Nap issue

[Lee-Bee]

I have had this problem over the years...I do find if I get a new fuss child....I put them in my back spare bedroom...the room with the heavy drapes (very dark during day).... helps a lot..more like night time to them....unfortunatel y the transition of letting them cry it out is hard...some parents are like "how do you get them to nap...they won't nap at home"...how do you tell them..."I don't run into the room every 5 min of their screaming ..."I check after 10-15 min....lay them back down and leave..go back in 15 min later...and do the same thing...eventually after about a week or 2...they are fine..... but you CAN'T GIVE INTO THEM.....good luck

My crappy sleeper (at home) has been here 2 yrs. I remember long ago when the child was like 15months old mom asking me if the child keeps getting her legs stuck in the crib at the beginning of nap. My answer was no. She responded that it happens every time they try to get the child to nap in the crib at home (bed share). The child tried it here but I have a video monitor and watch the child stick a leg in the crib and scream. I didn't go in. The fun rescue game got old fast and the child didn't bother keeping at it. At home mom would go running to rescue the child and then would bedshare for nap because the child was so distraught with having been stuck in the crib. sigh.

Parenting takes a great deal of brains, strength and patience because as cute and innocent as they are....toddlers are seriously manipulative, major control freaks and sneaky!!!!