My baby is a fairly good self settler (most of the time!) I always try and make sure he gets put down drowsy but awake so he can get himself to sleep and 9/10 times it does work. He also sleeps fairly well at night and is able to transition between sleep cycles himself as we can see him settling himself when he enters light sleep. However he doesn't seem able to do this for naps. He is normally pretty happy with a short nap in the morning, but come afternoon you can see he is still so tired but just can't get himself back to sleep again. I try and help him but it often leads to him getting so grumpy and tired that I have to give up as he wakes himself up crying. If I didn't think he wanted more sleep I wouldn't worry but it is so obvious he does. Poor little thing. Is this something they generally grow out of? Is there anything I can do to help him? As a side note, he used to have lovely long afternoon naps until he hit wonder weeks leap 3 and then it all went downhill and never recovered!