my skin. I was generally able to work on a computer during those naps.

Mattress on the floor, feed to sleep, roll away, get something done, back for another feed, repeat. Or baby on your lap, work at desk/ sat up in bed. It's all a phase, sleep cycles will consolidate, it will get easier.

I have a couple of slings and honestly, I don't know how people do it lol. My back can't take it, he's too heavy! I do have a bad back anyway. I wonder if it might be better sat down though so I might reconsider this one, thank you.

Sorry that was for @PorridgeLove

@Her0utdoors I find he's unpredictable as to when he'll wake up though and if I'm not right there, he'll wake fully and I won't be able to get him back to sleep. Interesting what you say about his sleep cycles as you hear a lot that you must help them link them themselves - but you don't come across many adults who've never learned do you?