Can you suggest a wind down routine for putting DD down for nap?

[titferbrains]

Currently feeding 6mo DD to sleep, only takes a few min and I do Pantley pull off but would like to stop as will be winding down BFing - going away on holiday in August so need to her to be put down by grandma then.

Want to do a routine that someone else can do. She's fine at going to sleep in pram but this is not always practical. She has fallen asleep while playing exactly 4 times since she was born (post newborn sleepy phase that is). Unfortunately she spends almost all her time with me so hard to get her used to someone else doing it. want to make it as easy for grandma as poss.

Should I just focus on putting her down at 10am and then again at say 2? Should I try putting her down earlier in the morning? Very confusing as this week she has woken up at diff times, so we always put her down about 2.5 hrs after she wakes. Then wait till next time she shows signs of tiredness.

Don't understand how GF lunchtime nap works, unless I wake her after 45 min in the morning and then she's only awake for alittle while and then put her down at 12ish, not in her rhythm - but most activities take place when she is sleeping 2-3ish so don't know how this will work later on.

follow your DD's rythms

DS always had a long morning nap and catnaps in the afternoon

he only had an after lunch nap once he went down to one nap per day

watch for sleep cues - yawns, eye rubbing and getting a bit whingy/nuzzling into you

I know sleep cues, should I just put her down in her bed when I see these and not bother wiht a routine?

Our nap routine was just nappy change, story and then into cot with dummy and light show. Took about 15mins.
We used to put DS down a set time after waking for his morning nap, then a set time again after waking for his afternoon nap. Then we adjusted the times as he changed. He always settled better when a little over-tired.

Agree with rubyslippers. follow DD's rhythms not bloody GF. she doesn't know your baby. I was chasing my tail for 6 months trying to follow GF's rules and i would have been a happier, better mum if I'd never been introduced to her books.
anyway, rant over. i figured out a nice way to get DS to realise it was nap time. gradually make whatever play you are doing more relaxed and quiet. Then go up to nursery and make a point of closing the blinds and curtains while still holding DD so she can see that it's no longer 'day' time and it's becoming 'night' time. Perhaps while you are teaching her this new sleep cue you can keep doing BF after the curtain closing but gradually reduce the time of the feed until it's not needed anymore. Unless you want her to have milk before sleep of course so she doesn't wake up out of hunger? Could you give her some EBM so that Grandma can do the same. I think warm milk before a sleep is a lovely wind down and naturally makes people sleepy. This is now DS's sleep cue as he's got older.

I always go by the clock not by my DS's sleep cues, as by then its too late and he's overtired. At 5 months old thats 2 hours after he last woke.

Then I always do this routine: I take him to his room, change his nappy, read a story, put him in his cot while I tidy his room/put away stuff, then I turn on light show (and static radio!) and then leave the room.
I think a routine is good for them as they should learn to know whats coming.

HTH