Hi, all
Our angel/textbook 5 month old nurses and then falls asleep/naps on my lap. It's hard to then transfer her to the crib, she usually wakes up. We've been working to change that, most recently using walks in her stroller or the ergo, or walking her around and bouncing her to sleep and then transferring her to the crib, which yields some more successful transfers.
But, I just started reading TBW and we really like TH's philosophy and the EASY routine. So, we are just starting to move from eat on lap->nap on lap to EASY. It's only day one, but man this is tough. Our poor girl just screams if we put her down tired into the crib. She's hardly slept today, hence why I'm letting her now nap on my lap.
Any tips?
A: Pain from c-section and baby that fell asleep while nursing meant I started out letting her nurse and sleep on my lap instead of putting her into a crib for a nap.
B: baby nurses on lap, then naps on lap. Also nurse her to sleep at night, at which time it's easy to transfer her to the bassinet.
C: 90% of the time she naps, she starts by napping on my lap (other 10% she started napped no in ergo, stroller, car seat, arms). Only 10% of the time can I then successfully transfer her to the crib, so I'm usually stuck on the couch for a couple of hours while she naps.
Thank you!
