Is it bad to do this?

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I love letting my 12 week old nap on me😩 I can put her in her crib for naps, sometimes it’s hard to get her down, but most of the time she does. Obviously she sleeps very soundly on me and I love the bonding. I know you can’t spoil a baby, but am I creating bad habits letting her fall asleep and stay asleep on me for a nap or two a day? (she has four a day) thanks for your advice mamas!

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Well every baby is different but my daughter is now 16 months and although she happily sleeps in her own bed a night she refuses to nap anywhere but on me or in the car.

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It can start some habits... I didnt know it with my first and held him while he slept a lot. Anyways we ended up having to sleep train because I couldnt get him to fall asleep on his own. He had to be held... which meant getting up every 2 hours. If you enjoy it and dont mind having to maybe sleep train later on then I wouldn't worry about it.

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My LO is 8 months and still only naps on me. I would recommend having her in her crib for naps so you don't end up like me, not able to get anything done during nap time. It's nice for a while but gets hard. You said you were doing a combo of both but once they get used to napping on you they will probably start to refuse being put down.

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My son napped on me all the time as well. Once I went back to work, not as frequently. Sometimes I would have him nap in the crib or in my arms on the weekend. Now that he’s 14 months, he rarely naps in my arms so ENJOY all the cuddles momma. It goes by too quick ♥️

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My 3 month old sleeps like a dream at night but struggles HARD to nap during the day. If I lay him down he'll get 30 minutes tops and he'll be cranky all day. If I had him he'll sleep about 2 hours. I just bite the bullet and hold him, he will grow out of it eventually and I love the snuggles!

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It’s definitely a habit that she’ll get used to and expect. It’s up to you whether you’d call it a bad habit or not. But keep in mind that it can be a hard habit to break the longer she’s been doing it

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Nope.

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If you never need to get anything done while she naps, no. Lucky you though.  I always had something I needed to get done when my daughter was that age...I wish I couldve sat around on my ass holding her all day lol. Also it can affect her ability to self soothe back to sleep in the event of waking at night, etc.

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I held my son for naps and rocked with him in the glider until he started getting crazy and climbing all over me and wouldn't want to lay on me anymore lol this was around 4 months. I would've happily rocked him to sleep forever if he let me 😂

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I held my daughter for naps until I transitioned her to her crib when she was almost six months old

Is it bad to do this?

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