How to get 10 month old to sleep in crib for naps?

[shimsheree]

DD is 10 months old and has always fallen asleep lying next to me. So for naps, we have a little bed on our bedroom floor for her and she nurses, then turns back and forth for awhile, and then falls asleep. Then I either get up or take a nap too.

DH and I would like her to be able to sleep in her crib for naps, but we still want to co-sleep at night. How do we do this? For her whole life she has fallen asleep cuddled up next to me. It would just be so much easier because I have a two year old as well and it takes me so long to get DD to sleep and I feel so bad that DS is by himself in the house.

Any tips would be so so helpful!

Thanks,
Sheree

[teagan01]

Have you tried nursing her and laying her down in the crib? Does she wake right when you put her down? I have twin 10 mos olds and I nurse them to sleep and put them in the crib for naps and co sleep at night. I have a monitor and when I hear her start to wake up I go in the room before she feels alone. I also use white noise and a rolled up blanket that goes up against her legs to sense that I am there.