Does anyone else nap with their baby every day?

[Vegan Princess]

If I try to put my 8 month old down for a nap in her crib she lasts maybe 20 minutes and it's really hard to get her to go down. If I nurse her to sleep I have to stay with her the entire time bc she wakes up the second I remove my nipple. I've tried slipping in a paci and it doesn't work. I guess she is a light sleeper. Anyway, if I nap with her she will go to sleep within 5 minutes and nap for 2 hours. I like the extra rest but 2 hours is a bit much for me. I inevitably wake her up bc I have to pee or I can't stay there any longer. I feel sort of lazy and guilty for going back to bed for 2 hours only 2 hours after waking up..but I also know I am lucky to be able to and to enjoy it before I have a 2nd baby. Just wondering if I'm the only one who naps with their baby every day. I know I need to get her into the crib soon though bc I fear nap time might be my only time to get things done once she is more mobile.

Cindy

[bodhitree]

I do, most days. If I don't feel like sleeping, I just lie next to her and read. In the last week, I have started working on having her nap alone so I have the option of leaving the room and doing something else. This never would have worked a couple months ago, but now she'll often nap for up to an hour by herself. I just nurse her down, then leave the room (very, very quietly). I can unlatch her without having her wake up, though, otherwise I'd be stuck next to her for the whole nap.

[starling&diesel]

I nap with DD most days ... I nurse her to sleep and then unlatch her and read. I think it's wonderful! I can leave if I want though, so that's a difference. She naps on a mattress on the floor so there's no worry about her falling off the bed.

[nelson]

I wish, a nap sounds nice right now...

[Logan's mommy]

Ds2 is over a year old and I still nap with him most days. Most of the time if I try to get out of bed he'll wake up, so I just nap with him and eliminate the possibility of him waking up.

[bezark]

I don't have to nap with DS, but he's been going through some major changes lately (3 teeth, mastering sitting up, beginning crawling), so our nights have been pretty rough. I've been taking 1 nap with him almost every day for the last week or so.
I don't like taking naps as I feel like there about a million better things I could be doing with my time, but it helps me deal with the night wakings much better. ..Which, if I'm being honest with myself really aren't that bad.

[stiles' mummy]

I do. Every day. Every chance I get. She's six 1/2 months and a light sleeper (like her brother was..still is). Half the night I'm up with her. Up and down. She'll sleep for 2 hrs at a stretch, then wake up, nurse or just re-settle herself and then back to sleep for another 2-3hr stretch. some nights it's every 1hr it seems. She's teething and starting to sit up on her own. Lots of milestones.

So if I don't sleep those extra 2hrs in the late morning, then I'm cranky, un-patient and sleep deprived. Some days I feel guilty and overwhemled that I'm backed up on some major tasks I need to do around the house. And end up playing 'catch up' to make up for lost time. But honestly, I cherish the moments that we snuggle together, in the warmth of the sunlight coming from the window..and escape together for a couple of hours into the land of Nod.

[fairymom]

me- he sleeps longer and I still like them (the naps) .

[caiesmommy]

Take the nap! I have ds(3) and dd(9 months and still up sometimes 4 times a night!) and I relish the odd nap. I took one today for 2 hours and it was beautiful! Ds has been fighting his naps and dh finally got him to take a nap on Fri and we kept with it over the weekend and today I got them down at the same time!!! I got a nap! Seriously take advantage. Think of it as your lunch/coffee breaks rolled into one LOL

[Ruthie's momma]

DD napped on me until she was about 15 mo. I would either wear her or lay her in my lap. Sometimes, I would use the time for bill paying, checking email, or reading. But, most of the time, I would nap too! I still try to nap with DD as much as possible (but it only happens about once every couple of weeks...I get too busy doing something unimportant...).

There will be a time, in the not so distant future, that your babe will be able to nap alone...or God forbid, won't even need to nap at all!!! Enjoy the snuggle time and rest...

[vegancowgirl]

my son is 4 months this thursday and i nap with him 3 times a day - it is the only way he will sleep deeply during naps. like pp's i try to read while he sleeps, and if he falls asleep in the moby i will do squats etc while he sleeps.

[ecoteat]

I did--for a LONG time. I teach afternoons, so when she dropped her morning nap, she was only napping in the afternoon with dh, but any time I did the nap I would nurse her to sleep on my lap and that is where we would both stay for the duration of the nap. I would have my laptop with me and spent her nap putzing around online or doing work. It was a slight source of stress between me and dh--he felt like those 2 hours every day were being wasted. But during that time she was usually waking up so much at night still that I needed that time to just sit in the middle of my day. We did this until the weaned at 3. I miss that quiet time together!

ETA: The funny thing is that when dh put her down for a nap, it was simple: story, snuggle, wait a few minutes for her to fall asleep, sneak out. It drove both of us nuts that it was so easy for him to sneak out, when I was trapped!

[hotharmony]

I wish I was napping with my LO right now!

[ShineliketheSon]

DD1 doesn't nap but on the occassions she does and LO is nappin the MT I LOVE IT! I lay down on the sofa for a while and either nap/read or type. I wish I could do it more often! I'd love to snuggle in bed with LO and nap till I wake and then read. aaahhhh that sounds so nice. DO it while you can and DON'T feel a bit guilty about it!!!!!

[Auraji]

Rarely I do. I've never been a napper and I feel guilty to lay down there when I have so much to do around the house. I like to take the opportunity to do chores, but maybe I should start reading next to her because she almost never really naps.

[Mal85]

I wish I could! I'm so jealous of you mamas whose babies need you next to them to fall asleep. Mine does much better without me. If I'm holding her she fights it hard. The bouncy seat has been our savior then I transfer her to the crib. She will nap on her own for a good amount of time, but I miss those snuggly days in bed together. It only lasted until she was a couple months old.

[ledzepplon]

When my dd was little and I was pregnant with ds1, I napped with her EVERY day. It was heaven. Now that I have three kiddos, I never get a nap anymore.

[LadyCatherine185]

I nap with my baby (14 mo) pretty much everyday. He still wakes frequently all night, and is up early every morning, so I pretty much have to nap with him to feel normal. But, I can slip away if I need to, he doesn't need me to nap with him. I will miss the naps when he drops them, that is for sure.

[pumpkin]

I have to stay with DD for naps. She just will not sleep otherwise. I feel absolutely trapped. I always thought that naptime would be a chance to get a little exercise, do a couple of chores, eat a meal in peace. Instead I get absolutely no time by myself because I am with DD practically every single minute.

The one thing that saves my sanity is that she will sleep on my lap on the couch. I've got my laptop there so I can get on MDC, hulu, etc. I've got headphones for the laptop so I can watch a little tv that way.

[Peony]

Another take the nap vote! I used to nap with DD1 daily, then I had another and another, I never ever get to nap now. Yawn. I really miss those days, take advantage of them while you can.