Really struggling with my DDs naps. Now I really shouldn’t complain as she does sleep through the night 6:30-6:30 and is the sweetest happy baby in the day.
However, her naps are horrendous and to be fair always have been. So she wakes at around 6:30 and I have tried to put her down for her first nap at 8:30/9/9:30 and after some tears she usually sleeps for 30 mins (40 on a good day, 20 on a bad day).
It’s her lunchtime nap which is the worst. She goes down at about 12:30 and will only nap for 20 mins, I’ve tried extending it but she just won’t sleep for any longer! I bought the just chill mama course and the emphasis is on the long lunchtime nap but it’s not happening after about 2 months of trying.
So now DD has woken up at 12:50 and will not make it to bedtime and likely will not nap at 4ish.
Has anyone got any tips or any experience that this will just pass? Before 6 months I just accepted the short naps as developmentally appropriate but now she’s a bit older I would expect them to lengthen. She has done the odd longer nap (once did 90 mins that was heaven) so she can do it.
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8 month old 20 minute naps - help!
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Chazzy19876 · 08/03/2021 13:18
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