Short naps?

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Anyone still struggling with short naps? My daughter will not nap longer than 30 minutes in her crib. She sleeps 11 hours at night without waking up, and falls asleep on her own. We have a pitch dark room, sound machine, etc. Wake windows are 2-3 hours and I have tried shorter and longer wake windows. She will nap longer if I am holding her or if I put her to sleep on her boppy lounger (I know, it’s not safe for sleep so I only use it when I am right next to her and only occasionally). She was fine when she was swaddled, and now it’s like once her sleep cycle ends she jolts awake, unless she is cuddled by me or cozy on the lounger. She is fine at night and is able to connect her sleep cycles in her crib so I don’t get it!Everyone says her naps will lengthen on her own, but I don’t know what else to do! Does anyone have any tips to lengthen the naps in her crib?

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Thank you everyone! I feel better knowing that I’m not alone!

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I’m in the same boat . No matter what I do he naps for 30 mins TOPS . Like you I’ve tried everything .

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Yessssss! This is our life too. Everyone kept telling me oh when he gets to be 6 months he will start to take longer naps. Here we are at almost 7 months and he still takes only 20-30 min naps and we have tried EVERYTHING

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Same here! He takes short naps regardless of wake windows. 30-45 min, unless I’m holding him. Currently holding him and he’s been asleep for over an hr and a half. 🤣😑

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I have or had a short napper...now she usually sleeps 1 hour or 1.5 hour doesn't matter is she in her crib or near me...it just happens...like someone said "sleeping is learned, not taught"...she will sleep longer and the most important is the night sleep...🤞 one day she will surprise you😏☺😉

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Same! We actually just had to start our son on a set schedule to troubleshoot what was going on. We started waking him up earlier (he used to be a noon baby) extended his wake windows a bit, dropped a nap from 3-4 to 2-3 and made bedtime a bit earlier for him. So far it’s been helping but also every child is different. I’ll usually contact nap with him during the day and that first nap I can get a good 1-2 hours out of him now but only if he’s in bed with me 😭 that second nap is a hit or miss depending on the circumstances but his night time sleep has improved drastically. 
I’ve also read that if your child is sleeping through the night and getting like 10-12 hours of sleep they might not need as much sleep during the day which makes their naps shorter. For my son that was not the case he was just a cat napper from the jump but maybe tweaking your child’s schedule and maybe even dropping a nap could help?

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Have you tried the Merlin sleep suit?  Supposed to help babies feel secure like they are swaddled, but obviously without the swaddling part!  My baby was a 36 min napper so I completely feel you!  Thankfully they finally lengthened on their own at 5 1/2 months but I literally tried every trick in the book before then to get them longer!  I think it was just developmental for him, one day it just started clicking.  Hang in there mama!!

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I found that the longer wake windows that she needed a little bottle snack closer to her nap. We are down to two naps and that helped her sleep longer than 30 mins- she does 1 1/2-2 now! But the bottle an hour before nap, or sometimes right before helped since cutting a nap out made her lose a bottle. If she doesn’t who she’s hungry or we forget the bottle she wakes up from her nap early, grumpy, and hungry 😂😅

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Same here.  My first was a fantastic napper (still is) but my second tops out at 30 minutes.  Nothing you can do about it...

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Same ! I don't think there's anything more you can do. My baby won't even nap on me any longer. So. I think it's pretty common /normal. I don't think my baby us ready to last until lunchtime without a nap so short naps it is. I think night sleep is far more important! Best of luck.

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