My newborn...

[pastrygirl]

Does your newborn take naps alone, as in, not in someone's arms? Just curious what the breakdown is here ion this DDC.

[kittyhead]

mine sleeps for a few hours at a time swaddled. his big brother didnt nap alone until close to his first birthday... i am loving this sleepy baby!

[StrongFeather]

Sam did NOT ever sleep alone/nap alone for quite some time. But i am actually sitting here with him napping in the swing (new!!) and enjoying so "me" time for what feels like a long, long time.

Not until well after the 6-7 week mark would he even tolerate sleeping left alone.

[pastrygirl]

I was really hoping to get a sleepy baby this time around... but no such luck! I'm stuck holding/wearing him for all his naps. My older son needed to be held in the beginning, too, but I could frequently nurse him in my bed and then leave him there. Caleb wakes up the second I move away! Where does he get this radar?

[texmati]

If I pray real hard, and cross my fingers, I can put him down after holding him for half an hour or so.

[hipmummy]

My first one would not sleep more then 20 min on his own until about 10 months. I accepted it right away and have no regrets. Ds2 sleeps a lot, it is almost boring. Go figure.

[JordanKX]

Rowan's almost 7 weeks and this is day 3 of putting him in the bassinet, In the other room, and leaving the room. He wakes up when I first put him down but never fully cries out, and seems to be soothing himself back to sleep. 4 days ago he was taking 20 minute lil naps throughout the day, with me holding him... which, selfishly, was making it impossible for me to get anything done (although I was loving the snuggle time). My mother is the one who kinda yelled at me and made me Put him in another room and leave him alone... and not jump in there the minute he started fussing. Sure enough, he slept for over an hour the first time. So... we're working on it.

[greeny]

Mostly only in my arms. Today she's taking her third ever nap in the swing. Yesterday she took a 3-hour nap in the Moby Wrap. Mostly she likes to be on me.

[octobermoon]

Amiel will sleep best on his tummy. now that we have figured that out together i can put him down during the day and he will sleep for a stretch, it's sooo nice.

[angelachristin]

mine will nap in her swing. which is great, because I had to go back to work this past Tuesday (I WAH as a medical transcriptionist). Although, right now she is sleeping in her babyhawk on me as I am typing (supposed to be working, oops!)

[aleatha5]

Vincent will finally nap alone for a little bit. I put him in a swing or in a bassinet to nap if I want him to wake up quickly. If I nap with him, he naps for a long time and then won't go to sleep until 3 am!

[haydn'smommy]

Mine naps in the swing. I'm good with that. It's nighttime sleep I'd like to work at.

[confustication]

He'll nap if I'm not home- but if I am home he really prefers to be held for naps. He's also much better about sleeping alone until about 5 pm from then on he HAS to be held.

[KikaKika]

Mila sleeps between 1 and 2 hours by herself in the morning/afternoon... and lately, in the evening - it can stretch to 3.5h (once even 4). She is 5 weeks old today .
I'm always around, and I take naps with her, but can def. leave her.
Once she wakes up - that's it.

[clemrose]

Ezra will nap without being held, although the length of the naps went from 2+ hrs to 45 minutes this past weekend. He naps on his tummy in our bed or the cosleeper or in his amby hammock on his back/side.

My husband and I are kind of freaking out about it because our 2.5 yr old dd wouldn't nap alone and would wake every 20 min to 90 min (around the clock) for almost two years. We don't want to be there again!

But, I keep trying to remind myself that Ezra is a different child and so far (knock on wood) he is still sleep well at night--and that part matters the most!

I feel for all of you mamas whose babies must be held--I bought an ergo when my dd was 5 mo old specifically so I could wear her on my back during naps -- that way she took two two-hr naps a day(although she would wake up if I sat down). Not the most comfortable for me, but I did always get my dishes done!

[2boyzmama]

Gavin will nap on his tummy for up to an hour (usually 20-30 mins). He will also *sometimes* sleep in his carseat. He sleeps great in the sling and pretty good in my arms or on daddy';s chest.

[coldandsleepy]

Well, I voted that he won't nap alone, but that's not QUITE true. He'll sleep in his buzzy chair throughout the day, but only if someone is nearby. If we try to leave the room or even go to another part of it, he wakes up. :P I can't quite figure out how he knows what's going on... maybe he hears us breathing? Weird but true.

He absolutely won't sleep in the co-sleeper during the day. He likes being cuddled while he naps a lot and basically wakes up when you put him down, even if he's limp limbed to start with. It boggles.

He takes his best naps in the Moby. He sleeps SO well in the Moby that I wish there were some way to wear it at night. Maybe I need to take up sleepwalking, heh.

[ilovejeff]

I voted "will not take a nap alone". She can be put down for a few minutes (long enough for me to grab a shower) but won't sleep for any significant amount of time if she's not being held or cuddled with in the bed.

[cristeen]

He sleeps really well, actually. He'll fall asleep in his bassinet sometimes when I put him down. There are even times when he makes it clear he's done being held. I can also put him down once he's asleep and usually he'll be good for a couple hours. And at night he sleeps really well next to me or in the bassinet next to the bed, either one.

[turtlemamameg]

It's half and half with Piper...she would prefer to be held, but will tolerate being put down about half the time. I dont mind the other half b/c I value the cuddle time. I am holding her sleepy little self right now and typing one handed.