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Offline carolina_bug

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things to do for wind down before nap for 5 mt old
« on: November 11, 2012, 19:43:27 pm »
My DS is almost 5 months and I'm really needing tips on things to do for wind down time before he goes down for his naps.  I massage his legs, change him, read a couple of books, bottle, then bed, but he still fusses for about 5 min, then finally goes to sleep.  He only does the 45 min thing, so I'm wondering if there are other low-key things I can do to extend this time as maybe he'll do better if I can have more wind down time. 

It's also a bit tricky b/c I have a 2.5 yr old DD that's home with me as well.  She's great at sitting in her room and reading a book, or I let Barney or Thomas "watch" her for 10 min.  It's hard to know what to do...
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Re: things to do for wind down before nap for 5 mt old
« Reply #1 on: November 12, 2012, 01:56:30 am »
What we did for my touchy/spirited boy at that age was
Walk around the house, or few mins fresh air or quiet sitting. Walk into dark room with white noise, Sleep sack on, paci and lovey given. Sing twinkle twinkle while cuddling, rocking etc. then pd in cot and WO. At 5 mts Z was sleeping independently but doing short naps so I had to sneak in and do w2s ;) x
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