Comments on: Put your Stander-Upper down for a nap http://www.rookiemoms.com/napping-for-stander-uppers/ Two geeky girls' guide to the first years of motherhood. Fri, 17 May 2013 20:36:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Nico http://www.rookiemoms.com/napping-for-stander-uppers/comment-page-1/#comment-128236 Nico Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:58:51 +0000 http://www.rookiemoms.com/?p=2#comment-128236 Wow… that is our nap routine almost to a T! The only difference with ours – before putting my 13 month-old to bed, I ask for his dummy and lovey, which I then put on the cot mattress before putting him in the cot. Which means, one: he is in the habit of getting his soothing items for himself, and two: they’re already on a low level so he goes straight down to mattress level for them! It was brilliant when he was in peak pulling-up-on-the railings phase and still pretty good now :)

]]> By: Tegan and Tage http://www.rookiemoms.com/napping-for-stander-uppers/comment-page-1/#comment-128230 Tegan and Tage Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:05:05 +0000 http://www.rookiemoms.com/?p=2#comment-128230 These are such great suggestions. I do something similar with my little guy, who is 14 months, especially lately since he is getting stubborn about naps (at least with me). I rock him for a bit, place him in the crib and continue rubbing his back or his head for a minute or two. Sometimes he fusses a bit when I walk out of the room but most of the time he is settled down enough to drift off to sleep shortly after.

]]> By: wren http://www.rookiemoms.com/napping-for-stander-uppers/comment-page-1/#comment-128229 wren Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:51:05 +0000 http://www.rookiemoms.com/?p=2#comment-128229 Yes. Once mine started standing we had to completely rethink nap and bed time. Consequently we ended up with a put-down honeymoon time.

My trick:

Laying him down (after all that other stuff Whitney explained) and “petting” his head explaining exactly how he was feeling “sleepy” and what was going to happen next “you’re going to go to sleep,” “you’re going to cuddle your puppy,” “you’re going be soooo cozy,” “mommy will come and get you when you wake-up, but right now, you are soooo sleepy,” “ooooh sleepy boy, cuddly boy” “so cozy” “mommy’s going to give you your kiss and go, sleep tight”

It was fun to do (especially compared to rocking him to sleep) and he really dug it (still does at 22 months).

]]> By: CKM http://www.rookiemoms.com/napping-for-stander-uppers/comment-page-1/#comment-128226 CKM Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:50:53 +0000 http://www.rookiemoms.com/?p=2#comment-128226 I go through a whole diaper change-book-song-lovey routine with my son but he’s older now (2 1/2 years) and sometimes that isn’t enough to calm him down and get him to lay down in his crib. My latest trick is to tell him that I’ll sit next to the crib and hold his hand if he lays down. He almost always really wants me to hold his hand so he lays down and doesn’t move and usually falls asleep within a few minutes. Sometimes he doesn’t lay down for me at which point I say that I’m leaving. When I open the door to leave and he realizes I’m serious he starts to cry a little. I leave anyway but go back in after a minute or two. Then he’s usually ready to lay down and hold my hand – and after a little bit of crying he falls asleep quickly. On rare occasions, he doesn’t want to lay down and hold my hand and he doesn’t get upset when I leave his room. Those are the days he just jumps in the crib, sings songs, etc. for two hours and then I go get him up. He didn’t take a nap but at least I got a little bit of mommy time. I’m lucky that he will stay in his crib, happy, for very long periods of time.

]]> By: Heather http://www.rookiemoms.com/napping-for-stander-uppers/comment-page-1/#comment-124 Heather Fri, 24 Feb 2006 17:20:41 +0000 http://www.rookiemoms.com/?p=2#comment-124 OMG. My baby is a crib stander-upper now… I’m going to need to try your tricks.

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