Can’t remember our last contact nap 😭😭
I’ve been putting baby down for naps in the cot for a while to try and help night sleep and it has been working. I actually have nothing to do right now so I tried to breastfeed her and contact nap but she was so hyper on me. I put her in the cot and she protested for a minute then fell asleep. I know this is a win in a lot of ways but I’m so sad about this one. Anyone else?
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I know how you feel. For so long I didn’t want to contact nap every single nap four times a day - mainly due to outside pressures of “oh just put him down for a nap?” and now we don’t even do any and he wouldn’t have it if I tried.. I can’t even remember when the last one was. It goes so fast x
Yes we did all our naps and night sleep in the cot from 5 months so I haven’t had a contact nap or cuddle in months! So sad 😢 buuuuttt I wouldn’t take back the progress we’ve made. She sleeps like a absolute dream for all naps and nighttime sleep x
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I'm not in the same situation as you as my little girl still contact naps, but I think it's normal to feel that way. In one sense, it feels like you're nap trapped and can't do anything. But in another way, it also is such a precious and fleetingly short thing. I know one day I'm going to miss this, when she no longer "needs" me to get to sleep. It kind of feels like this is how it's meant to be, and they want to be close to us while they are in the vulnerable state of sleep. Could you try getting her to nap on the bed with you? Or rock her to sleep in your arms when you can tell she's sleepy. Maybe designate one nap per day to a contact nap so you get that closeness again. And the rest cot naps so you get to have that you time.