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Daytime napping in the cot...I just can't crack it!

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greeneone12 · 03/05/2011 16:28

Just wondering if anyone else has had trouble with daytime napping and cots? DD is 6 months old and trying to get her to nap in her cot during the day is really stressing me and her out. She just screams like she is in pain (and she isn't). I have tried PUPD but it just makes her irate. She is used to sleeping in the buggy or car seat in the day.

What can I do to make it work? She goes down fine at night. I just wonder if I should wait another month and try then when she is a bit older.

Hearing her cry has been so horrible and she even started to lose her voice which made me feel absolutely terrible.

Any help/advice would be appreciated.

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BarbaraBar · 03/05/2011 16:32

Ds1 never slept in his cot for his daytime naps.

He always slept in his pram in the day either outside enjoying the fresh air or on the sheltered porch or occasionally in the hall. They don't actually nap for all that long in the scheme of things (ds gave up his naps at about 3 I think). If you are happy for her to nap in a buggy/pram then I would say stick with what works.

Ineedacleaneriamalazyslattern · 03/05/2011 16:38

None of mine have napped in their cot either always the buggy.
It actually makes it easier I feel if they sleep in their buggy as you can still go out and about.
A friend of mine was constantly tied to the house in the daytime around her 2 dd's naps because she had put them in the cot and in the end they wouldn't sleep anywhere else.

With mine always going in the pram I could (and can with ds2) still come and go in the daytime sleeping or not.
So I would say if there isn't any major issues why they shouldn't sleep in the pram in the day then don't change it.

JessieEssex · 04/05/2011 07:08

My 8mo DD has all her naps in the pushchair as well. Occasionally I try her in her cot for a nap but she really isn't up for it, and I can't see any advantage in persevering. I honestly wouldn't worry about it.

CharlotteBronteSaurus · 04/05/2011 07:20

let her nap in the buggy
dd2 will only nap in the cot and it's a total PITA when we have a day out.

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greeneone12 · 04/05/2011 10:11

Ok - thanks all! I went to an NHS first time mums group and the lady there said that all naps at home should be in bed and then I got really focussed on getting that sorted but it's truly horrible and stressful! Especially when she is fine in their at night!

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Tigresswoods · 04/05/2011 10:52

I insisted my DS was going to do this from 4 months. I made sure he wasn't hungry but was also a bit tired and then put him in there in his grobag with the curtain shut and then got in the shower so I couldn't hear the crying.

Worked within days.

Persist girl, she'll get it!

RitaMorgan · 04/05/2011 10:58

Much easier not to be tied to naps in the cot - ds will sleep in buggies, carseat, next to me on the sofa or in bed with me. Means we can get on with the day without having to get home to sleep.

MovingAndScared · 04/05/2011 11:03

My older one never napped in his cot - and it was fine
younger one preffers cot but it is a bit tying

jellybelly75 · 04/05/2011 13:04

I know how you feel greeneone, I am just sitting here listening to my 7month old crying on the baby monitor as I have braved the cot for her lunchtime nap today - really wish I hadnt bothered now :( She will go off ok but always wakes after 30 minutes and won't resettle. In the carseat/pram she will sleep a couple of hours at lunchtime but, like you, I always think that I really should try and get her to sleep in her cot when I'm at home. The annoying thing is that she used to sleep fine during the day in her cot until about 4/5 months then it all changed and she would always wake up howling after 30 minutes, then she started to do that no matter where she had her naps, so couldnt even rely on the car seat for a long nap :( Well we have in the last week or two got her back into having a long lunchtime nap in the car seat/pram and now I have gone and blown it all by stupidly trying the cot again - arghhhh :( She has been so cheery this morning that I thought it might be worth a try, but now I'll probably have a grumpy girl on my hands this afternoon.

Am abandoning the cot during the day now, unless its just for a catnap.

jellybelly75 · 04/05/2011 13:41

OMG, how bad do I feel now?? Just went in to DD2 after she hadnt resettled herself after 15 mins of whimpering/crying, to find her covered in sick :( :( I really hope she had only just done it and not been lying there the whole 15 minutes covered in sick :( Am definately abandoning the cot for naps now, feel like a v bad mother for ignoring her cries when she really needed me :(

At least she is still chirpy and doesnt seem to be holding a grudge for the pukey episode - I think she was trying to make a point that she doesnt like going in her cot during the day!! I think I'll listen to her this time :)

mrsravelstein · 04/05/2011 13:45

none of my 3 did daytime naps in cot til close to 12 months - carseat or buggy.

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greeneone12 · 04/05/2011 20:12

mrsravelstein did they protest at 12 months or did they go down fine?

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MayDayChild · 04/05/2011 20:23

Mine do sleep in cot but always harder if we've had a few days out in car seat or buggy. But I just leave them a bit longer.
By 19 months they seem to understand sleep a bit better so dare I say, it does get better.

MayDayChild · 04/05/2011 20:26

Oh and for this exact reason do not be in a hurry to get the next carseat. Then you either carry them in desperately hoping you can get them into their cot. Or you stand at the front door watching the car until they wake up!!!!

MayDayChild · 04/05/2011 20:27

And that should be 10 months not 19. ! Blimey

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greeneone12 · 05/05/2011 18:57

Oh dear...I hadn't even thought of that dilema of when they get in the next car seat! Goodness this parenting lark is such a steep learning curve!

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