Stopping contact naps
My baby is almost 11 months old and he has contact napped since day 1. I’ve decided I want to stop these now so I get some time to myself and can start getting stuff done around the house.
He still feeds to sleep. I tried putting him down this morning after 10 minutes of him falling asleep on me and he woke up instantly. I’ve replicated his room to bedtime so he has his white noise machine on and his light projector but he still won’t sleep. He doesn’t particularly like being rocked either. Any suggestions?
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We contact napped till 8 months and then i started putting her down for her first nap as they should have the most sleep pressure for that one. It took awhile to be fair. She could take a good nap around 10-11months. Now we are on 1 nap at 14months and she sleeps in her bed but I stay next to her to give her the dummy if she wakes up after 30mins and then she is back asleep.
Id say put baby down around 5-10mins after falling asleep. If he stays asleep, stay or come back to the room in about 25mins to be ready to help him transition to the next sleep cycle.
If first nap is not good, you can always "save" the day by contact napping for the second. That's what I did.
Just keep trying, he will get used to it eventually.
Hope this helps a bit, it was long, sorry lol xx
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