3 month baby not sleeping in crib during day time

[Luby786]

Hi all need advise on this please!

My baby is 3 months now, till today she does not want to be put down on her crib during the day time when she's taking her nap as she wants to be held throughout the time she's asleep. I become so exhausted and then lie her down on my bed sleeping next to her. This is the only way she'll sleep for long on the bed knowing I am with her holding her or tapping her back. I tried many things such as baby lullaby music, putting her on her side as she prefers that but she wakes up crying, tried being next to her whilst she is on crib she still wakes up. Any advise in what I can do to help my baby sleep in the crib by herself during the day as I am not able to do anything!

No advice as my four month old definitely does not sleep in the crib during the day, he barely sleeps in there at night 😂 been attempting to put him to bed for almost 3 hrs now!

The only thing I can say is this is really normal and lean in if you can, make a cup of tea before a nap, get the tv remotes, keep some chocolate nearby, and enjoy the enforced sit/lie down. This will pass and one day we’ll be longing for the days when our children would nap.

You are doing an amazing job 💕

To echo the above. Just wanted to say that I know how hard it is when you just want to be able to have those nap times to yourself to do whatever it is that you need, but that your daughter is totally normal in just needing to be with you. It will pass….

Ours doesn’t sleep in the crib during the day but I don’t put him upstairs- he sleeps in his pram downstairs during the day. I only take him up to ‘bed’ late at night when we go up- with his current routine that’s about 10:30pm. He is tiny baby still, just over 2 weeks old so I’d rather he was downstairs where I can keep an eye. Can you try a different set up? A travel cot in another room? Xo

My baby is 9 months now and from the start never wanted to nap in his crib, during the first few months I would put him in his Moses basket or pram, now I hold him in my bed laying down with loud white noise and as soon as he's in a deep sleep I just roll him off my arm and put a blanket at his side so he still feels something beside him and that's been working for months now, I would make sure your bed is set up for safe sleep and just let your baby nap in your bed

I got nap trapped for the first 6 months of my boys life. He's now 7 months and goes into his cot no bother for a nap. I tried one day about three weeks ago and he happily went to sleep with me tapping his bum for a minute. He does only sleep for half and hour buttttt it's something😂I just waited until he was awake and done what I needed to do then.

Our baby had colic and our health visitor advise we start a bedtime routine as he settled in his crib at night (probably because he was so exhausted from crying hysterically all evening!) so from 6 weeks we did bath bottle bed and always played the same lullaby music when giving him his last bottle and putting him in the crib (then switching to white noise once he’s in)

I then found he wasn’t napping well downstairs in the day as it’s too bright and loud, and he also wanted to be held a lot of the time. So I started waiting until he’s tired, going to the bedroom, putting on the lullaby music and rocking him in my arms (he likes to be upright facing in to my chest) until he shut his eyes and I then transfer to crib and switch the white noise on. Sometimes he stays asleep, sometimes he wakes up and is fine and sometimes he cries. If he cries longer than about 5/10 mins and I know it’s not happening I just pick him up and give up or rock and try again. Usually I know he’s just crying because he’s overtired so I know his nap is the best thing for him.

He now naps reallt well in his crib during the day (and at night). I don’t know if that’s just how he is but I think the routine helped.

We sort of follow an ‘eat play nap’ routine in the day. After about 1.5-2 hours I can see him getting sleepy so I take him up for a nap. He’s 4 months old.

As a mum of a boy who had colic I feel your pain (literally) my back from carrying him all day!!! In the early months I found it useful to let him nap on me in a baby carrier so at least my hands were free to do jobs.

Good luck!

My 10 week old is similar, but just beginning to have some breakthroughs with her. If her nose is a bit blocked she won't settle and saline spray helps, and then sitting her in her bouncy chair or more upright on legs if she is struggling to pass gas/poo. Once she is more comfortable with those things, then I let her fall asleep in my arms with the mattress of her moses basket behind my back, getting lovely and warm. When she is asleep, I gently wake her a little by touch her hands and talking. Place the warm mattress in the basket, then place her down (head at the warmest end) bottom and legs first, and then slowly her head. Putting her into a grow bag. She will stir, but I stay really close with my face on edge of moses basket and hand gently on her chest. Wait a good while, and very gradually pull away and try to avoid any sudden noises. Also try to be right there when she is waking, even if I've been doing other things in the meantime. It seems to be working or at least getting better. And I still let her sleep on me for long periods, and just try to relax and enjoy it, as pp say they won't be like this for long.