Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been trying to get my baby into a bit of a nap routine but he fights it every time. I’m quite happy to let him sleep on me but people have told my partner that this is a terrible thing to do. They don’t seem to offer any solutions though!
He used to sleep ok in his Moses basket during the day but now won’t sleep in it at all. He just lies there kicking his legs and smiling and after a while gets upset. So now I take him out in the sling in the morning and he’ll usually fall asleep at some point. At lunchtime, I take him up to our bedroom to feed him and try to put him down for a nap. Whenever I put him in the cot, he wakes up immediately and cries his little heart out. I’ve tried resettling him in the cot to no avail. After a few attempts of picking him up and putting him down, I’ll let him sleep on me otherwise he wouldn’t sleep at all. He sleeps fine in it at night time. The afternoon nap is the most hit and miss of all.
Am I better off letting him sleep on me for a bit and then putting him down, because at least that way he has had some rest or trying to put him down repeatedly at the start? I suppose what I’m really looking for is for someone to tell me that sleeping on me isn’t the end of the world.