Also try the following to help your baby learn to sleep in her cot during the day:

• Consider lying down with her and getting some rest yourself. Keep giving her plenty of opportunities to practice sleeping by herself, though!
• Anticipate her naptimes (after 60-90 minutes of awake time) just as you anticipate her feeding times. Plan well ahead to avoid having to wake your baby from her nap when you have to go out. If you have no choice, see if you can allow enough time for one sleep cycle (30–60 minutes) and try to get her up during her light sleep phase.
• Try to respect and adjust to your baby’s own rhythm, even if “routine” isn’t really your thing. You may think that this will restrict you, but it can actually make things easier for you because you can plan ahead for baby’s naptime. And when you do go out, baby is happy and well rested.
• Small babies generally need several naps and at least one longer one.
• If mum-and-baby classes, shopping, visiting friends etc. interfere with baby’s naps every day, try to tone things down a little. One stimulation class per week my be enough for now.
• WHEN baby falls asleep may be more important than HOW or WHERE she falls asleep. Timing of naps is very important.
• Swaddle her before you put her down to nap. If she doesn’t like swaddling, try half-swaddling (leave her hands free or swaddle her with her hands close to her mouth).
• Newborns take approximately 20 minutes to reach deep sleep, so if she has fallen asleep in your arms or a car seat, wait 20 minutes before moving her into her bed. By 3 months, it takes about 10 minutes to reach deep sleep.
• If she has fallen asleep in the sling, put her down sling and all in her bed (just slip it over your head) and use the sling to cover her. Tuck her in with a rolled up blanket on either side of her so that she feels held.
• When transferring a very drowsy or sleeping baby from your arms to the cot, lower her bottom first into bed, not head down, as we tend to do (which triggers her startle reflex).
• It may help to start singing her sleep time lullaby softly while she is still in your arms. Then, while still singing, gently lower her into her cot. Keep your hands resting heavily on her for a minute or two, singing all the while. Then, slowly lift your hands one by one. Back away; keep singing! Now you can tiptoe out. Fade out the singing.
• If baby wakes after less than 30 minutes of napping and is cranky and still seems tired, you can try the following: when she starts to niggle, go to her immediately, rest your hands heavily on her and rock her gently where she is lying. She may still cry a little, but you are there for her. If she doesn’t settle, try picking her up and rocking her, or lying down with her to cuddle her close. If this doesn’t work, there’s not much else you can do at this stage. You cannot force a baby to sleep.
• Keep giving her opportunities to practice sleeping on her own.