My 5 month old has since birth had all his naps (5 30 to 45 minutes ones a day) either on me in a sling or in the pram. When he is in the sling he will only nap when in a darkened room with white noise on.
This was fine but now I will have my other son at home because of school closures I need to get him to settle in his cot for naps.
Does anyone have any tips on how to best do this? Is it best to start with a particular nap? I am wondering if I should try to reduce the number of naps but he currently gets tired after 1.5 hours awake, maybe becuase his naps are so short.
His nightime sleep is ok atm. I think we have got through the 4 month regression and he self settles in a bed next to mine at 7pm ish, wakes at 1am for a bf and at around 4am and then is awake for the day at 5.30am ish. He went through a stage at 4 months of waking every 1-2 hours at night and I did start to let him cry for 5 minutes to settle for a couple of nights and he now does longer stretches without crying.
His first nap is at about 6.30am so really a continuation of nighttime sleep. Any tips for the day time?