pram to cot for naps

[milkyman]

my 10mth ds has just started sleeping better at night but is not so keen on naps in his pram. does anyone have any tips on transferring to cot for naps? last time I tried we had a meltdown. will it affect night sleep in his cot?

Hello, I did this a few months ago with my now 11 month old. It was a gradual thing. I would do it only when I had the energy, and sometimes I'd have to take him out and put him back in the pram as he wouldn't drop off in cot. My advice would be just keep trying, if your daughter won't settle, just ru her back in pram for nap, and try again another time. She'll slowly get used to it. It only took a couple of weeks and now my boy won't sleep anywhere but the cot (not great when we're out and about, he will only sleep for half hour in pram now, where he would have 2 hours if in his cot). But it never disrupted his night sleep. Of course every baby is different, but don't give up, you'll get there in the end!

My DD is 9mo and at lunchtime she naps well in her pram but not if it's moving. So basically I rock her to sleep in the pram and then park the pram in a quiet room for her naptime.

I tried transferring her to the cot for her long nap a few weeks ago, she settled fine but woke after half an hour and cried because she was still tired. I did eventually get her back to sleep but after 2 days of that I gave up and went back to the pram.

Maybe you could try a non moving pram in a quiet room as a transitional measure?

Having her long nap in the pram has never affected DD's night sleep (and nor did the 2 days when I was trying to get her to nap in the cot instead).