What techniques do you girls use to get your child to take a nap

He use to just fall asleep on me or I could put him in his crib and he would look at the aquarim thing I have for him and fall asleep when that stopped playing music. But all of a sudden (dh watched him all day saturday so I think that has something to do with it) he wont fall sleep for me. He took two naps yesterday and that was only because he was in the car and fell asleep then it took me 20 minutes for him to calm down enough to go sleep becauase he was screaming. I felt so bad because he was so tired. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Re: What techniques do you girls use to get your child to take a nap

I use the really tired squirmy pinchy walking aroung jiggling said baby method. This usually ends with baby falling asleep on me for 20 minutes

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Re: What techniques do you girls use to get your child to take a nap

I used to put my nose in the bridge of DS's nose. I guess it forced him to close his eyes?

Re: What techniques do you girls use to get your child to take a nap

OMG Alyson pinches too, but randomly...not when she's tired.

To get her to nap.....I read the Weissbluth book. Her AM nap is literally no more than 1 1/2 hrs after she wakes up!

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When Matthew is tired I stroke the bridge of his nose with my middle finger and hold his eyes closed with the other two fingers that surrounds the middle finger. Sometimes that works for me.

Or sometimes I caress his forehead and cheeks.