Getting baby to sleep through 40 minute cycle in pram

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5 month DS is good sleeper, but better at home. In the pram, he'll do 40 minutes and then wake up and irrelevant of how tired he is, how many blankets draped over the pram etc, he'll stay awake.

Any thoughts? Ideas?

Mine is the same - I think it's becaus ethey do not fall into a deep sleep in pram so only do 1 sleep cycle....

Keep it moving! It's the only thing that worked for me till he was older... did a lot of long walks with the iPod!

no idea, but sympathy. dd2 (6mo) will often do 1-2hrs at home, but only ever 20mins in the buggy, moving or not .

Hate to say it, but you may not crack this one, whether you drape blankets/keep walking/offer dummy etc etc.

I've had exactly the same with both my boys....great nappers in the cot, a good 2 hours after lunch no problem at all. If in the buggy or carseat, though, neither have ever got through more than the one sleep cycle before waking up. I think they have both just been more comfy in the cot (and, to be fair, more used to taking their naps there rather than in the buggy).

To be honest the best thing you can do is just wing it a bit for the rest of the day (ie try and encourage another nap later on, or bring bedtime forward) if your DS hasn't had a chance to nap in the cot. My DS2 is 18m and is now at the point where, if in the buggy or carseat, he will fall asleep only at the point of absolute exhaustion, then do 20 minutes max. Whereas at home, I can put him down after lunch and he'll babble himself happily to sleep and zonk for 2 hours. I tend to just bring bedtime forward on the days when he doesn't get a cot nap, and try to make sure he then gets a good cot nap the following day, and he seems to cope fine with that. At 5m he would have needed a later nap to get him through to bedtime happily though.

Have to say I have never cracked this one with my two either. DD1 was (after some gently persuasion) a great napper from about 9 months, but would only nap reliably in a cot. It was always 45 minutes in a car seat, pram etc. I think her eyes just opened momentarily and everything was just too interesting to stay asleep. DS (6 mos) is the same, except he only does 25 minute naps and for the most part only does 25 minutes in his cot as well. He's been like that since he was about 10 weeks old. He basically needs total sensory deprivation in order to sleep!

Thanks all - I do tend to make sure he sleeps at home in the afternoon, much rather he get some proper sleep. I think it's about the outside world being far too stimulating for him!