Terrible Naps??

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So our little babe is almost 5 and 1/2 months old... nighttime sleep is awesome but Ohhhh my gosh naps are brutal! Anyone else?? She literally wants to be held every nap 😭 does this go away on its own? I am not sure how she is just fine for bed, will even put herself to sleep but naps are so rough!

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My son is the exact opposite! He naps great and frequently, but night time I have to nurse him to sleep and then put him in the crib and nurse every time he wakes up it was 3 times last night about 2 hours apart after his 4 hour stretch!

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This was exactly my situation.
I had to sleep train my son for naps alone.
It was hard and painful, but he went from taking 45 minutes to put down and waking up 5 minutes later to the exact reverse!
Now it takes me less than 5 minutes to put him down (awake!) and he goes to sleep by himself. His naps are anywhere from 45 minutes to 2 hours.
I know sleep training isn’t for anyone, but I was so worried about my son only sleeping 10 hours a day instead of the recommended 15 and it wasn’t sustainable for me to keep holding him because I am going back to work. 
Now we are all much happier.

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We do a shortened bedtime routine for all naps (since 3 months, so it does take time for them to get used to) and she goes right to sleep in her crib. Until about 4 1/2 months old, she would take only 30 minute naps, then they got longer as time went on. At 5 1/2 months now, she is doing 3 naps per day, anywhere from 50 minutes to 2 hours (we cap at 2 hours). I think baby sleep is all in the routine. If you are already doing blackout curtains, white noise machine, consistent routine, then I definitely would recommend some kind of sleep “training” system like TakingCaraBabies or even a no-cry system if that’s more your style. There are a million out there! Naps are so important!

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Mine is the same, she gets two 30 min cat naps.  It's exhausting, my older daughter napped so well for 2 to 3 hours, but this baby refuses to nap. I'm not sure how to increase the length of her naps.

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Same. 8-7 at night but will not nap unless on me or cat naps in a bouncy chair 😒

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Nap are always different the night time bc so much more goes on during the day that catches their attention so that extra snuggle makes them calmer. It does eventually go away on its own and hen you miss it!

Terrible Naps??

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