Baby only contact naps

Hey, I am a FTM and have a 10 week old little girl. I really struggle with getting her to settle in a Moses or a crib during the day. She won’t stay down for more than a few minutes to 20 minutes maximum. I have tried putting her down drowsy but not awake and I’ve tried when she is in a deep sleep and also tried every way possible to help her settle. Now I absolutely love the contact naps but would like some time in the day for me! Anyone else struggling with this?

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Yes I'm struggling with it , I generally do the school run and hope and pray my son falls in sleep in the pram for 30-1hr generally works for us , but when I'm not doing the school run and he nods off Me I try and put him in the pram for a sleep but he wake up and starts crying , I gotta go to toilet and make a coffee and lunch and some days I'm not eating but a snack bar to get through the day cause I can't get anything done 👍. I know how you feel xx

P.s my boy Liam is 9months old now almost 10months at the end of the month x

Maybe babywearing (especially back carrying) will help if nothing else does :) it won’t give you the same “freedom” as putting them down in a crib but for us that often didn’t work and backcarrying meant I really had both hands free and could go for podcast walks or do stuff at home :)

What worked for me yesterday is getting him to sleep and putting him in the pram with the rocket on, I’ll bring the pram in again today! With my first I used to get itchy feet that stuff needed doing but this time I’m trying to enjoy it so much more as time does go soo fast!

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