how can i get my 4 month old son to take a nap in his crib in the day ?

Answer 1

honestly if he doesnt nap he'll sleep longer at night=meaning more sleep for you.

Answer 2

First if he's crying make sure he's not hungry or with a full diaper before trying to put him down. Babies usually cry because they need something - usually feeding or changing. Try getting him to fall asleep on your chest with a gentle rocking motion and then very gently put him in the crib when he falls asleep. Babies are used to motion from being in the womb, so often they fall asleep quicker with a little motion than without any at all.You also need to gradually get him into a steady routine so that he is fed and put into the crib at around the same times each day. Don't immediately pick him up at the first sign of crying as soon as you have put him down. A bit of crying is normal. Gentle background music on a small radio often helped my daughter fall asleep.
If he sleeps all night and not in the day count your blessings.

Answer 3

The light coming in through the window could be keeping him awake. Put a dark blanket over the window so no light gets in and make sure his crib isnt near it or he will just pull the blanket off. This is the only way i could get my children to nap in the day. Good Luck =)

Answer 4

I have three young boys, all about 18 months apart... and my wife and I had to go through this with each of them:

I know it's a bit controversial, but we do subscribe to the "Parent Directed Feeding" method outlined in Baby Wise. The idea is that you're training their body to know when to want to be fed, as well as when they need to rest. Their body naturally starts working in cycles, and it makes it MUCH easier for the parent caring for them daily.

Lots of people have different opinions about the Ezzo's (authors) and the Baby Wise method. Just type in 'Ezzo' and 'Baby Wise' into a search engine, and you'll mostly get criticisms against it. But the one thing my wife and I tell people is that you have to believe that you are the one who has to make the decisions for your children, and no one else. Not a book, a friend, a psychologist, a trend, a fad or anything else. YOU'RE IT! So, with that in mind, I would say to review the Baby Wise method and give it YOUR try (you'll most likely modify a few steps and schedules here and there to suit your life schedule and your baby's disposition, and you should).

One final thing: This takes work. Especially EMOTIONAL work. You will very likely need to let your child cry for a long time when you're establishing a bio-schedule with them. Eventually, though, they'll learn to trust that you are going to feed them when they need it, and that you're going to come back to them when they really need you. Again, this isn't easy work. Feel free to email me if you would like more dialogue on this.

My wife and I are already enjoying the fruits of this method with all three of our children. For the most part (illnesses and such are exceptions) all of our children sleep through the night and during nap times pretty regularly. We have a 3 1/2 year old, an almost 2 year old, and a 7 month old. It works, and it's very, very healthy for them.

My wife and I followed the plan, but with daily flexibility. We had to learn the method and learn our kids along the way. The truth is, there's no perfect training manual for raising children. We trained our kids to have a regular 'clock' when it came to sleeping and eating, and it ended up building a lot of trust. But overdoing the rigidity of 'the schedule' will be hurtful to the child and frustrating to you.

Anyway you choose to tackle it, it's still going to be a lot of work. But, that's parenting. You get out what you put in. :)

Answer 5

My son refused to do that too for a while until I bought a wedge pillow and stuck it under one end of the mattress to elevate it. He would sleep in the swing or would sleep in the pack-n-play while I vacuumed. I think he needed some elevation and also sometimes they can't sleep where it is too quiet at that age, he may just want to be near you where he can hear you, after all he did spend 9 months sleeping in a warm place where he could hear all kinds of sound surround him. You could also try some kind of music maker that attaches to the crib whether it be music or nature sounds, whatever he likes best. Hope this helps!

Answer 6

When I moved to the states, it was near impossible for my son to take a nap in the day due to the sun light coming into the room. We have roll down shades on our windows. i had to put aluminum foil on his windows to block out all the light. Maybe it's the light that's bothering him. It could be that you are up and doing things and he wants to be involved. Make the house as quiet as possible and let him know that he isn't missing out on anything when he is asleep.

Answer 7

getting him to sleep in there is easy during the day, just let him fall asleep on the couch or in your arms and then wait about 5-10 minutes then pick him up and gently lay him in the crib, thats it, then he will finish sleeping in his crib.

Answer 8

put him in the crib and let him cry homself to sleep. It works and in the end it will be much easier on you. It does not hurt the baby to let him cry

Answer 9

where does he sleep at night? I hope he doens't sleep in the bed with you, if so then get him out of there and put him in the crib at night, that way he will get used to it.

Answer 10

After a baby has slept in mamas bed...It kinda ruin it for the baby to ever want to sleep in his bed again. I don't know if this already happen, but it so...you might have to lay him down on your bed. If not...try to keep him up longer than usual and trier him out. He might sleep anywhere after that.

Answer 11

yeah. he needs a nap. babies need lots of sleep. it's not healthy if he doesn't. at 4 months, i was still rocking my baby to sleep. then i would put him down. what's the trouble? what's he doing?