From contact naps to naps in crib

Noah has been a contact napper since about 5 weeks old and whenever I would put him down, he’d either wake up straight away or last 5 minutes and he would be straight back onto me to get back to sleep. This week however I thought to try and see if he would settle in his crib for his naps to give me back a bit of myself to which we have had 4 successful days of naps in his crib.

Tonight, I thought I would see if he would be able to settle himself to sleep and I wasn’t putting any pressure on him whatsoever, if it worked it worked, if it didn’t then I would do my usual way of settling him down to sleep. But he took me by surprise and settled himself to sleep without any intervention within 14 minutes. He did whinge once or twice and thought to myself this isn’t going to work but stayed strong and let him try and he fell asleep. I’m so proud of how we have been doing and just wanted to get ahead of the game incase he does go through the 3/4 month sleep regression.

To any mums who want to try but aren’t sure whether they will succeed, my best piece of advice is to try and to be consistent. Don’t put pressure on yourself. If it doesn’t work the first time, just try again and again. Intervene when you feel you have to but you know your baby best and do what works for you both.

However part of me now does miss the contact naps 😂

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Yay! 🥰 my lb is the same now and doing amazing. He’s 3 months next weds so got ahead of the game too x

it’s not been easy and have had many times where I thought to intervene. It started with pattings and shushing but slowly getting less and less each day. Noah is 3 months next Thursday 🥰

amazing! Feels so good doesn’t it ❤️ the first time Axel did this I was buzzing telling my partner and he just didn’t understand and didn’t match my energy 😂

it felt so good and I felt so proud. My partner didn’t understand either so I understand you 100% 😂

smashed it, well done 🎉❤️

What an inspiration! I will keep trying :)

Thanks Gabbie for sharing your experience, my LO is a contact napper as well but really I’m struggling to get things done, I will try with him as well
Just a question please do you swaddle him ?

I don’t swaddle him for his naps. Only for his nighttime sleep however if I did think he was struggling to get to sleep, I would swaddle him

This is exactly what I need to do, right now my LO was kicking if I had to pay him and put him on the sleep head cushion. But I would love to get him to nap and sleep without me patting!

He’s a tall boy and getting heavier so I can’t keep patting and rocking.

I also need time to at least exercise.

I’m gna try it to leave him in the cot and see if he naps. I know he’s gna cry but I may have to ride it out!

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