Napping in Her Crib Would Be Nice...

You're putting a sleeping (not unconscious) person into a room alone... when she scans her environment for safety, she finds she is alone and wakes up in terror.

All she has is her instincts. She doesn't know about doors and glassed-in windows. She only knows that alone = eaten by a bear. She doesn't know about the absence of bears --only her instinct that when she is alone, she's in terrible danger.

You can get her to stop calling out to you, but you can't convince her she's safe.

Try to put her down drowsy but awake. Also, try to keep the bed warm with a heating blanket on warm (make sure that you remove it prior to putting the baby down). We do not use the heating blanket - we use a crib saver which is nice and warm and not a shock. Are you swaddling?

Try to read up on Happiest Baby on the Block.

Move the bouncy chair into her crib and let her sleep in it at night. We did that with my son until he was just a little more developed and didn't mind sleeping (admittedly on his belly).

Good luck.

Try putting her bouncy chair in her room, on the floor. If she will sleep in it there do that for a while. Then try putting the chair in her crib and sleep that way for a while and eventually she might accept the crib.She will get used to her room/crib for naps but still have the security of the bouncy seat. Our sitter did this with one of the other babies she had and it seemed to do the trick. Hope this helps.

My two dds never napped in their cribs. I had a pack and play from day one that I would use for their naps. Like another poster, it was on the first floor. I didn't walk around on tip toes either when they were napping. I think the noise helped them sleep because they knew they weren't left alone. Also now at 12 and 7, they can sleep thru anything.

Lots of kids nap all over the place. I used a pack & play on my first floor for many months. My son also liked sleeping on our bed for naps with the cable print ad channel music on (weird--I know!)
I say if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Let her sleep where she's comfortable (and safe).
OR have you tried dividing the crib so it's not such a huge space for her? And maybe spending more time during the day playing in her room......

Try checking out this site: it has some good nap advice/suggestions

http://www.theskinnyscoop.com/search/nap?utm_campaign=the...

I say keep her in the bouncy chair if she's happy. Try the crib again in a week or two. My son did the same thing. The crib seemed to work better when he started taking longer naps.

This is going to sound weird!!! My five month old went through this and the ONLY thing that worked was putting him in the crib with his head squished in the corner. He had to be able to turn his head 'into' the bumper pad. I don't know if it made him feel more secure, like maybe the lightness of the room allowed him to see the crib was 'endless', but the minute his head touches the bumper and he turns his face into it, he's out like a light. He also likes to listen to music for naps but not for bed. I couldn't positivly say that this was the answer, per se, maybe he just got old enough to nap in his crib, but it sure was coincidental if not. Like I said, wierd!