[eightyferrettoes]

This HAS to be common-- but-- it's starting to make me crazy. My angelic 3 month old is sleeping on my lap, and it is the only place he wants to sleep during the day-- other than with me in the big bed, but then I fall asleep too, and cannot even peruse MDC in my sleep.

Anyone else? Tips? My butt is sore from sitting in this chair!

 

[rachelmarie]

I got one, too! Ds is 5 months old now and still prefers to take day time naps in my lap with my nipple in his mouth. :LOL However, my butt and legs start to hurt, too! If I don't feel like sitting and reading, or watching tv (

: ), then I put him in my mei tai, or when he was smaller I put him in the sling. That way, I can do whatever - clean, cook, get online, etc. - while he is sleeping. Right now he is alseep in the mei tai as I sit here typing.

 

[Linda in OZ]

Á cushion maybe? Seriously tho no useful suggestions, but you are not alone, DD is 3 1/2 months and she will have a nap by herself in the morning but other than that she prefers to snooze and feed at the same time.
Linda

 

[prophetmother]

I have one! Yep, she's in the sling right now. She will hardly sleep anywhere else in the daytime but gets mad when she can't stretch her legs. If I put her down, she wakes up and is hard to get back to sleep until she's back in my arms. But I love having her so close!

 

[BusyMommy]

Honest to God, I held both of my kids until they started walking a bit after a year. But...I used the Bjorn most of the time. Or a sling. WOuld he accept that? I just got used to being physically attached 24/7 unless I was out and dh was taking his turn.

 

[eightyferrettoes]

Oh, yeah, he loves the sling, at least until I sit down... hmmm... I may just give up, get a cushion, and make DH fold his own laundry....

:LOL

 

[janerose]

Just wanted to say my DD was the same way. Up until about 5 months she would pretty much ONLY nap on me while nursing. She also did not like to be worn while I was sitting (still doesn't...). What I ended up doing was keeping a pillow near the computer to put under her & padding my elbow from the hard plastic arm of our computer chair (I have tendonitis so that was a BIG issue for me). Luckily our computer chair already has a pretty cushy seat. :LOL

The biggest thing that helped was just her getting older. At almost 5 months she hit a huge developmental spurt and really "woke up" to the world around her. Now at almost 9 months I have the opposite problem that she NEVER wants to nap on me!

: She's much too busy to lay in Mommy's lap all day.

The only other suggestion I can offer to to try transitioning to naps alone on the bed. I started by swaddling her (but she always starts out sleeping swaddled, so you may not have to do that part), putting on some white noise, darkening the room, and laying down next to her to nurse. Once she's out I'd *very* slowly and gently ease my nipple from her mouth, and then slowly sneak off the bed & out of the room. This was NOT an overnight fix though. It took a couple weeks of doing this before she was able to sleep for any length of time alone on our bed. Gradually her time increased though and I was able to do a few things while she napped.

Good luck!

Holly