https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 15 Jun 2026 23:07:12 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/short-naps-anything-i-can-do#post-1179986 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 16:55:24 +0000 winniebee 1179986@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I tried everything but he just had to outgrow the 30 min nap and finally did around 5.5 months! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/short-naps-anything-i-can-do#post-1179962 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 16:37:41 +0000 tororojo 1179962@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 7 months old and has always taken 45 min naps, even now that she's down to 2 a day. It's kind of a bummer, but her nighttime sleep is great! (maybe that will be your silver lining, too!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/short-naps-anything-i-can-do#post-1178996 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 12:11:09 +0000 Cherrybee 1178996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My girl is 3 months and this is us right now! Its insufferable, isn't it?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/short-naps-anything-i-can-do#post-1178992 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 12:10:45 +0000 Bookish 1178992@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haaaaate naps. HATE. We actually got the best naps ever this weekend when we took her to Ren Fest because she was in the Ergo + the car, but duh, that doesn't work every day! Wahh. She will go down for 3-4 30min naps, and that's IT. Sleeps like a dream at night, but man the girl sucks at napping. </p> <p>She did have a lovely stretch at daycare around 3 mos where she took 2-3 2 HOUR naps, but our theory is she's just having too much fun with toys now to sleep :p </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/short-naps-anything-i-can-do#post-1178980 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 12:07:57 +0000 littlecasita1122 1178980@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO would nap 40-45 min on the dot...I swear he had a little alarm clock that would wake him up if 45 minutes past. He finally grew out of that around 6 months and started taking two 90 minute naps a day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/short-naps-anything-i-can-do#post-1178967 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 12:02:22 +0000 lawbee11 1178967@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: I have been able to get her back down a couple go times, but it usually only gets me an extra 15-20 min. I can usually tell pretty quickly whether she'll go back down. If she's squirmy/trying to jump out of my arms then it isn't happening! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/short-naps-anything-i-can-do#post-1178953 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 11:58:51 +0000 Foodnerd81 1178953@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Consider yourself lucky she goes down easily! I spend an hour gettin her to take the half hour nap :(</p> <p>Have you tried rocking her back to sleep right away? Sometimes after a short nap I rock her for 20-30 min and she goes down for another 45. And sometimes she won't go back down at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/short-naps-anything-i-can-do#post-1178892 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 11:46:09 +0000 Alivoo01 1178892@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS was like this. He's almost 4 months now and takes a 45 minute nap in the morning and then takes one loooong nap in the afternoon (3 hours). He'll take another cat nap in the early evening for about 45 minutes then it's bed time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/short-naps-anything-i-can-do#post-1178877 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 11:42:24 +0000 lawbee11 1178877@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: I feel like my entire day is spent trying to get her to nap! I am sure she'll grow out of it right before I go back to work.</p> <p>@scg00387: I know! Time is flying! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/short-naps-anything-i-can-do#post-1178551 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 10:24:48 +0000 immabeetoo 1178551@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: we tried everything except CIO and nothing worked. We had to just wait and 5.5 m was a turning point for us. Oh and what!! Didn't you just give birth :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/short-naps-anything-i-can-do#post-1178533 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 10:18:17 +0000 MsLipGloss 1178533@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This was us too. We just had to wait it out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/short-naps-anything-i-can-do#post-1178528 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 10:16:33 +0000 Mamasig 1178528@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son took 30 minute naps until about 5-6 months old. They lengthened to 45 minutes until about 7-8 months. The naps got longer when he went down to two naps a day. Nothing made them longer except car rides. Sorry! Just had to wait it out. He's 13 months now and sometimes has 3 hour nap. I never thought I'd see the day! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/short-naps-anything-i-can-do#post-1178502 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 10:07:41 +0000 Smurfette 1178502@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>R is 7.5 months and still has days where she does this. She took 4 naps yesterday, all 30-40 mins. She can nap anywhere 30 mins to 2.5 hours. I can't figure it out. Nothing we do helps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/short-naps-anything-i-can-do#post-1178501 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 10:06:43 +0000 mrsjyw 1178501@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A was the KING of catnaps, 30-40 min. like clockwork!</p> <p>He did eventually grow out of it! we got down to three 45-1 hour naps... then around six/seven months he went to 2 1 -1.5 hour naps and is still at this schedule at 11 months! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/short-naps-anything-i-can-do#post-1178497 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 10:05:34 +0000 lawbee11 1178497@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO has been taking short naps (40-45 min) for about a month (she'll be 3 months old on Sunday). It's 10am and she's already on her second nap! She takes about 5 naps a day because they're so short. She goes down pretty easily, though she does still nurse to sleep. </p> <p>Is there anything I can do? I've been googling and a lot of the stuff I've read says it's developmental and she'll eventually be able to consolidate her sleep. Was this true for you? I just feel like if that were going to happen it would've happened already. She wakes from her naps crying, but she's smiley when I pick her up. </p> <p>She can take long naps if we're in the car, but I can't drive her around for hours a day! She naps in the PNP when we're home. Did anyone find anything that works? Or do I just need to wait it out? </p>