Naps My 9 week old son will nap for a couple of hours when we are out and about in the morning, but…

My son naps in the rock n play or in my arms. I have also used my Tula carrier when I have needed to get things done around the house and wanted both hands free.

I know a woman who's son only naps in her arms and he's 9 months old. He literally won't sleep anywhere else or let anyone else hold him for naps.

If you can, break the habit of allowing him to sleep in your arms as soon as you can. I've done a lot of reading, and while sleep training won't work on them at this age, you can still start and try to get into a routine.

And it sounds like your LO needs help falling asleep for naps. Mine is like that. I finally realized that when he 7 weeks old. I found an article online about it. I'll find it and copy the link for you.

It takes time (and we still struggle) but i only allow him to be awake for an hour to an hour and a half. We have bad days (when he refuses to nap) he's up for 2.5 hours and then overtired and hard to put down. I also look for cues that he's tired so I can start our routine for naps. He takes most naps in his crib and sometimes in his swing (without motion or vibration. I use it sparingly). I do allow him to take one nap in my arms though (we do skin to skin for that one).

I don't see why you wouldn't be able to have him nap in the co sleeper. If you decide to have your LO nap somewhere else, try not to use the crutch of something with vibration or motion to put him to sleep because then he will depend on that to fall asleep and stay asleep

https://www.preciouslittlesleep.com/are-you-keeping-baby-awake-too-long/

I have my son nap in his bouncer. He will usually nap anywhere from 30 min- 1 hr

My son sleeps really well in my moby. But also sleeps in the bassinet, swing, rock and play and sometimes just laying on the couch with us.

He definitely likes to sleep in our woven wrap when we are out and about, I will try putting him in it at home tomorrow(: I can't believe he will stay awake for 5 hours straight, it blows my mind! He will take his afternoon nap in his co-sleeper sometimes (half the time he ends up sleeping on my chest), but because I can't really be in the room with him for a morning nap he won't fall asleep. When my toddler goes down for her nap around 1 and Sawyer finally goes to sleep he will take a 3 hour nap. He would sleep longer, but he wakes up when my daughter does since I have to get up and go in her room to get her. He has his 2 month appointment tomorrow, I'm definitely going to talk to his pediatrician about it

What did the doc say?

He said to try to be home more (within reason, he knows my toddler has activities and play dates etc) and to go through the same routine as I do before bed. For us, that would mean turning the lights off, having the fan on, changing his diaper, putting him in his sleep sack, nursing him, and then putting him in his co-sleeper. I started doing that and it actually helped a lot! I think because he was passing out for a couple of hours at a time in the wrap or car seat when we would be out and about, I just figured he would fall asleep super easily at home without me having to do much and that's not the case. At home naps require more effort haha