sleep training and babywearing

[omishev]

Please, I am not here to debate if and when one should sleep train. We started gentle sleep training with our other babies at 2 months and after training them to sleep in their beds they wouldn't sleep anywhere else, maybe in the car briefly. This one is 5 weeks and currently takes most naps in the ergo (because I love it!!) but sleeps in her bed at night (I still rock her to sleep). Is it possible to train them to nap in their beds at home but retain the ability to nap in the ergo when we are out? Anyone purposely wear the baby for some naps at home so he/she will be able to sleep on you away from home? 

[fairfarmhand]

9 minutes ago, omishev said:

Please, I am not here to debate if and when one should sleep train. We started gentle sleep training with our other babies at 2 months and after training them to sleep in their beds they wouldn't sleep anywhere else, maybe in the car briefly. This one is 5 weeks and currently takes most naps in the ergo (because I love it!!) but sleeps in her bed at night (I still rock her to sleep). Is it possible to train them to nap in their beds at home but retain the ability to nap in the ergo when we are out? Anyone purposely wear the baby for some naps at home so he/she will be able to sleep on you away from home? 

No matter what *I* did, my good sleeping babies slept wherever and my kids who wouldn't sleep didn't. But the kids who didn't sleep did a little better if I was consistent with when/where they slept. And I was so desperate for sleep, I'd plan the whole stinking day around naps.

So if your baby sleeps well in her bed and in the Ergo, I'd say you're good to go.

[SounderChick]

My Lo is sleep trained but will sleep in her Moby.  I didn't do anything special I think if it's nap time it's just to comfy not to fall asleep.

[happypamama]

My little guy sleeps wherever, on the couch if that is convenient for me if he falls asleep nursing during the day (he's 13m), in the car, in my arms, in the Ergo on my front or back, in bed. . .  I don't train them to nap in any particular place, so they nap wherever. 

[Katy]

Yes, I have a lot of experience with this with fostering medically fragile babies, who are frequently in drug withdrawal so I tend to wear them during daytime hours and put them down to sleep at night in cribs.  Every once in a while I put them in cribs to nap, mostly to make sure they could sleep in there in the day time too.  It's the same as sleep training at night.  Put them down when they're awake but drowsy, do whatever routine you want to do, tell them to have a good nap and leave them to fall asleep.  Return to check on them in whatever number of minutes works for your method, and don't touch them when you come back in, just repeat and leave.  Totally easy.

I never rock babies to sleep though. I want them to fall asleep on their own.