Getting nap trapped but have toddler too

What do others do if you have a toddler (we have a 3 year old girl) but keep getting regularly nap trapped or stuck breastfeeding? It's clear my girl gets frustrated and wants me up and about and playing and it can make things really tricky and us overly rely on TV. We try to go out wearing baby in the sling but there are just tonnes where you're happens. Should I be trying more to put the baby down for naps so then I'll be able to be up and around and more available? It would make life easier, but don't think baby will nap like this reliably or for long, but maybe persistence is key. How do others cope with being nap trapped when your toddler is home? It's become more of an issue during the holidays when nursery is not open! She's normally in 3 days a week.

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Very similar to me, 3yr old girl (4 next month) in nursery 3 days a week and also breastfeeding. We have been more reliant on TV as those first 6/7 Weeks felt a bit like I was in survival mode but certainly feel like it has got better now (10, nearly 11 Weeks in).

I love a contact nap, most naps with my baby are intentional contact naps. I could probably attempt to put him down more but I feel it would take more time to settle him if I were to put him down than if he were to just sleep cuddling me and it would definitely be a much shorter nap! Mos naps with my first were contact naps so I would like to give my son the same but equally have to balance myself between the two.

I've found I have become very good at multi tasking so when he is asleep, I can have him in a certain position on my lap to allow me to be hands free and the same goes for breastfeeding, I do it mostly handsfree.

It means I have my hands free to play, albeit not able to play with everything and we mostly on the sofa but I can still play and he still gets a cuddle/fed. During nap/feeding time we can do hairdressers, puzzles, drawing, building blocks, reading, singing, shopping, restaurants/café and many more.

It's for such a short lived period of time and I am sure as he gets older and his naps change, he will be put down a bit more but for now we are making it work 😊

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