My nearly 4 month old has slept well at night from day 1 near enough (fully aware how lucky I am!) but naps for the last couple of months have been a bit hit and miss. He will nap for 45 mins and waken up (regardless of whether he’s in his cot, bouncer, pram) and won’t go back over unless I lie with him on my chest in which case he will 90% of the time fall back asleep and nap for potentially a couple of hours in total, so he clearly is tired enough for a longish nap. I’m conscious of his wake windows and don’t let him stay awake for longer than 1.5 hours and he gets himself over to sleep for both naps and nighttime sleep with a dummy, although lately is has required a little more stroking and shushing that normal but he is left to get himself over once he’s calm and settled. Basically I’m just wondering if anyone has any tips re the naps - it isn’t the end of the world and as I mentioned already I know how fortunate I am with the nighttime sleep so if I have to rescue a few naps I’m happy to do so.
Secondly, re dummy use - I’m aware the 4 month sleep regression is likely looming. Am I making a rod for my own back with the dummy in that I’ll have to replace it every few hours when the regression hits? At the moment he sleeps from around 8pm-6pm, sometimes there’s a grumble or two during the night but if I pop his dummy back in he goes back over, but he doesn’t seem capable of getting back over himself without the dummy if he fully wakens up.
Any tips or pointers appreciated!