Nap location during the day

Where do people put their baby to sleep during the day?

She’s outgrowing her Moses basket at 16 weeks, and think she hates sleeping in anything she can touch the sides of.

Any ideas other than her pram? She wakes in that too because of the sides.

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My baby is 5 months old. I either let him contact nap or he sleeps on his playmat. He also likes to starfish. I usually do my house jobs in the morning whilst he’s having his first wake window playing. So the rest of the day he can contact nap all he wants. He does sleep independently at night though for 12 hours. 8pm-8am. I live contact napping. But yes, his playmat works for him

We have a travel cot that is just permanently up in the corner of the room! Now that he's 8 months old it's also where I put him (with toys) so I can get things done without worrying about him 😂

We brought a travel cot Sunday that is going to stay up and he goes in there during the day so I can keep an eye on him. It’s fairly spacious 😊

We used to put our little man for naps with the monitor on upstairs in his next to me or his cot. It was nice for me as I could see him on the monitor but I also got to play ball with the dog without worrying she would crash into whatever he was sleeping in downstairs. Or I would go upstairs too and do upstairs jobs while he napped

With my first she went down in her cot in her bedroom with the monitor. Although she wasn't in that at night yet, it helped with the transition to the big cot at 6 months.

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