My almost 7 month old has recently stretched his über short naps of about 30 min to longer naps anywhere from 40min-1.5hr. They tend to be closer to 45 min on a regular basis. I consider an hour to be pretty good but love when a longer one magically happens!!!
What would you consider a good nap at this age?
squash / 13764 posts
Two sleep cycles would be a good nap, so around 90 min. One sleep cycle was very common too, so around 45 min.
clementine / 935 posts
Mine's 7 months too and regularly will do about 40 minutes if in the crib, or 1-2 hours if we let her sleep on us. If we ever get over 40 minutes in the crib we celebrate!
clementine / 918 posts
Good nap is 1.5 hours, usual naps are 40 min. Sometimes we get a crazy 2 hour nap (and sometimes a crappy 15 min one). This has been my LO's MO since about 6 mo (9.5 mo now)
persimmon / 1281 posts
@Dahlia: ugh lo used to sleep SO good on me/with me. Not anymore. I can only get 30 min in the ergo now. It's so sad.
@gingerbebe: a 2 hr nap is a miracle in this house!!!
grapefruit / 4418 posts
Around that age DD was starting daycare and she was in 2 naps that were anywhere from 45 minutes to 2 hours.
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
At 7 months, anything longer than 30 mins was awesome! DS2 didn't stop catnapping until 8-9 months!
honeydew / 7463 posts
At 7 months we were consistently doing two 1.5-2 hour naps and one catnap in the late afternoon about 45 mins.
Waking at the 30-45 min mark tends to mean that they never learned to connect sleep cycles.
apricot / 443 posts
I think I read on Precious Little Sleep that anything above 50 minutes is a good nap?
https://www.preciouslittlesleep.com/monumental-guide-to-short-naps/
My LO is almost seven months old and just started taking longer naps about a month ago. I consider anything over an hour to be adequate but it wasn't that long ago that 35 minutes was a good nap. Yesterday she took one 35 minute nap and one 2.5 hour nap. So go figure.
And my LO no longer likes to nap on me either! 
One day rocking her just made her super mad so I put her in the crib and she fell right asleep. Now if only I can get her to stop waking up four times a night.
persimmon / 1281 posts
@SweetiePie: I read that about the sleep cycles. I've tried everything to help him through it but it hasn't worked so I gave up and have been "embracing" the short naps! And by embracing I mean cursing under my breath when I hear him calling for me after 45 min
@tofuwad: I feel ya sister. I'm so sick of the MOTN wake ups!!!!! Thankfully were down to 2 usually (3-4 on a bad night) but it still sucks.
coconut / 8483 posts
My son napped 30 minutes on the dot still at the age. Anything longer was a miracle/never happened.
grapefruit / 4355 posts
At that age, we consistently get two naps ranging from 1.5-3 hours each!
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