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By Mindy Berry baby sleeping in crib © Raphaël Büchler  Naptime
at our house is a recurring mystery: What time will Lucy go down
today? I'm on the lookout for clues all morning and remain
suspicious through the dim lights, the books, and her droopy
eyelids as she finishes her bottle. The plot thickens whenever
there's a deadline  -- a music class or a pizza date with my
friend and her kids. That's when my 9-month-old wails just as I
put her down. When I can no longer stand the suspense, I plop
her in her car seat, where she anticlimactically drifts off like
it's no big deal.  I know Lucy should be napping in her crib,
but she hates to, so I'm willing to do whatever works.
Thankfully, sleep experts say this isn't all that bad. "There's
no one solution for getting your baby to nap, so you have to try
lots of different things," says Mary Ann LoFrumento, M.D., a
pediatrician from Morristow