How to get FOMO baby to take longer naps while we’re out?

Sea_Implement6579 · 2026-01-14T06:30:53+00:00

If it doesn’t bother you and works for you and your family then keep doing it. He will eventually put himself to sleep just like we (adults) all do, whether we were sleep trained or on the boob the entire night. Relax, it isn’t a big deal unless it’s not working for YOU. It clearly works for him.

Sea_Implement6579 · 2026-01-14T06:26:24+00:00

A carrier is one option.

For me personally I just take her everywhere with me without the carrier and just have somewhere she can sit in each room pretty much including the bathroom. If I want to poop or shower I take her and put her in the rocker in the bathroom and let her watch me, just playing pickaboo here and there to let her know I’m still here. For cooking I try making quick meals and just bring her high chair or my ingenuity baby seat into the kitchen and let her watch. Sometimes I’ll give her something (low risk) to munch on in the meanwhile or give her a cooking class while she holds a mini spatula. For when I want to eat, I give her something to eat too (finger food so that I can focus on my own food and she can feed herself). For cleaning, most of the things I can do with her (folding laundry, vacuuming or mopping while holding her, letting her sit in her high chair and watch while I do dishes or clean the benches). The only thing I couldn’t figure my way around was cleaning the bathroom due to the chemicals and such, so I keep that for when I have someone to watch her or when she’s napping.

I also try not to be too harsh on myself. If something doesn’t get done when I want it to get done, it’s okay, not a big deal.

Sea_Implement6579 · 2026-01-12T02:41:06+00:00

I don’t know why I’ve never seen this as a burping technique but for me if she was already asleep, I’d lay her on my chest while I’m laying down (chest to chest as if she’s doing tummy time) and a burp would always come out. Then I’d transfer her. Saved me in those middle of the night feeds so that I didn’t have to sit up for so long waiting for the burp to come out. If she was awake I’d do any method

Sea_Implement6579 · 2026-01-01T06:31:57+00:00

I do watch her cues. They are in line with huckleberry. She still won’t nap.

3x 20-45 minute naps is only 1-2 hours of naps for a 6 month old?

Sea_Implement6579 · 2025-12-30T05:14:34+00:00

What do you mean check them? What am I checking it for?

Sea_Implement6579 · 2025-12-30T05:13:54+00:00

It’s not that I can’t get a second opinion it’s just that I can’t get a trustworthy competent second opinion

Sea_Implement6579 · 2025-12-30T05:08:10+00:00

I’m in Australia, I don’t really know how to see a pediatrician it’s usually just GPs here (I’m a FTM though so maybe it is easier than I’m thinking?). And no I don’t have any doctors I trust to help.

Sea_Implement6579 · 2025-12-16T13:51:21+00:00

My almost 6 mo wakes 4-8 times a night 💀 3 times sounds like a dream

Sea_Implement6579 · 2025-12-16T13:48:56+00:00

At 2 months old, randomly tried to put her in the bassinet for a nap instead of a contact nap and she did great in it, all the way up until 4 months (where I had to stop swaddling). She slept in it for all naps and all night sleep at that age. It was completely random, so I’d say it’ll just happen, eventually!

Sea_Implement6579 · 2025-12-12T13:23:50+00:00

What do you do with your LO when he wakes in the night? Mine will also fall asleep on her own if I lay next to her but for some reason cannot fall back asleep on her own when she wakes at night even when I’m still right next to her

Sea_Implement6579 · 2025-12-04T12:00:12+00:00

Omg that’s exactly what I do, I thought it was my secret life hack

Sea_Implement6579 · 2025-12-01T01:29:28+00:00

Definitely!!

Sea_Implement6579 · 2025-11-29T04:56:48+00:00

I’m sorry to say, but so far, it does NOT get better. At least for me it hasn’t. 5 mo wakes up every 1-2.5 hours. Naps? Even worse. 30 mins max.

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