Hello all, my LO is almost 7 months old. Ever since he started crawling it is difficult to wind him down for naps. He is extremely spirited and always into everything! I think that since he is so much more active than he used to be I need to give him a longer wind down routine. Before he started crawling (about 6 months) and this whole mess started this was our naptime routine. We would sit in the rocker with the lights off and read a book (the same book everytime) then I would rock him and sing 3 lullabies to him (the same 3 songs in the same order) and then I would lay him down in the crib and leave the room. We haven't swaddled since he was about 4 months old. Then he would talk to himself for 10 min or so and drift off to sleep. But now he is really fussy. It just feels like maybe I need a better transition from play to sleep because he plays so much harder than he used to. So, my question is.......what do you ladies with older babies do for a wind down routine? I need some ideas. My EASY is posted below. It's not really eat, awake, play exactly but its our routine. Thanks for the help!
6am - wake up and have a bottle, sometimes he will go back to sleep after this and sometimes not
7:30 or 8 - Breakfast
8 or 8:30 - Nap
10 - Bottle
11 - Lunch
12 - Nap
2 - Bottle
3 - Snack
4 - Catnap
5 - Dinner
6 or 7 - Bedtime routine, bottle, and bed
He sleeps through the night without a dreamfeed. These times are approximate of course, it varies from day to day. He usually sleeps 1 1/2 hours to 2 hours for the first 2 naps and 30 min to an hour for the catnap. Sometimes if he takes a really long afternoon nap we don't have time to fit a catnap in. We have a great routine and he is generally a great sleeper, I just can't take the crying at every nap anymore!