Pram naps

[mumofboysxo]

Hi all!

I have a soon to be 11month old and 2 other children, my 11 month old will not sleep in his pram for naps which not only really limits me to being at home 90% of the time but he's not as happy as he is on the days we don't do the school run!

Does anyone have any tips?
The baby's day is as follows,
Wakes at 6:50 then bf
Breakfast at 7:30
Leave for the school walk at 8:30 which we return from at 9:50
BF then Half hour nap at 10
Lunch at 11:30/40
Then bf and afternoon nap around 12:30/1 untill 2:15 when I wake him so we can leave for the school run again and return at 4
Dinner at 4:45/5 then bf and bed for 6:30/7

On the weekend he is a much happier baby he sleeps at 9 for half hour/45 minutes and then again at 12:30 till 2:30 and then he sleeps all night and eats more on these days as he's not so tired!

How can I get him to take his 9oclock nap in his pram because he's so tired he cries all the way home which is a good 50 minutes, I've tried white noise and snooze shade but no luck

I fear I've made a massive problem for myself by bf right before he has a nap so he's associated it with sleeping as it's the only time in the day he does feed!

If I could just get the nap in his pram in the morning the rest of the day would fall into place!

I'm stuck to staying indoors all week as he will just cry and I live far from everything, I would never make it back for him to sleep and it breaks my heart listening to him cry over and over
Does anyone have any tips of maybe something I haven't tried!!

Could you bf once you've dropped kids at school but before you walk home. So bf then in pram and walk home. I am assuming that there is a bench somewhere that you can sit to do this... Or could you have him in a sling instead, would he sleep if he's close to you.

@alrightfella I have tried stopping and feeding but it doesn't seem to settle him just makes him more upset that he's going back in the pram! He's too heavy for me to carry in a sling! He won't sleep on me will only sleep in his bed nowhere else not even in the car!

@mumofboysxo I don't know then. Could you reverse and do breakfast on waking and then bf before school run? Do you give him a dummy in the pram?

@alrightfella I’ll try giving him breakfast first then feeding before I leave! He doesn’t take a dummy it would be a life saver if he did

You've not got long until dropping to one nap per day. I'd say that by the summer holidays comes you may well be able to transition to a single nap per day. That said, for the final half term of the school year, could you drive to school instead of walk? Still walk home, but by getting home quicker in the morning you can get baby napping earlier/longer in the morning.

Could try getting him to nap in pram at home so he can understand he can sleep in there

DS (also exclusively sleeps on me or in his cot) dropped to one nap around that age which makes life easier. He is somewhat more flexible now with that nap, prefers 11am but he can move it 60 mins each way comfortably or maybe stretch until after lunch if we're doing something in the morning.

It'll get easier, hang in there. It's absolutely normal for you bf baby to feed to sleep (DS does if I'm around) but I doubt it's the cause of your sleep woes as I work full time shifts so he'll settle with his Nan or Dad fine without BF but he still wouldn't pram nap - not even for them.

@FATEdestiny I don’t drive so I have to walk both ways and it’s not a short walk!

@dopeyduck oh really that’ll be ideal if he does soon! We was doing one nap a few weeks ago but he wasn’t sleeping well at night so we went back to 2 naps and he’s just started sleeping through give or take!
Everyone I have spoke to says it’s because he’s bf especially because he won’t take a bottle or settle for anyone else! He’s my first breastfed baby so I feel like a new mum all over again!

I only have the 1 and he’s always been EBF but he does and can settle for someone else but won’t sleep in a pram.

He did when he was V little but only whilst in motion if he was desperate.

All babies are different and it’s rarely due to how they’re fed.

My daughter wouldn't nap in the oral either but then I found our old snooze shade in the garage.

If I want her to nap, I pop it on and turn on some white noise and it actually seems to work. She has gone from never napping in the prank to having various naps in the now (morning or afternoon - I haven't tried a lunch nap).

It may depend on how dark your son's bedroom is though.

Good luck

I would try to get baby to drink cup of milk on waking maybe, (expressed BM or even cows milk at that age) then breastfeed him just before school run and pop him drowsy in pram. That might work?
Its not because he's breastfed anyway. My sister who formula fed had similar issues.