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5 month old only naps on boob

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Bina1234 · 10/02/2018 21:32

My 5 month old little girl has always been a terrible napper. The only way I can get her to have decent naps is by breastfeeding her to sleep and keeping her on the boob for the entire nap. As soon as I remove the nipple, no matter how gently, she wakes up. Have tried replacing it with a dummy, but she's not interested. She will also sleep in the car and in her pram (as long as we're moving), but that's it. If I put her in her cot (drowsy/ asleep) she screams bloody murder.
At night time she's an angel. We change her, I feed her, burp her, put her down (sometimes wide awake), she turns her head to the side and we don't usually hear from her for 11 hours.
I have never met any babies that are in any way similar. Tell me I'm not alone? How can I get her to nap in her cot eventually? Help!

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Scroobius · 10/02/2018 21:39

No answers just wanted to say my 4 month old is exactly the same (or was until, what I hope is, a growth spurt hit and we’re up every other hour a night now)

BorahT · 11/02/2018 20:03

Sorry you probably don’t want to hear this but my 10mo still only naps on the boob/pram/car! I gave up trying to get him in the cot and it seems the only way to change this is to sleep train which I’m not overly happy about to I have just learned to live with it and catch up on Netflix while I’m pinned. I try to feel lucky that it’s not the other way around and I can still get out of the house and moan to friends over a coffee with the baby attached to my boob about how rubbish it is! Anyway, just wanted to let you know you are definitely not alone!

arbrighton · 11/02/2018 21:04

Mine will nap elsewhere but if he needs a longer nap than 40 min, only way really is sit down with catch up tv and leave accessible boob. He's 7 mo.
But I really don't mind and I love our sleepy morning boobynap together when we have those

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