daytime naps 7 month old

[happymum111]

My lo is now 7 months old, she is such a good sleeper during the night, she sleeps right through from 8 30 until about 6am, however she will refuse to sleep in her cot of a daytime, she will fight it all day, I try cuddles and she will wriggle and squeel, I try putting her in her car seat, or laying her down in the front room and still more crying, and also if i put her down in her cot, I'm worried as I'm going back to work soon and I want her to be in a good day time nap routine as we are relying on family to help with childcare mainly and id like for her to have a routine that everyone is aware of for everyone's sake, sorry for the huge message! Just want some advice :)

Hi I struggled with this too, my LO now 10.5 months is a fab sleeper at night but in the day use to drive me insane. I tried everything. Around 7 8 months I realised she just wanted 1 sleep a day! When I stopped trying to get her down when she wasn't ready I found day time napping much easier. I put her in her cot with her mussy & juice bottle and leave her, she normally cries when I leave the room, at that point I could run in and pick her up but after 3 mins max she is lay down drinking her juice ready to drop. 10 mins after I go in and she is flat out I take the bottle away and she normally naps 2-3 hours. I make sure she just has her curtains closed not her blinds so she doesn't think it's a night time sleep. It took a lot of stress for me but after a week it was cracked. I try and do it about 3-4 hours after she has woken from her night sleep.

Thankyou, ill try that, I do try and leave her for as long as possible, but after a few minutes she goes a very dark shade of red and then I cant stand to put her back down, as its just a repeat. I am a bit soft on her I know, thankyou for sharing you're experience :)

Yes it's hard to leave them, I cried a few times at the start from it. But followed my heart, if I thought she was getting to upset I would go in. Hope you find a way that works for you