3yo won't stop making noise when I'm bringing 4mo to nap

[calomamma]

Hello ladies,

I know this isn't a nap issue but I've had such great advice here and managed to get my catnapper / waking 1 - 2 hourly at night baby into a super sleeper!

And I'm really hoping someone may have had this problem too?

It takes the whole of 10 minutes to maybe 15 to get my 4mo to nap. During this time my 3yo is given instructions to stay in the lounge, has the tv set to the program of her choosing, gets access to her ipad, gets nibblies and toys. She CANT stop herself from running into the room to tell me something. Anything! Or she'll make loud banging noises, stomp her feet etc. This then wakes my little one and the process of putting him to bed can take up to 45 minutes with me going between the two.

I have a white noise machine and the door is closed. I have tried bringing her in with me but she can't stop talking. I have taken away toys, timeout and this morning I yelled so that's why I'm here.

Any ideas ladies? 

[anna*]

To be honest, I don't think you're going to get DD to be quiet, so I would really encourage independent sleep in the baby so you can do a quick wind-down, pop him in his cot and leave him to get to sleep by himself. You'll probably need support from partner/grandparent while you're sleep training (to keep DD busy) but the value of having an independent sleeper when you have older kids is priceless!

[michaeljacknnugg]

I'm not sure at three my DS would have left my side! Now at seven I might have more luck, but I don't think it will be possible to get him to be quiet so that baby can sleep (I'm due in November). It's adjusting expectations that might help rather than anything else - sorry, I'm sure that wasn't what you wanted to hear!