I just wish he'd nap longer

curlycasey · January 2013

I really wish Nolan would nap longer than 30 minutes at a time..his older brother always napped at least 1.5 hours twice a day. I used to not complain because he'd sleep through the night, but he hasn't even been doing that the last week or so :
I'm just a tired, unproductive mommy, I guess. Anyone else's LO cat nappers as well?

lewispm · January 2013

Mine! 30 mins on the dot every single nap and hes up. If I go stand over his crib at like 25 mins and gently rouse him to almost awake, he soemtimes skips the 30 min wakeup and will go longer. I have read that is how to train them out of habitual wakings.

lh80 · January 2013

He may not nap for long, but at least you know you'll get 30 mins out of him! My dd's naps can be anything from 15 mins to 3 hours, I just never know. I doesn't help me plan my day, but I don't mind really as she sttn, I figure I can't have it all.

OUKatie · January 2013

Have you tried rocking him back to sleep when he wakes? It didn't occur to me until a friend mentioned doing it with her DD but I tried it and have had some good success. If she's smiling when I go in, then I pick her up but if she's still fussy/tired, I rock her back down. I have started getting a 1.5 hour, a 30 minute, and a 2ish hour nap from her each day. HTH!

TMNTgirl · January 2013

I have a cat-napper as well.

My first son was a cat-napper to until about 6 or 7 months old. Then they magically got longer on there own and he fell into that 2 nap a day schedule. Each being about 1-1.5 hours long.

Now that he's 2 he take one long nap in the afternoon, 2-3 hours.

So right now with this baby I'm just dealing with it and waiting it out - hoping he grows out of it in the next couple months.

BubbaJug · January 2013

Here! Here! We're a cat napping household as well...And it wasn't always this way, so I don't know what changed. But boy oh boy is it frustrating. I totally get what you're saying about being unproductive. How does everything get sooo messy!?

buggal28 · January 2013

I make the same suggestion to everyone, get a baby carrier. I can wear my boy on the back now, and it has SAVED MY LIFE.

RedRose87 · January 2013

I would like to second what some o the other ladies have suggested. It may not always work but when DS wakes up at 30 mins and I can tell he is still sleepy I replace his paci and pat his back even if I stand there doing it for five minutes. I've done this two days in a row now for his afternoon nap and he went back down for another hour. And then today he napped 2 hours all on his own.