My DS is 6 months old, he can self settle for bedtime and most of the time if he wakes overnight (he’s a thumb sucker, as he would never accept a dummy), so I know he can do it. However, day time naps are a different story, he will only sleep being stationary if my nipple is in his mouth. If I take it out, he will only sleep for one sleep cycle then wake, which leads to a massively overtired baby and it’s a bad day for all concerned. He will sleep on walks in the pram or if the pram is rocked (still only for one cycle), and in the car. If he has the nipple in his mouth, he can sleep for up to 2 hours is so much happier for it.
Please can anyone give me some ideas of ways I can wean him off the boob for naps, I’d ideally like him to be able to self settle in the pram/crib so he can connect the sleep cycles and have some good restorative day time sleep without needing the nipple or me walking around our village for hours a day. I am not a fan of CIO methods and would like some guidance of how to gently wean him off using me as a dummy during the day time, I just don’t know where or how to start. Thank you.