does your baby cry at nap time?

[nello]

DS is 10 weeks old and won't nap in cot, despite fine at night. he only wants to nap on me. i need to get him napping not on me for family sanity but no idea how to do this. if i put him in his cot he doesn't sleep….am wondering if i should let him cry for a bit?

concerned i may have pnd and i need to get him sleeping to try and relieve some family stress with toddler dd and dh.

other option would be tummy napping which he seems happier with.

My dd would cry if put down in her moses basket awake. This was the same day or night. We had to settle her on one of us then transfer to basket when asleep. She is now 6 months and its only in the last few weeks we have been able to stop this.

Can you try transferring to cot once asleep? Do you have a sling he could nap in while you get on with other things?

I personally could not have left her to cry at 10 weeks old but have no others to look after. He is probably to young to self settle.

Hope things get better for you.

I have the same issue only with a 5 month old. During the day she falls asleep at fairly predictable times on me but wakes when put in her cot.
No probs at night, she sleeps in the cot and self settles after waking for a feed.
I have no idea how to get her to sleep in the cot during the day so I'll be interested to read any advice too.
nello - you have my sympathy and I hope you crack it quicker than me!

Does he sleep when you're out in the pram? At about 8weeks I decided I'd had enough of her sleeping on me all the time and took her out for every nap for a couple of Weeks. It went from 20 mins to get her to sleep to a couple, and even wheeling up and down the hallway when it was wet. Once she was asleep she would sleep for at least 30-40 mins, sometimes longer.

After we did that for a while, she was more willing to sleep in the cot. From about 12 weeks she actually preferred it to pram or on me.

Could you speak to your health visitor about the possibility of PND?

My baby always cried at naptime (and every other time!) and life was pretty hard but it turned out she was allergic to the milk.