My baby isn’t a good napper.. anyone in the same boat?

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My girl is 5 months old now and she’s never been a good napper. She naps the longest if she’s on me but I’ve really been trying to be consistent with crib naps. 
I do all the textbook things - black out curtains, noise machine, etc but she will only last 20-40 mins max ... we get one longer nap a day (45-90 mins). 
Just curious if anyone else has run into the same thing - has it gotten better for you and if so, what did you do differently?

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My LO is 6months. Terrible napper. Normally 30mins and fights a lot of naps. But he sleeps well at night. I find he naps better when we’re out and about, he’s worse if we stay in all day then he normally only naps on me.

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It’s totally normal. My baby has been this way since 3 months (she’s 6.5 months now). We get one good nap a day (about 90 mins) and the two others are short (30-40). She sleeps through the night and gets about 11-12 hours there. Some babies just don’t do long naps 🤷🏻‍♀️

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I read once that that’s totally normal, some babies take fewer but longer naps throughout the day and some babies take multiple short naps. It’s all fine as long as they get the amount of sleep they need at the end of the day

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Yes my almost 6 month old boy is a TERRIBLE napper. Usually only sleeps 30 mins at a time. We’ve gotten him to nap up to two hours a few times, but we have to hold him which isn’t always convenient. He does sleep excellent over night though. From 7-7 since he was 8 weeks old. So I can’t complain too much 😂 We just go with the flow and whatever works best for him. 🤷🏼‍♀️ My oldest was the exact opposite though. So funny how siblings can be polar opposites.

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My LO is 6m and she’s been like that for over a month now. Before then, she would nap pretty good. As in, she was good about self soothe and her naps would run 1 hour to two hours. Lately though I may get one good hour and a half and then a half hour. Or she would cat nap while BF. I try to avoid those naps during BF but she needs her rest so I’ll do it on occasion. Not sure if it’s developmental stages ?! 🤷‍♀️ I def know teething hasn’t helped and she just wants me all the time. I just have to take it day by day now which is difficult to plan things (even just to run to store). Good luck 💪🏼

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When baby wakes try to put them right back to sleep. If your lo can put herself to sleep than just let her fuss for 10-15 min to see if lo will fall back to sleep. I did this for a week and now my lo sleeps 90 minutes 3x a day.

My baby isn’t a good napper.. anyone in the same boat?

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