Napping, more like cat-napping!

[Mumtoason]

Hi all,

My 4 month old sleeps well at night. He goes down at 7pm and after some initial resistance sleeps well, stirring only a few times in the night for me to replace his dummy and wakes for a feed at 6am.

Napping is more of an issue. He needs to sleep every 2 hrs or he gets very grumpy, so I put him down or encourage him to sleep in his pushchair if we happen to be out. Thing is he only lasts about 30 - 40 mins for any nap.

Is this ok? Is this a quality nap? Should he be having a longer nap than this?

Any tips to extend nap time?

Thanks

Dd is now 7.5 months- this is exactly what she was like (although at 4 months was still wanting a middle of the night feed) I tried everything to extend her naps, nothing worked. Then I finally calmed down and realised that as she was sleeping so well at night, whatever is happening in the day must be right! She now has 2 naps a day. Sometimes they're still only 30mins each, sometimes longer, I now try to just trust that she's sleeping for long enough!

I drove myself mad trying to extend my babies naps. For both my two they naturally extended their naps at about 8 months. Nothing i did before then made any difference.

Thanks v much

I suppose my only tip would be if he falls asleep in pushchair tuck him in tightly with blanket so he feels snug. I find they startle themselves awake if their arms are out.