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Yup! I had a chronic cat napper and 30 minutes was her usual nap length. Nothing I did could help her to sleep longer so I wound up putting her down for 5-6 naps per day (she got SO grumpy when she was tired). I would either put her down at the first sign of tiredness or one hour after she woke up, whichever came first. It helped us get through the early months, until she could handle more awake time. Now, at 10 months, she's still a terrible napper.

C's sleep cycle was 38 minutes. I could set a clock by it at that age. So frustrating but at least I eventually knew what to expect- like go eat and shower and get dressed NOW- you have 38 minutes on the clock!

Teething and sleep regressions aside, she is actually a great napper now, usually 1.5 hours in the morning, 1 hour in the afternoon. She fell into that pattern a few months ago, maybe about 7 months old.

I've read some things that suggest going and being ready to sooth her at the first stir- like literally watch her and the second she moves, rub her back, rock her, whatever works, to try not to let her wake up. Never worked for me though.

Totally normal - DS was a 30 minute napper for a long time. Eventually, they got to 45 minutes and they got longer around 8-9 months.

We had the awful 30 minute naps until 4 months. I was soooo obsessed with looking for sleepy signs and making sure he got enough sleep throughout the day so I put him down every time he looked tired and he would only sleep for 30 minutes. At 4 months I purposely lengthened the time between wakeup and naps to 1.5-2 hours and his naps lengthened too. He just wasn't tired enough to sleep longer but was angry because he was still kinda sleepy...confusing, I know!

Yup. Mine did 35 min. I didn't try to extend her naps though, it just drove me crazy. She kept it up until 5.5 months.

Where is baby napping? I always extended the time by having her nap in motion, in a swing, in the car, etc.

Yep, this was us from maybe 10 weeks up until maybe 5 months? She was a catnapper for sure.

We did swing naps up until 4 months old and still do them on occasion, but we used the crib for night time sleep. I was also worried about transitioning baby to the crib for naps, so started off just with one of his naps in there a day and worked our way up. At 5 months he takes most of his naps in the crib and they are at least an hour. Just some encouragement if you are worried about the swing.

We went through the 30 minute wake up session for a bit. I was told it's them transitioning from light sleep to a deep sleep and eventually they learn to self soothe back to sleep (which it sounds like your LO does sometimes already!).