Babies nap in cribs? What am I missing here?
FTM of a 4 month old here and I feel like I’m missing something. My LO only contact napped for the first few months. We have been working on him napping in his bassinet for the first nap of the day for a couple weeks now and it’s going fairly well—we’ll get one sleep cycle before he wakes up, but he’s definitely not ready for the rest of the day’s naps. I’m just so confused—For those of you whose babies nap independently, did they just do this from the start? Is this a temperament thing? Don’t get me wrong—I love the snuggles—but I feel like my body is falling apart from sitting so much and I would soooo love to have some time to get things done while my baby naps, but I honestly don’t think this will happen any time soon. What do other people do? What do people with 2+ kids do? I can’t imagine trying to care for a toddler while my baby needs to sleep on me in a rocking chair for 4 hours a day. Is this normal?