45 minute naps at 7 months

[HollyC255552]

Tried extending naps it just doesnt work with my DD. Will these naps naturally extend over time or will i always have a little cat napper?

[Doboopedoo]

Six snd s half month old here and much the same - had limited success with trying to resettle her in cot when she wakes at that mark but only the pram or car are guarantees of a long nap!

[FreeButtonBee]

My ds is just six months and he is just starting to extend his naps. I have more luck in the morning than in the afternoon and he can sleep for hours if he nods off in the buggy (even when stationery). If in the cot, I often go back in at around 30 mins (his danger time) and try to catch him before he fully stirs. He is slowly needing less of this. Although not today

[Eminybob]

Yeah my DS was like that at that age, then a few months later he was having 1.5 hour naps morning and afternoon. Just happened naturally.

He's 19 months now and has one nap anywhere between 1.5 and 3 hours.

[aurorie11]

I think it depends on the child. My DS slept 30 minutes morning and afternoon at 6 months (you could set a stopwatch by him) and it didn't get better. He stopped napping at not longer after 1. At 7, he rarely sleeps more than 9 hours a night, never tired and full of energy.

[HollyC255552]

Thanks ladies. My DD wont even nap in her cot

[Eminybob]

Don't feel bad about that, it took me ages to get DS to nap in his cot. I would feed him to sleep then try and transfer him and he'd wake up instantly. It was just through perseverance that I managed it eventually, at about 7 months I think.
Even now he still has to be fast asleep before I put him in his cot at nap time or he won't settle (but randomly can go down wide awake at bed time )

[Rinceoir]

My DD napped for 45mins on the button until she was around 10months, usually 3 naps. I tried really hard to extend naps until she was 7/8 months, and gave up at that stage. Then with no encouragement she suddenly dropped to one nap of 1.5-2hours. She's 22months and still has a long afternoon nap, sleeps 10-11hours at night. She has never napped in her cot, l never encouraged it as I like to be free to get out and about so she has generally napped in her buggy, in bright noisy places no problem at all. At nursery she sleeps on a bed on the floor. I am probably lucky though, in that she doesn't care where she sleeps.

[Heatherbell1978]

DS1 did 45 minutes on the dot until he was about 8 months. Now at 18 months he sleeps for 2.5 hrs every day after lunch. It gets better, honestly!!

[waitingforsomething]

DS is 7 months and at least half his naps are still 45mins. Sometimes he extends them.
Dd didn't consistently extend hers until 9mo