Hi. My 15 month old has always been a buggy napper. We sleep trained (bedtime) a couple of months ago and she sleeps the whole night now in her cot no problem but she won't nap in her cot.
People told me that at this point she would nap easily in her cot too. Not at all. We've done the same routine we do at bedtime in her room with the curtains drawn, but she just howls and messes about / stands etc for ages, by which point I think she's overtired and then getting her to sleep well feels tough.
So we're stuck with her buggy naps, which I now find frustrating to do - going out and pushing her / not having the space or freedom to do anything while she naps as her buggy stays in our living room which is the only real place it can go while she sleeps, and they're super short (20-30 mins). She does the classic thing of napping in a cot at her childminders' for 1.5-2 hours.
I really need to sort this before the summer hols as it's too difficult to manage her naps in the pram with my older son in tow - he gets cross about having to go out and there's not really anywhere quiet enough for her to nap at home in her buggy (we can stop the buggy moving and she'll continue to sleep albeit for not very long). Does anyone have any advice or have been through similar in terms of getting her to nap in her cot?
I don't think transferring her from the buggy to the cot would work although I haven't tried it (maybe I should!)