The dreaded 30 minute nap

lmanford1

How is everyone dealing with it? LO has it timed perfectly, so yesterday I was in there ready to pounce when the 30 minutes were up--sure enough, she started stirring and lifted her head, so I started patting her back and sshhhhing, and it didn't work for shiz.

WHY ARE NAPS SO HARD WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

abnelsen22

^WSS. I assume he'll grow out of it and take longer naps eventually. If he's slept 30 minutes, he won't go back down until he's been up a while. I hate it.

lmanford1

I just need to accept it. My mom said I was a terrible napper, too.

brachysira

My son gets up earlier than my toddler, goes to bed later, and naps less.  I don't get it.  He hardly sleeps.  It's killing me.  Fingers crossed he gets into a better sleep routine soon.

ekneipp

From what I read most babies should learn by 6 months how to transition from one sleep cycle to the next during the day. Fingers crossed....

leannerivers

Yes, like PP said, I'm waiting for 6 months (have a couple of weeks to go). I have just accepted it. Over the past few weeks she had thrown in a lot of 50-70 min naps in. My LO sleeps 12-13 hours straight through the night so I'm not complaining! I'll take the short naps.

ekneipp

@Kandreas1‌ is that where you put pressure on them as they stir? We are nap training starting today so I am taking all tips I can get. He has been quietly kicking in his crib for over an hour with only a 20 minute nap.

ekneipp

Thank you!

lmanford1

Kandreas1 said:

@Pink021‌ is it okay to post a link to a forum with information on extending naps with pressure on jolts?


@ekneipp‌ you put pressure on a couple minutes before the time they wake up. DS is like clockwork. I had a hand on his arms and legs. It's tough on your back but I brought a stool in and that helped a bit. You continue holding for 5 minutes after the jolt. DS had three jolts so I waited a full five minutes after the last jolt.

He is still napping... 1hr 5 mins! I am cautiously optimistic.

Craaaaaazy!! I'm trying this at her next nap.

blondee4685

Once I put LO down I start the stop watch on my phone, he has to nap for a hour plus. If it's earlier I will go in and rock him back to sleep. The kid refuses to nap. But there are times I go in and he is wide awake, so then I pretend he took a good nap and we play some more and then attempt a better nap the next time.

lmanford1

trawas01 said:

We napped trained right after christmas. He went from 30 minute naps to consistently 1.5-2 hour naps

What kind of nap training? We used ferber for our nighttime sleep, but naps have become a real pain.

ekneipp

Totally shocked right now, trying not to get too excited, but for our second attempt at a nap today he went to sleep in 10 min and has been sleeping for over an hour in his crib...

lmanford1

40 minutes. Going to try the pressure on the jolt again tomorrow, maybe I timed it wrong? Argggghhghgghhhh

dvmmomma

After I started putting my kid down awake (but clearly tired) her naps went from 40 minutes to an hour twenty or 2 hours. I don't miss bouncing her to sleep either

krisleico

bekahblaze said:

My LO has always had 30 minute naps. I've just accepted it at this point lol

This.