How do you put babies down for a nap

Mines 6 months but same , still not figured it out 🤣🤣

Wait till deep sleep (20 mins or so) then transfer xx

If breastfeeding feeding to sleep works a treat.

Just wanted to say what your describing is perfectly normal for a lot of babies. Your doing nothing wrong ❤️

What I did that helped a lot is get them tired first. Then a warm bottle, always have something on in the background like white noise or a fan, for my son he loves lofi music or meditation music, swaddle, and sit on the edge of the bed and bounce gently up and down. It worked wonders for me. And after I know he’s asleep asleep I’ll transferred either to the bed (obv in a safe spot) or into his bassinet. Another thing is if you have a car, car rides, or even just a stroller. Bundle them up if it’s cold, usually within 30 min they’ll be out like a light. This was my first pregnancy and it was hard so hang in there mama you got this!

@Vicky Is this like a phase? Does it get better? It just feels like I am failing her maybe by not providing her good sleep environment of something.

All completely normal. My girl is 17 weeks and I have just started trying to get her to put herself to sleep in the cot during the day. It’s 50/50 if she will go or not as sometimes she just gets too upset but I’m sticking with it!

@Angel Thank you ❤️ Do you use the warm bottle for the cot?

You are not failing her, she is 8 weeks and is comforted by you. My little one is 21 weeks and I still have contact naps with her (I like the cuddles), or we lie on the bed together and when she’s asleep I put her in her cot. It does get easier as they start to sit up and be able to hold toys etc..

I nurse to sleep and still do at 13months

@Zuzana just to make it warm yes. Kinda like to mimic body heat. It helped so much. He didn’t overheat either. So no worries there. Just leave it there for 15 min while your trying then remove it and put them in.

My little girl is 12weeks old and only contact naps on me during the day, I’ve tried everything! Sleeps well in the car & pram but some days we can’t get out. She sleeps well at night change, bottle, cuddle, bed & still wakes up for a night feed x

My baby is 7 weeks old… we do basically all contact naps — some days he will fall asleep instantly other times we will sit for 1-2 hours until he falls asleep.. and even though he’s quiet during that time it’s still exhausting!! .. if for some reason I do need to transfer him during naps I will wait 20-30 mins after he falls asleep and move him. Sometimes he wakes, sometimes he stays sleeping!! I’m hoping overtime he prefers to nap on his own but for now, I will try to be patient and enjoy the cuddles!

I wasn’t able to get my daughter to sleep in her crib during the day until recently and she’s 16 months old.

My baby is 6m old and contact naps , I feed change and rock to sleep in a dim lit room with no noise and she falls asleep pretty quickly at set times. We have a similar routine at night too so she knows instantly it's sleep time. But what your describing we've been through too during a regression phase which is absolutely normal.

White noise + dark room + bouncing on the edge of my bed

Sling! Gives you free hands and they usually fall asleep quite easily.

I feed to sleep every time, then wait about 20 mins until he’s in a deep sleep. But regardless, he wakes up as soon as I put him down. If I’ve done it correctly though, he’ll be tired enough to fall right back to sleep if I keep my hand and forearm on his chest and abdomen as soon as I lay him down

I don’t remember ever trying to get her to nap. Ever. She will sleep when she’s tired and my routine is dictated by her rhythm. Have you tried going with the flow? Alt - darken the room and do a similar routine as bed time?

When my baby started doing this (getting too distracted to sleep) we started getting her to sleep in the “boring” areas of the house. For example, at the moment I always go right outside the office door because it’s darker and there is a plain wall there I make her face. What your baby is doing is so normal, it happened to us too. The best thing is to figure out baby’s wake windows. When our baby starts showing tiredness cues (it’s not only yawning, you start seeing their eyes, their face, their behaviour… we still get it wrong sometimes) we take her to these boring areas and if her needs are met she is out within minutes. You’re doing well!

My daughter was the same and we contact napped till she was about 5 months and then we co-slept for naps for a little over a month and slowly did 1 nap at a time by herself in her room till she was taking all of her naps alone around 7-8 months. You can message me if you have any questions!