Falling asleep in high chair?

Ellie just started doing this and I tried to move her up to her crib and now she's up there awake and crying when she should be napping Obviously that was a mistake! What do you all do? Do you let them nap in there? Recline the seat?

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I let him nap in there. I figure he's comfortable enough to fall asleep, I'm not messing with it. I stay in the room and keep an eye on him just in case.

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I didn't. I wanted them to get into the habit of napping in their crib.

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Julia use to fall asleep in her highchair all the time, I would just leave her in there and recline the seat back, she would take some pretty long naps in there--lol


ETA: We co-sleep, so it didn't matter to me that she would fall asleep in it.

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Is my child the only child that won't just fall asleep anywhere? UGH, I got a defective baby!

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Funny you say that... DH just sent me this picture...

I told him to recline the seat and leave him there...

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Recline the seat and let her sleep. That's what I do for my grandson when he falls alseep in his highchair. Doesn't hurt him and he gets the sleep he needs.

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Posted by Bxgell2

Posted by JD02

Posted by ckdk

Is my child the only child that won't just fall asleep anywhere? UGH, I got a defective baby!

Nope mine is like that too. I can not even grasp the concept of a baby falling asleep in their highchair. My son would never - its hard enough getting him to sleep in his crib!

Nah, I'm with you guys on that. I'm totally and completely baffled that there are babies out there who quietly fall asleep in their high chair. In fact, I *almost* hate the moms who have such easy babies

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DS has fallen asleep in the highchair but only a few times, I have left him there.
And it was never a real nap, they always turn out to be real short in the chair

REcently he fell alsleep at the dinner table in a regular chair

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It never became a habit, but the few times that it happened, I let them sleep and recline the high chair.

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My kids never had any issue napping, just sleeping in the crib at night because I was a CIO failure.

I would think it's ok once & awhile - but you want her to associate the crib with sleeping.


How were you a CIO failure?
I am wondering if I am too...it used to work like a charm and lately it hasn't been working, DD gets so worked up and I end up going in and rocking her back to sleep since nothing else will work...Does this constitute failure?

ETA: sorry to hijack your post!

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My son is almost 2 and is just developing the habit of wanting to nap in his highchair (for the longest time it was only the stroller and you have to walk him - so I don't mind). I recline adn let him nap away. he is napping there as I type.