Should I stop letting my baby sleep on me?

[Cherrytree1621]

During the day my baby will only have long naps on me, if he's put in his pram, moses basket etc he will only sleep 40 minutes, if I leave him to see if he will go back to sleep he will just start screaming. He's almost 4 months.
At night he sleeps right through till morning in his moses basket (touch wood)

Have you tried a sling? That could be a good middle ground if baby wants you close for nap time but you want to bit more independence/time with older DC?

Can your try a sling and then you can still play with the five year old? I am a path of least resistance parent when it comes to sleep. If you're don't mind holding them I would carry on for now. It'll all be different in a few weeks anyway! Have you tried white noise to help keep them asleep?

All my babies would only nap on me til at least six months. Put your get up with the TV, tea and snacks and enjoy!
From about 11 months they slept in the cot fine.
All this put then down awake stuff never worked for me and I went with the flow. Happy kids now who all sleep

Glad I've found this thread as my almost 3 month old is exactly the same as OP. I've tried putting him in his Moses basket when he's asleep or ready for his nap and he'll either wake up immediately or just scream the place down. I love the cuddles and that he wants to be close to me but was concerned about what happens when he's a toddler etc until I read some of your experiences

Treasure every cuddly second. They'll be gone soon and those times are precious. Anything else can wait.

Aren’t cot naps terribly restrictive? Those of us with babies that would sleep in prams or on mums spent loads of time drinking coffee after baby classes. Those who had routines and cot naps had to dash home every time or it all fell apart.

Much preferred naps in the car/pram/local Starbucks.

Do what you want to do, not what you think you ‘should’ do. If a problem for you then make a change, if it’s not then it’s not a problem.

My third baby naps on me for all his naps every day unless we’re out and about and then it’s in the sling. He’s ten weeks and I do not regret one single moment of cuddling him all the time. What I do regret is not cuddling my older son enough when he was sleeping as he’s now 3 and I miss cuddling him when he sleeps.

He hates a sling, he's too nosey for his own good 😂he also hates white noise or lullabies screams louder when its on.
Thank you to everyone who has replied ♥

The only thing I regret about letting my baby nap on me is worrying if it was a okay. Its so lovely and before you know it they won't be doing anymore anyway. I also found napping in a sling very useful if I wanted to get things done.

Your baby won't be set up for to only nap on your until they're 3 FFS!!! Let them sleep on you, it's bliss and as long as it works for you carry on!!! You'll miss it when it's over. Keep practicing some naps in the cot and the others it's fine for baby to nap on you. In a few months you'll look back and realise how tiny your baby really is and how precious this time is.

Oh my baby is nosy as well and looks round loads in the sling but will eventually just nod off if we are walking around town, or just pottering about the house and things! It’s not for everyone though xx

I spent ages trying to resettle mine without much luck from 3 months on. I was shushing and patting and tapping like mad!! At one point her naps went down to 30 mins unless I held her! That was hard and I really felt like I was doing it all wrong.

About 6 months something magical happened and she just started napping for longer. I'm pretty sure it was developmental and nothing to do with me.