Naps only on my shoulder ... advice please

[SmileyEyes]

My DD is 8 weeks old. She is sleeping quite well at night - not all the way through, but only waking once, if put down between 10 & 11 which I think is quite good. I have managed to get her to have a short nap about 9 in the morning in her crib. She will nap in her pram if we go out. However she will not sleep for very long in her crib in the afternoon, and then spends hours on my shoulder sound asleep. To be honest I have let her do this as I don't want bad association with her crib just in case she won't go down at night.
Has anyone else had the same problem and if so did you overcome it?
Thanks

my advice? get all the naps on shoulders and cuddles cuddles cuddles just now while your baby is so teeny. there is plenty of time for learning to sleep in the crib, babies grow so fast you miss them when they are so wee

if you feel you cant get on with anything you could try a baby sling around the house

dont worry and enjoy the cuddles

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I do admit that I love having her really close! Hadn't thought about a sling - what a great idea, then perhaps I can finally go to the loo without waiting for DP coming home.
Thanks very much!

Have you tried swaddling? I found that it was easier once ds was asleep to put him down without waking him if I had swaddled him prior to getting him to sleep.

i thrid nailpolish, but if you really want her to sleep in her crib, try putting a top of yours that you have worn(so it smells of you) under her head so she can smell you while she sleeps.

I fourth nailpolish
after having DS1 who always wanted to sit on my lap facing outwards it was lovely to have a cuddly baby who only went to sleep on me - or any other buxom woman - he wasn't fussy

Sometimes you don't realise how lucky you are until someone points it out to you! Perhaps not being able to do the housework is a blessing in disguise. If I do need to put her down then I will try the clothing under her head.
I used to swaddle her but she didn't like it after about 5 weeks so now she is in a growbag. I try to put her in her crib awake as I was advised she would get used to settling herself (which she does at night). Part of the problem is is that I am not sure how long her naps are/should be. Today she has been on me for 3 hours. Good job I can type with one finger

smileyeyes, you can also read this while you're waiting.....

Children grow up while you're not looking,
There'll be years ahead for cleaning and cooking,
So quiet now, cobwebs, dust go to sleep.
I'm rocking my baby and babies don't keep

Reading your post has taken me back a while - annoying at the time - but a VERY special time with your baby. I feel a bit tearful and broody now!

tommy that wee poem is lovely

Thank you so much for the suggestions I especially like the poem - one to be remembered I think!

my 12 week old is in the same situation. She will sleep really long stretches out on walks in the pram or sloghtly shorter ones in the sling.
her sleep times are roughly:
10am nap in sling (2h)
1pm nap in pram (2h)
4pm nap in pram (1h)
7pm nap in sling (2h)
10pm sleep in cot

The difficult thing is not having my evenings with my hubby. We tried shifting her bedtime ealier but prbably went too strongly about it. Maybe a 15mn shift every couple of days would be better.
I have to say though, I am finding it difficult to stick to a routine... I suppose it will happen eventually.

Anyone has any advice on routines for babies of 2 1/2months of age?

bidou - we used this from when DD was about 2 1/2 months:

6.30 - feed
6.40 - bath
6.50 - massage and into bed wear (with classical lullabies playing)
7.00 - finish feed, cuddle, put in cot

95% of the time she doesn't need anything else, but occassionally she'll need an extra bit of resettling. In this case we just enter the room, put a hand on her chest/dummy in mouth until she stops crying and then leave the room again.

I've read that a bedtime routine should be about 1/2 an hour - any shorter and they feel rushed, and longer and they get overtired.

Also - we make sure she doesn't sleep past 5/5.30. HTH