Contact naps

Does anyone else's little one still have contact naps?

My little one will not nap on his cot during the day. He goes down well at night, but in the day whether you put him down drowsy or already asleep he sits up with in a minute and then stands up crying!
He will nap in his pram and car seat though. Should I try each nap with the ferber method? Worried how it will work with his one day in nursery. Thanks x

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I’ve only just got my daughter napping in her crib in the last month or so (she’s 8.5 months).
I did the same as we did for night sleep which was basically a gentle version of the “pick up put down” method because we never left her, stayed with her until she settled down. For day time sleep I ended basically having to hold her in the crib to get her to go to sleep, but now I only have to put a hand on her tummy and maybe shush a bit.

So you can do much gentler methods than Ferber, but if you think Ferber would work best for you, go for it. Xx

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