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Naps for baby and toddler

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Grumpet · 11/03/2022 10:15

I've got a toddler who will be two end of April and a baby who will be 5 month next week.
Toddler has always been a nightmare for naps but we've finally got him doing a one hour nap in his cot.
His younger sister can sleep in a moving pushchair, but will only ever do max 30 min and only if very tired.
I'm just wondering how we will ever leave the house once she settles into more of a routine, do I just force her to sleep in the pushchair even if naps are short? What about teaching her to sleep in cot? She does sleep in the carrier but then I can't play with the older one properly and it's not really a long term solution.
Parents with two little ones how did you do it?

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Yahyahs22 · 11/03/2022 10:20

Teach her to nap in the cot now or you'll regret it later. Once she can fall asleep on her own in her cot napping elsewhere will be easier

ShadowPuppets · 11/03/2022 10:24

Watching with interest, I’m 9 weeks off having DS and DD will be 21 months when baby arrives. DD would only contact nap until she was six months at which point we did gentle sleep training to get her to nap in the cot, but she now naps well.

I’m not entirely sure how we’ll juggle this if DS follows DD and refuses to nap anywhere not on me!

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