4 toddlers and one infant

[Rachel]

i just had a 2 month old DCB start last week. I'm wondering if any of you have had the baby start taking naps once a day with the other kids on thier nap schedule. Sounds crazy but summer is coming and I can't imagine what to do while the baby is sleeping in the AM/PM while we are supposed to go outside or while the other kids are sleeping having the baby awake.
Right now cause he's so young he takes lots of mini naps but does end up taking a nice nap while the kids are sleeping. I'm wondering if i can get him to take the one nap when he gets older hopefully this summer, june/july.

It's not healthy or normal for a 6 month old to take one nap a day. I have an 8 month old who will only nap once, but it's 11 - 12:30, right before my others nap. If I try to put him off, I have a screaming baby for 1.5 hours who crashes and sleeps 20 minutes because he's overtired. He does need a second nap around 3:30 - 4:00, but he goes home by 4:30 so unless he's really losing it I try to keep him up (or call mom and ask if she wants me to put him down or come a bit earlier for him).

[KEG123]

I bet the baby could sleep in the stroller, on the reclined all the way back position.
Or else, if you are comfortable with it, most babies fall asleep in a carrier.

[itlw8]

by summer the baby should be taking 2 nice naps a day instead of all those mini naps newborns do. Work on setting a schedule for longer morning nap.

I like the old fashioned strollers that lay flat so baby can nap outdoors, I turn the stroller so the breeze is from the back and the sun also. Then if needed a blanket over the shade top for extra shade. I move baby around the yard with me.

We also adjust our schedule so we do messy indoor things when baby is sleeping and play ourdoors during babies awake times.