Problems at nap time in new BBB!

[Lissybits]

Hi girls!

We transitioned to a BBB on Tuesday. The bed was delivered on Tuesday afternoon so DS had already had his nap in the cot.He has slept in a BBB while we were on hols for 6 weeks in England, so I wasn't particularly worried about the change. We'd talked a lot about his new bed beforehand and he seemed really enthusiastic.
DH puts DS to bed at night (I'm at work) so I was delighted to hear DS had gone to bed with no fuss at all   No probs I thought ........
Until nap time the following day and every day so far

He either gets up and comes out of his room or starts crying - but it's a fake cry cos as soon as I go in he stops and starts chatting

So, I've started with WI/WO - but it's difficult to have no conversation as he starts with all the excuses - potty, water etc.
When he cries, should I just do WI/WO and count to 10 before going back in or could I leave it a bit longer since it's not a distressed cry?

Today, he eventually went to sleep 1hr 10 after first getting in bed and probably fell asleep from exhaustion of crying
I have to go to work soon after this and I hate the thought of him going to sleep unhappy

Any advice girls?
TIA
Lis

[shivi]

we are back to square one with BBB problems after weekend away where O slept in travel cot.....use it with no probs for naps but use the cot for night, otherwise we are woken by him at 5am. In cot, he wakes 7-7.30! And sometimes, night sleep takes up to an hour to come in the BBB.....

so marking too.

I use grobag in both bed and cot but my prob is def that stage of coming into light sleep at 5am when in the cot, O turns over, finds his lovie and goes off again but in BBB, semi-consciously gets out, turns on light (I've even removed the light bulb to see would that convince him to go back..but to no avail) or comes to door, opens it (we have gate on door and starts screaming for us and wakes completely then. I have used tactics such as saying he needs to sleep because it's still dark/he'll be too tired for pre-school which he loves etc....but to no avail.

anyway, Nicholas is a little older than Oscar so maybe it might be time to cut back on the nap anyway or even try dropping it with an earlier bedtime? We've cut back to an hour nap max and now he wakes of his own accord but if in BBB still gets up at 5 whereas 2.5 hrs later in cot! So, sticking with cot for now!!!

[Lissybits]

Thanks girls
Well it's strange that before Wednesday he was going down for naps perfectly in his cot I would kiss him - he'd turn over and that was that I really think he still needs his nap - he sleeps for 3 hours if we leave him.

But at night for DH, there is NO problem at all - he goes straight to sleep and doesn't wake up although he's been waking at least an hour earlier than when he was in the cot

I put him in his grobag on Wednesday for his first nap in the BBB and he unzipped it (he's never done that before ) and got out of bed and came out of his room. The rest of the week he's just had a sheet as it's got really warm here again.

How strange though that we had no problems when we were in England in a BBB - at nap time or at bedtime

Maybe I'll try a longer A time BTW waking and nap. Before BBB we did -
wake 8.00 ish
nap   2.00 - 4.00
bed   9.00

Yesterday, he was awake at just before 7.00 and didn't go down for his nap until 2.45. DH left him until 6pm and he went to bed at 9.30
We've kept him on English time since coming back from England (so 9.00 bedtime is really 7.00 etc and will probably stick to that until the clocks change)

What would you suggest girls? What about the crying? DH is here today for the nap so I'll see what happens. I just bet N goes down no problem for Daddy

Thanks
   

[jobi]

Hmm i don't remember any probs moving to the big boy bed with mine, but it was a long time ago

What about a bed rail attached to the bed, so its still like he's in a cot?

[Lissybits]

There is a rail!!!   It' about the lenghth of half the bed!

Lis

[~Faye~]

Oh {{hugs}} sweetie. Wish I had more for you than that.

The only thing we found was just saying no to Shay. When he'd do the fake crying, go in, give him a kiss, tell him we loved him and that we would be outside the door/in our room/ downstairs. It took a while but worked in the end. When he asked for things just said no (unless it was a wee) and didn't chat.

 

[jobi]

There is a rail!!!   It' about the lenghth of half the bed!

[KathrynK]

we had this when Sophie transitioned too- I think it was the novelty of being able to get in and out and wander around.
Basically we left her for her normal nap length and if she had n't gone to sleep after that, we just got her up and gave her a really early night instead.
It lasted about 3 weeks and then the novelty wore off and she started napping like a champ as normal again, so hopefulyl for you it;s just a phase too
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[Lissybits]

 So he will say he needs the most stupid things, or need to kiss again, needs to kiss my knee etc.

LOL

if hes only doing it with you, no dh I think hes playing you!

Er, yep, I think so - he went down like a dream for DH at 2.00
I'll be totally boring with him next week and do WI/WO and hope the novelty of playing his mum up wears off!!