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I don't have any suggestions but just wanted to say that I'm right where you are as well! I've recently been able to just put LO down and let him fuss it out for a bit before he falls asleep on his own, but he rarely sleeps more than 30 minutes! I've tried hovering over him when he wakes up (always crying/cranky) and pat his back, but no cigar! I'm hoping that he will just automatically sleep longer when he gets older. He's 2.5 months old. I hope you get some good feedback! Let me know if you figure out the trick to getting your LO to nap longer!

@winniebee: I neglected to mention that he had to be in the swing for that little trick to work The only other way to get him to sleep longer was the car. But around 6 months he started to snap out of it. You prob already read it, but I think I posted about this on the blog awhile back.

When this happens with LO, I generally let her cry for about 5 minutes. If it's clear that she is just going to work herself up into a larger and more intense rage, then I always go in. I would say that about 75% of the time if I let her cry she will fall asleep for another 45 minutes or so.

Crying is my cue that he's not done sleeping, still to this day at 21 months. I intervene after 5 minutes as well. Sometimes he's lost his pacifier or heard some kind of strange noise. Happened today, in his afternoon nap, he's back down for at least another hour.