Understand that the recommended average sleeping hours for 3mths old baby is approx 15hours. While my son can sleep in his cot at night, he needs to be carried to sleep in the day time. If not, he won't sleep at all.. It's creating a hassle since the adults can't do anything else other than carrying him to sleep.. I am exploring the option of getting a yao lan for baby. In honest opinion, which best alternative should I go for: (1) intro yao lan, (2) continue to carry him to sleep, (3) CIO method - leave him in the cot and crying it out? anxious about the no.of hours sleeping he is getting..

Carry him to sleep is a bad choice, as baby will get used to it. And hence that where the yao lan came in. If u need it, i will say go ahead. A parents need a good rest so they can look after baby well again later when they wake up and not fall into depression after getting all the cries from baby without getting a help for proper rest. CIO : how heartless can you be? Does your baby scream through your ears? Can you endure marathon crying? I have friends using yao lan till now (3 years old) i can say, it's peace to her and the caregiver. And he is growing up Well too. Anyway you are using for afternoon only, and baby is fine with cot at night, hence baby don't sleep that long in it (like throughout the night) and you don't need to scare how to transit him to cot at night also. If your baby sleep through the night, let say 9pm till 7pm , it's already 10 hours, so the rest will be in between nap. It's easily hit More than 15 hours. Don't worry about how long they sleep, it's the quality of the nap they have, if they have a good one, they won't be cranky after wAke up and more easy to look after. If quality is no good, baby will crank Non-stop till the next nap.