Is anyone killing the nap game? SOS

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My 11 week old daughter sleeps great at night (goes down at 9ish, dream feed at 11ish, sleeps until about 6:30) but omg naps. I feel like I spend my ENTIRE LIFE getting this kid to nap. Then she’s awake after 20 minutes. I mostly hold her for naps because generally if she starts to stir I can rock her/nurse her back to sleep but in order to get her to sleep I walk around my house for honestly an hour for every single nap and y’all it is a lot. 😂 we follow her wake windows and sleepy cues but because she naps for such a short time she’s not rested and then is just overtired AF and miserable 😭 
Any wizard mamas have it figured out? I’d love any advice! I know it’s just a short season but anything to help ease it would be nice! Lol 
Picture of her just for fun 🙈

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My baby goes down like a light for most of his naps. I have no idea how, he just doesn’t fight it. I do use a blankie that’s exclusive to nap time, it’s a minky made with llama fur, it is sooo soft and I lay that on him while I hold him like a place he can feel (usually the back of his head because he sleeps on my shoulder) and after a week that seemed to be a cue to him that it was time to settle down. I’m hoping he continues to sleep well since we have our big daycare transition coming soon.

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Her longer naps are if I swaddle her and put white noise on. Maybe try that.

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No advice cause my life sucks at night and naps but look at THAT HAIR!!! So cute 😍

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My nearly 11 week old is the same 😰 it seems like her naps are literally 5 seconds lol and then I have to hold her while she naps and if I put her down, she wakes right up. I used to be able to put her down and she’d sleep for a couple hours so I could get stuff done, now I can hardly do anything 😩 I spend forever trying to get her to nap now😂

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My guy just started sleeping better at night thank god but same with naps he gets really overtired.  He sleeps great in my baby ktan carrier usually within 5 minutes so when he’s really overtired I put him in there and can at least do some things around the house.
Def still a challenge reaching the bottom of the washing machine...peeing, eating and drinking coffee but it helps both me and him.  Sometimes after 30-60 minutes (around next planned bottle) I’ll try setting him down bc at least if he wakes he’ll want to eat and maybe that will make him sleepy again.
I love the baby ktan bc you can drop it off your shoulders while holding him and better chance of not waking him.  We have a $20 backpack type carrier from kohl’s that’s more of a production getting in and out of so not good for mid nap transitions.

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First of all, I love your upbeat attitude! I want to be like that too—you’re so right, it’s just a season!
I’m pretty happy with our night-time too, he falls asleep independently and it’s awesome. I’ve been trying out different things for naps and the only thing that seems to help somewhat so far is to lay him on his belly (our house is very small and I am in and out of our room constantly, so I can monitor him) while he is drowsy (usually after rocking for a few minutes) with his paci.
I also just stumbled across babysleepscience.com and they have a lot of really helpful articles! I like their approach, it’s really balanced. I was stressed about his naps being so short, but apparently at this age it is normal for naps to only be one 30-45 minute sleep cycle, because they aren’t able yet to connect sleep cycles. 
Hope you find something that works for you! Keep up the good work! 😁👍🏻

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I'm in the same boat, I've noticed when he has a crap nap day he's SUCH a fuss getting to sleep at night. I keep trying at least once a day to give him a crib nap so he gets used to it, but those usually only last 30 minutes. I just allow one 2 hour cuddle naptime on me or dad as well. He sleeps the best this way and it helps him not be as overtired with his other power naps throughout the day.
We're still dealing with a 230/3 am feed with him so I'm looking into the Merlin sleep suit. It's supposed to make them feel like they are being held. Maybe it will help with naps too!

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Your baby sounds exactly like mine. She's also 11weeks now and takes what I call power naps. Cause we put her down slowly and as softly as possible and the moment we turn around she just opens her eyes.☺
I've noticed that she wants to be closed tight and will also sleep longer when held close. 
But at night she sleeps like a dream.
I hope this is also just a growth spurt.

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my baby is 11 weeks and i think we have naps down, for the most part. 
she wakes up about 6 am, so i’ll feed her and i only keep her up for about an hour or hour and a half at the most and then put her down for a nap.
i hold her for about 20 minutes and then try to put her in our bed or in the bassinet. 
she will nap better in our bed.
i recently bought a solly baby wrap and she napped great in that. 
it’s hit or miss, some days she naps great and other days she’s up every hour.

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My son is the same. He sleeps from 830pm until 6am but during the day he barely naps and if does it isn’t long. I’m not worrying though, as long as he sleeps good at night and isn’t overtired I’m letting it go

Is anyone killing the nap game? SOS

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