9 Mo Baby Will Not Nap!!!

We set up the playpen when my son was in that stage. I was always afraid of him awkwardly falling and hitting his head on the side of the crib. Since the playpen has soft sides we knew that even if he didn't get down gracefully, he'd be okay. This allowed us to just listen on the monitor rather than go in there. We had him sleep in the playpen for naps and at night until he had mastered getting down gracefully. Then he went back to his crib. Hope this helps.

She just wants to practice her new found skill, and unfortuneately, she gets all riled up in the process! My daughter did the same thing, the age was exact. I tried to make her room as dark as possible, but it still was not half as dark as nighttime! What I had to do for about a month or so is let her nap in her carseat instead of the crib, she was strapped in, so there was no possibility of her own movements keeping her riled up, plus, she was completely cradled, and I think she felt more safe. It worked everytime and bored her right to sleep, lol, it got us right through that phase.

I have the same things to say as most of the posts, but sometimes I think its better to know that several moms have gone through the same thing. My daughter did the exact same thing when she learned to stand up. It was really frustrating and we went through a couple of weeks of crappy sleep. I worked with her while she was awake to make sure she knew how to sit down once she was up. Then I also made sure she had some toy with her(doll, book, even a spoon if that's what she is into...). I let her cry and it took several days for her to go back to normal naps. I never let her cry more than one hour straight though (that is a "rule" for sleep training from Dr. Weissbluth). Hang in there, be consistent and it will get better!!!

Our adopted baby boy was used to taking very short naps in the living room with his foster family and wasn't a very good napper at 10 mo. old.

We just started putting him in his crib for naps after he was home with us about a week. We put on a cd playing of classical music, spritzing the sheets with Lavender/Vanilla sleep aromatherapy spray from Bath/Body works (lol it works!), and his twisty-bug rattle and a beanie baby dog the he loves. I would hug/kiss and tell him Nite Nite and leave the room. We did the Dr Ferber method - just let him talk/gibber/cry for 5 mins, then come back, reassure him and tell him Go to Sleep, Nitey Nite and leave the room again. If it happened again, we'd stay out 10 mins. And if a 3rd time--stay out 15 mins, then come back....

I think it was really only a couple times that we had to go back in the room 1-2 times to pat him and talk to him...I just kept his nap time consistently the same every day, made sure to watch his cues--if he started getting "blinky" or rubbing his eyes, get him up in the crib without delay and consistently did the same routine, and reassured him we were nearby...and he turned into a great little napper!

Another book we got and read (as much of it as I could) that was recommended was "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child", Dr Marc Weissbluth....very helpful book!

Hope this helps some...Good luck!

Here are some resources that might be helpful for you...

http://www.askdrsears.com/faq/sl11.asp

http://drphil.com/articles/article/38

Best wishes,
J.

My son did the same thing at the exact same age. She wants to practice her new skill and she wants attention from you. What I wound up doing was laying him down and telling him it was nap time or bed time, started his music c.d. and left the room. I listened at his monitor and if he was crying after 5 minutes, I went back in and patted his back and layed him back down and left the room. I would repeat every 5 minutes until he went to sleep, usually after 10-15 minutes. If this doesn't work, try putting her down for her nap 30 minutes later to make sure she is nice and tired. Hope this helps and good luck!

a few ways to handle this
1. when she is awake and playing practice with her so she learns to sit back down on her own, then you know she can do so and don't have to worry about her
2. let her figure it out and just let her cry. May take a few days of severe crying but then she'll have learned to not stand up in bed or it's just misery.
3. go in and lay her back down and angrily say, "we don't stand in our bed. Lay down." Do this every time she stands in the bed, you may have to stay there and do it 12 or more times the first few times. This does work, but it's labor intensive on your part.

Usually I start with 3 and after a while do 2 while always working on 1.

My daughter did the same thing when she learned to stand up. I would go back in and lay her down numerous times until I figured that she was too smart for that. I ended up giving her a book- Goodnight Moon her fav- in the crib with her and so far she looks at it while snuggling with her blankie and falls asleep-sometimes on top of the book, which seems like that would be uncomfortable but oh well...whatever works right. She is 10.5 mos now and it is still working. Good luck! Be strong!!!