Day naps

What are you doing for your day time naps?
My little girl is very much a contact napper.
Do you put your baby in a cot for day naps?

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No, I try occasionally but with minimal success

We contact nap for the most part, i do try to pop her down for the first nap of the day in her cot but I can guarantee it will be no longer than 30 minutes whereas if she's in my arms It can go a couple of hours. I enjoy the closeness to be honest, she won't want it for long!

my little one is 4 months old and still sleeps/naps between all his day feeds and sleeps through from 10-9ish… he goes back down after his first bottle wnd sends himself to sleep, but its a combination through the day he some times goes off in his chair or on his playmat then sometimes he needs to be close to me to go off xx

I try and get all her naps in her crib upstairs where it’s dark and quiet, I use the naps to shower, prep tea for my other kids and partner or to eat and have a coffee in peace. If we are out she will nap in the car or her pram. I joke with my partner when she goes down for a nap “on a break, not sure for how long depends when the Boss decides my break is over” haha

Cot for us, but naps can be a real fight! My LG rarely contact naps, but not because we wanted but because she did 😞 She will sometimes contact nap on anyone that isn't me or her dad, but for us she likes to be in her cot

Contact naps all day as my LO wakes up.. it’s really frustrating and I can’t do anything

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