Do you have a nap time routine for your DC?

DS STTN and usually is a great napper, but for the last week or so he refuses to go down even though he's screaming for sleep. My ped recommended a nap time routine (we happened to be at the ped for a well visit when I mentioned his lack of napping lately). Does anyone have one?

DS will be 4mo next week.

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we do but its very basic and simple. go into her room, lights off with sound machine on. quiet voices while i change her diaper and put her in a thin sleepsack (used to be swaddle). i hold her over my shoulder and sway side to side a bit while either singing one song or shushing and patting her back. it takes about 5 minutes or so....after 5 minutes she gets very calm and still, starts staring off into the distance and i put her down and walk out of the room.

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i would say at around the 1.5 hrs since he last woke up, you should start to wind him down. My DS did what your DS is doing and i started making sure i would "prepare" him for his nap ahead of time so not to get him too crazy and overtired.
We would go in his room and i would sit w/ him on my lap and read him some books. Keep the lighting dim. Then i would just rock him to get sleepy but not to sleep. i would then lay himin his crib. This took time. I had to "nap train" him.

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DS is really into eat play nap. At 6 months he still takes 3 naps.

In the AM he wakes, eats plays in exersaucer until he has had enough then naps.

He wakes up, we play, hang out, (run errands) eat, play, then put own for a nap. (repeat in evening)

He naps in his swing.

The morining nap is the most routine for naps. But other than that it isnt like bed time, bath book bed.

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at 4 month yep! I even gave a quick soapless bath!

At 9m, I plop him in the crib and say, "sleepy baby go to sleep, night night" and 9/10 he's turns to his side and closes his eyes and goes to sleep, that 1/10 time he decides he's going to have a dance party.

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DD is 3 months. When I think it's time for a nap <she's cranky and can't be hungry> I take her to the rocker, put a pacifier in and rock her a bit before putting her in the crb. If she needs a little more attention I'll rub her belly for a second...