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Help, how to get baby to nap during the day.

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rebjaykel · 28/10/2019 16:48

My 6 month old goes to bed perfectly every evening after her bath and bottle, she goes in her own cot in her own room awake with little fuss.
HOWEVER I cant get her to sleep during the day. She needs a nap every 2-3 hours, if we are out in the car she will sleep, but otherwise I cannot get her to sleep without rocking her, and then I cant put her down without her waking. I am trying to put her in her cot each time and replicate bedtime, its very dark, and I put on her night projector which plays music but she screams and screams and screams.
I tried leaving it longer incase she wasnt that tired but she became very over tired and worse.
My back is killing and cannot hold her while she sleeps anymore.
Someone please advise!!!

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windy2909 · 30/10/2019 00:05

I wouldn’t try to replicate night time for naps as I think it’s important that babies realise the difference between napping during the day and having a long sleep at night. I found that my baby often would fall asleep on me when ready for a nap but would wake up when I tried to put him down. My solution to this has been to put him in his prams to get him to sleep, a push back and forth and when he’s asleep i don’t have to move him. Maybe give this a try?

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