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Short naps in an 8 month old

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SkyBlue1987 · 06/07/2024 21:49

My (almost) 8 month old has just started refusing his 3rd nap. Not even a long car ride at 4pm will get him to take a brief nap. This would be fine however he is a habit of only taking two 30 minute naps for his other two naps leaving him very tired by 5.30/6 which is earliest I’d put him to bed. He was awake from 12.30pm until bedtime yesterday and as a result woke hourly overnight I’m assuming from overtiredness. He usually feeds to sleep but I don’t think that’s necessarily the issue as he has previously napped two hours in the morning at around six months old. First awake window is usually around 2-2.5 hours. I’m really struggling to work out how to lengthen his naps. I’m not against any form of sleep training I just find that hard to consistently implement with a preschooler in the house as well who also needs his sleep at the moment. Our house is small and I try to settle baby at night without too much crying.

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