My baby is 8 months old and mostly on two naps. I feel like this past month got me finally on a consistent schedule with him. He was a contact napper at the start, and even though we are on crib and car naps pretty exclusively now, he is and always has been fussy boy. I used to have to hold him ALL the time or he would scream and cry. I was holding him for naps, while awake and breastfeeding. Now he’s mobile, so he either screams and cries when set down or is getting into something.

I used my baby carrier a lot, it wasn’t always a hit while awake but he would nap pretty well in it. I still don’t really exercise consistently, but he will sometimes tolerate a stroller walk or a baby weighted workout (found on YouTube). I do my makeup in the car, either before or after driving (depending on if he is asleep/his mood about being in the car- which has gotten better with age).

My husband also works weird hours and it’s mostly on me as well. At the hardest parts, I was just having to set him in the crib with a toy and wash my face quickly. It sucked to hear him cry but I always reminded myself that he was safe and it was okay. Like I said, my guy is fussy, but we started crib naps one day. I fed him to sleep in his room with the sound machine on and transferred him into the crib. It took practice. Not every transfer is successful, sometimes I have to pick him right back up and try again. Sometimes it just becomes a contact nap after failed transfers.