I’d like LO to be able to always nap with noise and light so it doesn’t restrict us. He’s always contact napped and been fine with noise and light, however now I’m starting to put him down for naps I notice that nosies wake him up (not light) and find myself being quieter and quieter and worry I’m setting myself up for difficulty in the future. Any tips?
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Im having this too - I’m going to get hold of a travel cot to put in the living room so general noise can be around (and I’m not carrying the cot up and downstairs)

I also wanted this and we are doing a lot of travel so our little one will need to be adaptable. Though after doing a bit of reading it is natural for them to become more sensitive to light & noise because their sleep cycles are changing so nothing we are doing. It’s better they get good naps and that may mean using white noise etc. but a lot of those things you can replicate on the go too. And as time goes on they end up only on 2 naps and then 1 nap so won’t restrict the day too much and because they aren’t sleeping as much when they are you want it to be a good one. At the moment they have multiple naps so if 1-2 are crappy/interrupted with noise etc. it’s less of an issue. Just something to keep in mind as it is just a natural change. I think the only tip is to just keep doing naps out and about as well as at home and hopefully they will manage but ideally aim to get 1-2 good naps a day and as they get older maybe schedule around them where possible.
this is a good point thanks. You hear people saying keep doing the hoovering etc when baby is sleeping but that would deffo wake the baby up for me now (unless it was a contact nap!)