Sleep during day
I use the Huckleberry app, and a lot of the advice for daytime naps seems to be blackout curtains, white noise, etc. But that feels a bit excessive to me when it’s the middle of the day, so I’m looking for more realistic advice.
My baby is 3.5 months old and actually sleeps quite well at night. He usually only wakes 2–3 times to breastfeed. We used to co-sleep, but he has recently moved into a next-to-me cot and is doing well there at night.
Daytime naps are a completely different story! He pretty much refuses to sleep anywhere except his BabyBjörn bouncer. Please don’t come at me about the bouncer, I sit right beside him and watch him closely the entire time.
The problem is that because I have to stay there watching him, I can’t get anything done while he naps.
Has anyone managed to get their baby to nap in a cot during the day without completely blacking out the room? I’d love realistic tips on what actually helped your babies sleep during the day in a normal, light room. Did they eventually just get used to it? Any routines or tricks that worked for you?
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I never managed it with my daughter. She is now 16 months and for the last month she’s slept 2 hours straight in her pram which has been amazing. Every baby is different and you’ll find a way ❤️
My daughter is 4.5 months and has recently started napping in her next2me. I just do a similar routine to what we do at night, obviously missing out a couple of steps. Our bedroom curtains aren’t blackout ones but I do close them so the room is dark but not pitch black
To nap in the light he needed motion so the baby carrier or in the pram x
Never managed, we always contact napped or on the move - he didn’t do dark room cot naps until about 15 months. We wanted him to be able to sleep anywhere too so figured it would be useful x
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