Where did the long naps go?

Question

My daughter [2 mths] has stopped taking naps longer than 40 minutes. Our pediatrician recommended leaving her in her crib to cry for up to 10 minutes to get her to go back to sleep but that hasn't worked. Any tips for how to get a longer nap out of her? She sleeps for longer stretches overnight (thank goodness) but we cant get good naps during the day.

Answer

At 2 months a baby is really too young to CIO, I'm shocked your Ped suggested it. Try rocking your LO, swaddling, etc. I rocked my LO during his naps at that age and he would sleep for 2 hours at a time.
Where do they sleep? How are they dressed?

Answer

Catnapping is normal, 40 mins is the length of their sleep cycles, and until they learn how to link sleep cycles, or go back to sleep, she’ll most likely keep having short naps. I’d watch the clock and go in just before 40 minutes and be ready to put his dummy back in as soon as he woke up. He’s 6mo now and often still wakes up after 40 mins, but will go back to sleep for another hour or so

Answer

Your doctor shouldn’t recommend that until like 6 months. It might be teething or a regression which are both normal for changing sleep patterns. It’ll pass

Where did the long naps go?

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