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2 month old won't nap in moses basket - any ideas?

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Lottie917 · 15/03/2021 14:29

So in the last 2-3 weeks my 2 month old has started hating being put down for naps in his moses basket.

I started noticing it as he became more awake in the daytime. Previously when he was a tiny newborn baby he would sleep in his moses basket during the day absolutely fine and get plenty of naps in.

He has always been a really good sleeper at night, going 6 hours from 3 weeks and now sleeps 8-9 hours in his moses basket in our room. But I'm conscious that towards the end of the day now where he hasn't napped properly due to refusing to be put down in his basket, he gets so overtired, rubbing his eyes all the time and gets really grizzly.

He will happily sleep on me after a feed or will drift off when in his bouncer or swing but when I go to transfer him to the basket because it's safer for him to nap in, he sleeps for only another 10 mins and then wakes crying.

I feel like I've tried most things, such as creating a more nap like environment and routine with making it dark and white noise, etc, removing all distraction and putting him straight into his basket whilst drowsy but it's not working. He cried (screamed!) for 20 minutes straight yesterday - I thought he might have a cry and then tire himself out and sleep anyway, but nope. And as soon as I picked him up and sat him in my arm he went to sleep!

Is it just a case of persistence and he will get used to it, or is there anything anyone would recommend trying? Just want to make sure he's getting enough sleep and in a safe environment!

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DobbyTheHouseElk · 15/03/2021 14:32

I don’t have anything to offer. My DC refused sleep and Moses baskets/cots for a year. All they wanted was to sleep on me. It was draining and really tough.

Now I’ve got a school age child, I’d love to have some newborn snuggles.

I’m sure it’s not what you want to hear.

CityDweller · 15/03/2021 14:40

Neither of mine ever slept in their Moses baskets! Both stone cold refused to.

DC1 only napped on me or in a sling for the first 4 months, then I managed to start getting her to nap in a moving back pram and then finally her cot.

DC2 napped in the baby swing thing or in a Sleepyhead baby nest thing very tightly swaddled.

marti2 · 15/03/2021 15:10

My ds is 8 months and has only ever napped in his pram and still does now!

In all honesty I gave up trying to put him in his Moses basket to nap as he was the same as yours and bought a cheap pushchair to keep in his room for naps so I wasn't bringing my muddy pram inside all the time.

This could be an idea if your baby naps in his swing, when ds was younger I rocked the pram for his whole nap (not fun) as he would wake up when I stopped. But for the past couple of months I rock him for a couple of minutes whilst he falls asleep then I'm able to stop.

Hope you find what works for you!

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Potterythrowdown · 15/03/2021 16:04

Sounds normal to me. I occasionally manage to get mine down in her basket but most of her naps are on me or in the pram. My eldest didn't really nap in the cot by himself till about 9 months or so.

eensyweensySpider · 15/03/2021 16:25

Same as other PPs, sorry! I can't help you but I didn't want to read and run. I sold our Moses basket and cot practically in an unused condition as DS would only ever sleep in arms and on chest as a baby. I couldn't bear listening to him cry so I stopped trying and just decided to make myself really comfy on the bed / sofa and had horrendous amount of Netflix marathons whilst DS was napping on me.

User0ne · 15/03/2021 16:30

There's no such thing as a "routine" with a newborn/baby. You will find that they'll do something for a while and then it will stop working, you'll do something else and it might work again a month (or 3) later or not. You can try to enforce a routine but if you're baby doesn't want to do it they won't and they couldn't give a toss what Gina Ford/similar says.

Don't fight it - there's no point. If they're happy sleeping on you try a sling so that you can do other stuff while they're asleep; presumably that's part of the reason it's an issue.

Sh05 · 15/03/2021 16:40

Does it have a rocking stand op?
Do you think if you propped the leggs up on one side baby will sleep better? It could be he doesn't like being completely flat because of wind or something.
We used to roll up a towel and wedge in under the legs of the stand so it was a little tilted up.

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