Gina Ford Lunchtime Nap - Can You Help?

[CazzaW]

I have had my 11 week old on a flexible version of Gina Ford for the last 6 weeks and it has always worked well, but the lunchtime nap has been tricky to establish. I did have this worked out so he wwas sleeping for about 2 1/2 hours but for the last two weeks his sleep at lunchtime has been pretty much non existant. I have been able to get my baby to settle to sleep but he will wake after about half an hour and pretty much refuse to go down in his cot. However, if I am out and he is in the pram he will sleep for 2 - 2 1/2 hours He is sleeping for 45 mins at 9.15 and around 20 at about 4.15.

Does anyone have any tips or suggestions? I miss that precious 2 hours!!

We did Gina Ford for my baby's first year, from birth really. Worked brilliantly for us but I was flexible. She napped in her cot for an hour or so at 9am then her lunch time nap was variable so I took her out in her buggy every day (even when raining hard!) at 12pm as she would always sleep for more than an hour at lunch time in her buggy. Then her afternoon nap at 3pm was back at home in the cot for another hour or two.

If you really need her to sleep for 2 hours at lunchtime and she will only do this in the buggy then take her out in the buggy and get your shopping done / exercise!

It all goes so quickly. My 20mo can go through the day without a nap now, but still sleeps through the night. My days of fretting about naps are over!!!

LOL, just seen the date of original thread. I needn't have responded! ;-)