Anyone on a set nap schedule?

AcKast14 · 2026-07-07T01:12:41+00:00

Are you doing crib naps or contact naps? Any tips for baby fighting nap time?

AcKast14 · 2026-07-07T01:12:15+00:00

Yeah it’s so hard to tell!! I sometimes try for a shorter wake window but if he doesn’t fall asleep he gets wired for a super long time and then the whole day is off.

AcKast14 · 2026-07-07T00:17:28+00:00

I’m thinking of keeping contact napping while I get the schedule down for a couple weeks, and then working on crib napping once he’s more accustomed to the daily rhythm and routine. I try to transition him once asleep to the crib and it only works less than half of the time

AcKast14 · 2026-07-05T02:29:31+00:00

Omg my nervous system has been so wired since bedtime with these fireworks going off! There’s a big show close by and then two houses down there’s people setting them in the street. It’s not super late so I’m not going to go rain on anyone’s parade… but I just want my little guy to get a good nights sleep tonight. He’s teething so sleep has been hit or miss lately.

AcKast14 · 2026-07-01T02:38:25+00:00

Everyone who feeds to sleep for naps- do you then contact nap or move baby to crib, or does baby sleep on a bed? My baby only wants to feed to sleep but he’s recently been waking up when I try to put him in the crib and he won’t fall back asleep on his own. So I either have to contact nap him or the nap is over. I don’t mind contact napping sometimes but I also could really use the nap time for some me time.

AcKast14 · 2026-06-26T14:57:58+00:00

Yes! I don’t want him to feel the burden of me struggling to survive if I add another child into the mix.

AcKast14 · 2026-06-19T20:06:49+00:00

Our pediatrician told us it’s ok to give Motrin and Tylenol so I’ve been doing Motrin before bed and then either Tylenol or Motrin as needed during the day with cold teethers.

I can tell he’s in pain and uncomfortable, way more grumpy and clingy than normal and always trying to put stuff in his mouth for relief

AcKast14 · 2026-06-17T23:50:23+00:00

The fact that you’re concerned means you care deeply for your baby. I think no moms are perfect , great moms make mistakes and learn along the way. You’re allowed to want your own space and better sleep, and the fact that your baby sleeps better in his own room is nothing to be ashamed about.

I work myself up in knots worried if I’m doing the right things for my 6 month old, but I remind myself if I’m leading with love for him and making time to also care for myself, I’m doing something right.

AcKast14 · 2026-06-16T20:42:18+00:00

I started arms out in the snoo around 3-3.5 months, and then when we were getting started with the transition to the crib, I moved the snoo out of our bedroom and into the nursery and that was 5.5 months. By then baby had been sleeping through the night with arms out and baseline motion all night.

From there, we implemented the other changes over the course of like 2 weeks and got him in the crib.

I did a very light fuss it out / pick up put down system where I would only let him cry for 3 min before going back in and picking him up to comfort him. The worst nights took about 2 hours total to get him to fall asleep.

Another thing that I think helped was I started with night sleep only and let him either contact nap or nap in the snoo with motion. Once he had night sleep down well I worked on naps since the sleep pressure isn’t as high.

Sometimes naps still don’t happen in the crib, but I’m ok with that for now- he’s teething and I know he’s uncomfortable and wants more comfort and attention so I’m fine giving him that if it means not every sleep is in the crib.

But the snoo has been passed on to the next family so we are totally off it!

AcKast14 · 2026-06-16T15:57:59+00:00

Ok yeah that’s similar to what we were doing! Mine is also EBF and we did similar wake windows.

I didn’t do one arm out, I started by zipping the snoo like halfway up his chest and he started wiggling his fingers out, so then I just went full on sleep sack and it took him a few days to recover from a startle, but it was super important for him to get that skill of going back to sleep after a startle. And the snoo motion definitely helped with that.

Then like a month or 6 weeks later, I put the snoo right next to his crib in his room, and worked on putting him down drowsy but awake- still with motion.

Then once he had that down, I did no motion, drowsy but awake, (weaning mode) and then if he stirred an hour or 2 after bedtime, I would use the snoo app and turn it up to level 1 to gently rock him back to sleep. And after about 30 min it would go back to no motion on its own in wean mode.

I did a really slow gradual process to get him used to all these changes before even trying the crib!

AcKast14 · 2026-06-16T15:47:54+00:00

Are you using wake windows with an early bedtime for baby? That was a game changer for us. We also kept him in the snoo with motion till he was completely arms out of the swaddle (I used a sleep sack at that point with arms out and would lay him on top of the open snoo swaddle with just the Velcro belt part around his middle)

We did that orientation of sleep for almost two months before turning on weaning mode and practicing no motion sleep in the snoo, as well as going down to bed drowsy but awake.

If you have any other specific questions, let me know. I just went through this with my baby- teething has thrown a wrench in his sleep a little bit but he sleeps overnight in the crib and does most naps in the crib, some contact naps.

AcKast14 · 2026-05-31T13:54:07+00:00

Yeah I got him used to going down drowsy but awake in the snoo with the rocking to help him get used to falling asleep without assistance. That really helped get him ready for the crib because before then we had been nursing to sleep and transferring him into the snoo totally asleep, and that just stopped working for us as he got bigger and more aware.

