Baby2012
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Hello mums I'm hoping for some advice although I think I more just want to vent!
So my Dd has never been a great napper, always a better night sleeper. She sleeps 7am - 6/6:30am and goes to bed awake after a bath bottle and book. At nursery she usually has one nap a day for about 2 hours from 12:30-2:30. Sole days she has two shorter naps. She's been at nursery for 6 weeks and goes down awake with music.
At home she used to go down awake with music and would have two 45 mins/1 hour naps. Now at home she refused to go down awake and gets all worked up when going down. Most times I leave it for a while and then try her again after when she still puts up a fuss but is so tired she'll go down. It's such a chore and although she was never a great napper in term of the lengths it was never this had to get her down. What's so weird is that she goes down with ease at nursery! I feel like they're benefiting from all my hard nap work and now I'm suffering lol! Ok I'm being silly but you get the gist.
I think maybe she's just not as tired at home??? I dance, chase her tickle her all the things I can to make her tired and I followed the same routine as the nursery but still naps are a nightmare. Any advice?
Or maybe it'd help to hear how you get your similar age babies to sleep at nap time?
Thank you X
So my Dd has never been a great napper, always a better night sleeper. She sleeps 7am - 6/6:30am and goes to bed awake after a bath bottle and book. At nursery she usually has one nap a day for about 2 hours from 12:30-2:30. Sole days she has two shorter naps. She's been at nursery for 6 weeks and goes down awake with music.
At home she used to go down awake with music and would have two 45 mins/1 hour naps. Now at home she refused to go down awake and gets all worked up when going down. Most times I leave it for a while and then try her again after when she still puts up a fuss but is so tired she'll go down. It's such a chore and although she was never a great napper in term of the lengths it was never this had to get her down. What's so weird is that she goes down with ease at nursery! I feel like they're benefiting from all my hard nap work and now I'm suffering lol! Ok I'm being silly but you get the gist.
I think maybe she's just not as tired at home??? I dance, chase her tickle her all the things I can to make her tired and I followed the same routine as the nursery but still naps are a nightmare. Any advice?
Or maybe it'd help to hear how you get your similar age babies to sleep at nap time?
Thank you X