Support Group - New and Expectant Parents SFPOM New Parents - general discussion 1/24/2013 10:15 am - 2/9/2013
1. 9 month old nap advice -- No CIO (sftwinmommy)
2. Comment: 9 month old nap advice -- No CIO (kaluzoo)
1. 9 month old nap advice -- No CIO
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sftwinmommy - 2/8/2013 8:47 am
How do you (or your nanny) put your 9 month old twins
down for a nap by yourself? We have to
bottle-feed/rock/hold our babies till they get super
drowsy/fall asleep. It's really difficult to do this
with just one adult. Right now, our nanny uses a baby
swing for one of the twins as an extra hand while she
feeds rocks the other down. But I'm worried about what
will happen when they are (very soon) too big for the
swing! What do you use as an extra hand? Are their
other swings for bigger babies that you would
recommend? The problem is that they both crawl very
fast and pull themselves up on everything, so there's
no good place to put one baby while rocking the other
one to sleep in the nursery. They also get upset if you
leave them alone in a different room (i.e. in a play
yard to go elsewhere). Any thoughts/recommendations
would be helpful. We don't want to do CIO for naps.
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2. kaluzoo says...
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2/8/2013 1:45 pm
We transitioned to putting them down in their cribs
awake. We turn on lullabies, sing, read books until
they both get sleepy. No CIO, but also only hands-free
entertainment. Many days we can walk away and they
happily "talk" to one another until they go to sleep.
I also give them their stuffed animals in their cribs
and then take them away once they finally fall asleep
(their stuffed animals are big so I don't comfortable
with them sleeping w/ them). We are relentless about
the timing of the morning nap (9/9:15am) and now that
they are used to the routine it's rarely a problem -
they stay down for an hour or talk to one another if
they wake up early. Afternoon nap I've given up - we
push them around in the stroller until they are
sleeping ("we" being me or nanny). My boys are also 9
months. Good luck!
Email author: sarahchandler@gmail.com
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