My 8.5 month old DD, for the last month or two, has started having her day naps only while on the boob.
During her mid-morning feed, she'll feed and nap for half an hour to an hour.
During her mid-afternoon nap, the same thing happens, and often she'll come off and then spend another half to one hour sleeping in my arms.

I do enjoy this, but I feel like I'm doing something wrong. I've never been able to 'make' her nap in her cot during the day, but she sleeps in her cot at night and has done so since birth. Her day naps have only ever been in her bouncer, before she started this new habit.

I feel like I 'should' be making her nap in her cot. I read books like the 'contented baby' by Gina Ford, and I feel like such a failure because we don't have a strict time schedule, even though we do have an unstructured routine. e.g. A mid-morning feed (time varies), an afternoon feed (time varies) etc.

I guess I find it hard to deal with her crying while I'm sitting there patting and ssshhhing her, trying to make her nap in her cot. I've read about getting her to play in the cot during the day, so she'll get used to it. Maybe that will work?
The only reason she sleeps in her cot at night, is because she is fed almost to sleep, so settles straight away. But putting her in her cot awake during the day is another matter!

Anyone else been in this situation, where day naps aren't in the cot?? What should I do?