Any tips for getting longer naps?

Question

I can only get 45 minute naps from my little girl. She wakes up happy, but I’d love to get her to nap for at least an hour. I swaddle her and use white noise. Any other tips?

Answer

Nap lengthening is mostly developmental and begins around 6 months of age, but you can try to disturb her a bit around when she would transition to the next sleep cycle and then comfort her back to sleep or try rocking her back to sleep after she wakes. However, if she is waking happy then it sounds like she's getting sufficient sleep and you'll just have to wait til her wake times lengthen and therefore naps get chunkier. :)

Answer

We are going through this too. Sleep cycle for this age is 45 min long. So what I do is around that time go in and start patting or rubbing tummy and making shhh noise. Sometimes she will go back to sleep for another 45-50 minutes and other times she will be ready to wake up. 
I think babies start connecting sleep cycles at 4 months? I read that somewhere. 
Our LO is 9 weeks old.

Answer

Where is she napping? My 10 week old will take her first nap (usually 2 hours) in her bassinet. But if I try to get her next 2-3 naps in her bassinet, they’re only 45 mins-1 hour, so I let her nap in her swing.

Any tips for getting longer naps?

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