Contact naps

My 8 week old will sleep for 2.5 hours when contact napping but maybe 30 minutes if I put him in his Moses basket (that is if he doesn’t wake up as soon as I put him down😫) Am I better off letting him sleep on me for a longer period or have a lot more shorter naps, I don’t want him to have to only contact nap on me….. any advice?

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My boy (7 weeks) is exactly the same! I often just let him nap on me so that he doesn’t end up over tired. Sometimes I’ll keep him on me for half an hour then put him down so at least he’s had some sleep as he’ll wake up within 15 mins of being put down. Luckily he goes down at night!

Mine does the exact same, even when swaddled he won’t sleep for anywhere near as long as when on me

Just not sure if I’m better off letting him sleep longer on me or him having shorter naps and risk him being overtired, I’d love to be able to get more done in the day!

My little girl was like this. I’ve found if I swaddle her with a blanket and hpld
Her for 10 mins until she’s in a deeper sleep that I can put her down & she will stay down for 1hr and a half - 2 hours x

What I've started doing is letting my 10 week old have her first nap of the day in her cot then contact naps after that so she doesn't get over tired in the evening because she naps for longer on me but I want her to get used to napping in her cot.

My 8 week old is exactly the same and I get a lot of judgement from well meaning relatives about not putting him in the basket! But to be honest, I'd rather make sure he gets a good nap in the afternoon as he fights his naps the rest of the time.

I asked my HV and she said there's nothing we can do to "spoil" them and create bad habits at this stage, but a sleep book I've been reading has said from 12 weeks on to start experimenting with putting him in the basket more as it might help when the 4 month regression hits.

Warm the spot before laying them down! Biggest help ever! Hot water bottle on the spot for a min or 2 and then lay them down, the cold is what wakes them most of the time

My 7 week old is the same, I have a baby carrier and it's a life saver, it means he can nap and I can get some stuff done around the house

I am going to try this. Thank you for the idea. X

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