How do you get baby to sleep for naps?

Question

My LO is 1 year old, and I have always nursed him to sleep for naps. My mom can get him to sleep by bouncing, but he will not fall asleep if I don’t nurse him. He will scream for 30 minutes straight and it’s so sad, so I always end up nursing him and he falls asleep. What do I do? I have to stop if I ever want him to wean himself. TIA!

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For me the very last nursing session was before bed. Personally I don’t see any issue with nursing to sleep. Once he self weaned I gave him his soother instead and cuddled him to sleep on my chest to replace it. I like going to sleep to be a peaceful event instead of screaming. I don’t see any reason to leave my baby to cry before bed. For me it’s a great bonding experience and a nice way to decompose at the end of the day.

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Start slowly stopping nursing earlmin the process.  Like pay close attention and as soon as he starts to drift off stop. Then after a day or two wait till hes drowsy. Then nurse for a min and stop and just rock or bounce.  It might help

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For naps I hold my one year old and sing a few songs. She will fight her naps unless we sing to her and distract her until she gets sleepy.

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Sleep training. I snuggle my daughter for like two minutes, sing a song, and lay her down. She goes to sleep. On a bad day, she talks to herself for 20 mins before passing out.

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Little Z’s sleep training would help in this situation. That’s what we did.

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Does he take a bottle? Try that for sure!

How do you get baby to sleep for naps?

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