Babies: 3 - 6 Months

Short Naps

So my DD is 3 months and for a week we were taking nice long naps, I thought we were making huge progress and getting away from the short naps. well the cat napper is back :( 30-45min naps.

So when baby wakes up crying from a short nap what do you mom's and dad's do? do you get them up or do you try and get them to go back to sleep?

Re: Short Naps

  • I do both depending on his mood. If he still seems sleepy and is crying with eyes closed. I'll try to calm him down and restart the nap routine. Sometimes it works but not usually.

    If I just see him in his crib hanging out I'll leave him in there

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  • Yes I get her back to sleep if she seems still tired, especially for morning nap since she needs at least an hour.  Her afternoon nap I am never successful getting her back to sleep when she wakes in 30.  So I gave up.  Now she has a thi

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     Short naps suck. 

     

    They sure do.

  • Its a daily battle here too. Usually I replace the paci and try to get her back to sleep. She's usually fussy but still won't sleep so we fight it until its time to eat again. I'm not sure what else to do.

    It gets better once they consolidat
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    I do both depending on his mood. If he still seems sleepy and is crying with eyes closed. I'll try to calm him down

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  • Are you following the babies wake times? At that age I think they are only up for 1.5 hours at a time. I tried everything to help my DS nap longer and eventually he's just started to get it on his own when he's ready. If he woke crying I would pick him up
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    Are you following the babies wake times? At that age I think they are only up for 1.5 hours at a time.
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  • Just want to tell you that my DS had major nap regression when he was 3m1w old.  It was pure H*ll for several weeks - his naps were as short as 20 minutes each and we were miserable all day long.

    IME, I was never, ever able to get him to go

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    Just want to tell you that my DS had major nap regression when he was 3m1w old.  It was pure H*ll for several w

  • I'm a second time Mom - my little guy is short napping as well. I found with my first and with lots of nieces and nephews that there isn't much you can do. Neurologically they just aren't ready to consolidate sleep yet. Some babies can do it earlier, s

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