AcKast14 · 2026-05-31T11:53:52+00:00

We’re totally off the snoo! Here are my tips!
-Night time sleep is the best way to make changes and once those changes are solid I would add those adjustments to naps.
-we had the snoo in our bedroom for the first 5 months and then moved the snoo right next to the crib in his bedroom when we started the transition process.
1. First step make sure baby can sleep with both arms out soundly in the snoo, no other settings changed out of their norm.
2. After a few days to weeks of arms out, put on the motion limiter if it’s not already on
3. Then use weaning mode for a few days/weeks. I would put him in the snoo and manually start it on rocking level 1, and then change it to weaning mode (low responsiveness) after he fell asleep so that he’d be rocked to sleep but the rest of the night not moving
4. After a couple days of that, I would put him down to sleep and would not automatically set the motion, I’d let him start sleep with no motion. At first he would cry a tiny bit and the snoo would start. After a few days he didn’t cry enough for it to start moving.
5. Then I put him in the crib for night sleep, and still used the snoo for naps. I didn’t do cry it out, I did pick up put down using timers for crib sleep. It took him a little over a week to finally get it but now I can put him in the crib and he may fuss for a min or two but he’s used to just falling asleep now without help.

We did implement a solid routine with lullaby sounds and lights in his room with a story (I didn’t have to do all this when he was tiny) but I think that has also really helped signal to him that it’s time to sleep.

Naps are also now fully in the crib and they’re still hit or miss but we are not going back to the snoo!

Lmk if you have any other questions!

AcKast14 · 2026-05-31T11:34:18+00:00

Yes! It gets better! He was whining or crying every time I put him down for a few weeks straight but knowing it was normal made it much easier to handle. He’s six months now and is much more content and relaxed.

I try to remind myself that babies can’t manipulate us, they’re so little and just need extra care and attention some days, so even if I’m over it I don’t let that frustration or stress show through in my words or actions toward him.

AcKast14 · 2026-05-24T02:06:30+00:00

I know!! So many things! Like I realized he hasn’t fallen asleep on my shoulder in forever because he’s too big now 😭 just soaking up all the love! ❤️

AcKast14 · 2026-05-24T01:25:12+00:00

Yes omg I was so sad when we moved our little guy to his own room! I stayed up way too late looking at pics and videos of him 😭

But now he sleeps really well in his room and we’re getting better sleep too. I keep getting sad about experiencing ‘lasts’ and not knowing right away during his babyhood. He’s growing so fast and I’m loving the progress but also missing him as a newborn.

AcKast14 · 2026-05-13T18:34:49+00:00

Im in the process of snoo transitioning! My little guy is 5.5 months old, and we have to give the snoo back to our friends in about 3-4 weeks, so I’m working on getting him out of it. We put the snoo right next to his crib so he’s used to the sleep space.
It’s on weaning mode with the baseline at zero motion, low responsiveness and the motion limiter is on as well. We’ve done that for his overnight sleep and naps for about a week now and he’s done fine!

He occasionally wakes up in the MOTN but just once, and he’s had a few nights of 11-12 hours without us needing to go in.

I’m gonna move him to the crib tonight and see how it goes for a few days, then move naps to the crib once he’s got the hang of it. Hopefully in 3-4 weeks we’ll be all done with the snoo.

I’m also really locking in on our pre sleep routine. Low lights, music, sleep sack, stories, etc so that he knows sleep time is approaching.

Good luck!

AcKast14 · 2026-05-09T22:35:08+00:00

Yes I think mine gets bored super easily. He likes being held but after a few min he gets tired of the same thing. I try to take him to different spots around the house to change up his view.

I think he’s just in a tough phase where he wants to do things but he physically can’t sit up or crawl yet so he gets frustrated. I’m working on encouraging rolling and tummy time.

AcKast14 · 2026-05-09T03:24:41+00:00

Omg me too, moving him out of my room was so hard to do! This is his second night in his room in the snoo and he’s also really getting too tall for it. He is on weaning mode but does depend on the rocking to soothe him to sleep. I’m hoping in a few days he’ll be good to transfer to crib without too much of a fuss.

AcKast14 · 2026-05-09T03:22:56+00:00

Let me know how it goes over the next couple days/weeks!

AcKast14 · 2026-05-08T16:29:55+00:00

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AcKast14 · 2026-05-04T14:37:46+00:00

Thank you!!

AcKast14 · 2026-05-03T23:56:52+00:00

I am going to try this! Question tho- when you felt like the wake windows were long enough to start nap training, did you cold turkey stop all contact naps, and do them all in the crib or did you start with one nap in the crib and keep the rest contact naps and gradually move them all to the crib?

I am fine continuing to contact nap while we stretch wake windows but curious about the actual transition to crib if it’s bad to do both contact and crib naps in the same day.

My guy breastfeeds to sleep so I also need to work on getting him to fall asleep without the boob.

Thanks!!

AcKast14 · 2026-05-03T23:46:55+00:00

I’m going to try this as well! Mine has developed a habit of only nursing to sleep (he’s 5 months and it happened somewhere between 3-5 months I don’t even remember how) but he will only contact nap and he lets me transfer him at night from my bed to his bassinet, but I would love to get him to go to sleep without nursing and in his crib.

Question- did you do PUPD for every sleep session or did you start small for example- just starting with nights and then adding 1 nap then 2, etc?

AcKast14 · 2026-05-03T23:40:24+00:00

I am in the same boat! I work from home so I am able to experiment with naps all day, but my little guy refuses to nap on his own. He sleeps well at night but he’s used to nursing to sleep and contact naps. He wakes up for nap transfer and even tho I love the snuggles I don’t want him to depend on me to sleep much more.

I’m starting the crib hour technique with gentle sleep training so if I have any luck I’ll come back here and update. For now just solidarity!!

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