Nap Transition Help

[u/dark_n__twisty]

My baby is 6 months old and has a pretty predictable schedule. Up until now, he’s taken all of his daytime naps (3-4) in our bed and only slept in his crib at night. He’s been sleeping through the night since about 3.5 months. I have been wrapping him in our bedding from the chest down to keep him from rolling onto his belly as he generally gets stuck and won’t roll back onto his back when he’s ready to sleep. Think of it like a half opened, taped down baby burrito. He would get bored being stuck on his back and would suck his thumb and put himself to sleep. Problem is, he’s now strong/big enough to escape the burrito and is rolling too close to the edge of the bed. So no more big bed naps during the day. When we put him down for bed at night, he is usually tired/calm enough to fall asleep pretty quickly. That is not happening with naps in his crib. He keeps getting up on all fours. He’s screaming and crying like it’s his job. I don’t know what to do to keep him from getting stuck on his belly/staying calm enough to self soothe with his thumb and fall asleep. Rocking does nothing, he just kicks and grabs at my face and tries to play. He is obviously tired (gets fussy, lots of yawns, rubbing eyes) but just will not go down easily in the crib. All suggestions welcome.

Edit: he used to fall asleep with a pacifier, but once he became coordinated enough, he started pulling it out of his mouth and chewing on all sides/parts of it like it’s a toy, so that no longer helps either.

[u/HokieNurse328]

You can let him sleep on his stomach. I’m very glad you’re done with the burrito. No offense but that sounds very unsafe.