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I asked this question too and all the responses were that it was too early. http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-training-at-3-months-yay-or-nay

At 16-17 weeks I started laying him in his crib for naps and giving him 10 mins to cry provided he wasn't working himself into hysterics. He did great now as long as we don't miss his sleepy period he goes right to sleep for naps, but he's a crappy nighttime sleeper (still up every 2-3 hours) so I think that's why he takes decent naps. He sleeps 30-60 mins for naps, 3-4 times per day.
Eta:I do the same as hedgehog rock to drowsy and lay down.

@daniellemybelle: We did, and it was awesome! We sleep trained at night and for naps right before I went back to work with the goal of helping them learn to put themselves to sleep, not so much sleep through the night. We did CIO, and it sucked. We did go in and do checks at certain points, but the first night was the worst. We did naps at the same time because I thought it seemed confusing if sometimes we rocked, etc., and other times we just left them to cry. Within three days they would only fuss for a few minutes before putting themselves to sleep. I had no intention of cutting night feedings at that point, though it did result in them dropping down to only one night feeding.

ETA: They were about 15-16 weeks when we nap trained.

ETA More: I forgot to say that Mrs. High Heels wrote some blog posts on early sleep training (they sleep trained really early with N). I found her posts very helpful.

For me personally that's too young for CIO training. Short naps are pretty typical around that age because baby is waking up at the end of a sleep cycle and not able to fall back to sleeps

@daniellemybelle: yes. We "trained" at 3mths. Some people say it's too young, infact I think most people do, but it worked amazingly well and very quickly for S and I would do it again at that age for a second, if I thought they were ready. We got to the stage where nursing to sleep stopped working long ago, she wouldn't settle in the swing, bouncer, anywhere but on me. I couldn't even have her in the ergo and get her to sleep unless I was walking quickly. Basically if we were in the house, I had to hold her over my shoulder and even then if a noise disturbed her she would be wide awake and angry again! Then around 10wks we were able to put her down awake for maybe one nap a day and she would settle herself with her thumb without crying. At nights and for the rest of her naps we still had to hold her until she was completely out and we were just getting pretty fed up with it. It was clear she knew what to do, but wasn't consistent about it. One day I'd had enough and I decided to leave her in her cot to see what would happen. She basically whined, not the full cry, on and off for about 15-20mins, sucking her thumb inbetween and then fell asleep. We did the same for the next nap and at night time and she fussed for maybe 10mins? The next day there was minimal fussing...maybe 30 seconds at most and it has been like that ever since.

Like I said, I would do it all over again exactly the same. It changed our and her life...she's now well rested and takes lovely long naps. I did a lot of reading about training and I think it was a guide on here that said there are good and bad ages to train. 2.5-4mths was good and then after that was bad for a few months. Basically to train when they don't have too much else, like a sleep regression, going on. We are 4.5mths now and fingers crossed have not experienced a 4mth regression, which I believe is due to her being trained beforehand.

If you want any other info, happy to chat

Yep! DH and I had to get some sleep. We were fighting all the time and it couldn't continue. Baby was much much happier too.

@.twist.: We resleep trained at 6 months. Damn teething messed up everything.

@.twist.: How many times he is waking up?

@.twist.: Ouch!! How long was he sleeping before? Sounds like you might have to retrain.

@Smurfette: around 5 months he was getting up once and putting himself back to sleep. It was magical. Then somewhere along the line it was twice, but still going back to sleep easy so it was manageable. Then all of a sudden, it was multiple times a night and within the last 3 days he won't go back to sleep. I think I started doing the second feeding because I knew it would make him go to sleep and then I could go to sleep instead of hearing him fuss and cry.... My biggest mistake.

@daniellemybelle: We did. It kind of sucked but it changed all of our lives for the better.

What worked for my baby was to sleep train for night first (just the initial falling asleep, still waking up a couple of times to eat). While we were establishing that, I tried nap training and it just wasn't happening, so I did whatever it took to get her day time sleep so she could sleep at night. Like your LO, many times that meant sitting with my boob in her mouth for an hour. Even removing it, but still holding her and not moving otherwise, she would wake up. I got a lot of TV watching done.

Once she was comfortable with going to sleep at bedtime, we tried nap training again and it only took a day. She was about 4 months at that point. I didn't focus on nap length, just on the initial falling asleep, and her naps naturally lengthened on their own. She still has days where she wake up after one sleep cycle every time, but that's so much more bearable when at least she went to sleep on her own, vs me sitting with her for half an hour, laying her down, and her waking up 10 minutes later.

I know it's early to sleep train, but literally nothing else was working and we all needed to sleep. We had tried nursing to sleep, rocking/bouncing to sleep, walking her to sleep... she'd either keep crying, or fall asleep and wake up the second we tried to move her. I was in a bad place (think crying in public, nice strangers on the street asking me if she was a good baby and me freezing because I can't tell a stranger my baby is bad but I can't bring myself to say yes).

Good luck!

@Smurfette: yep, it sure can. I just kept saying "we've got things to do tomorrow and I need the sleep, I'll fix it tomorrow night" and then repeat. *sigh* I'll figure it out one of these days...

@daniellemybelle: I do think at a minimum you should have her start napping in her crib. Around 2 1/2-3 months my LO could no longer nap in the swing because she was too alert and interested in everything around her. Even if she only naps for 30 minutes naps in the crib are so much more restorative than naps in the swing/stroller/car. Is she still swaddled? We swaddle weaned at 4 months and I almost immediately saw an improvement in the length of her naps. I do think some of it was developmental and her naps naturally lengthened. She used to nap max 40 min, so would nap 5 times a day...it was brutal.

We nap trained at 4 months when we swaddle weaned. It was very easy. At first she would wake after 45 min and fuss for 10-15 minutes, but if we left her she would fall back to sleep (and having her hands to chew on really helped). Now she takes 1.5 hour naps and doesn't wake in between. I think her awesome naps are a combo of her just being developmentally ready and the fact that we left her to fuss and just figure out how to put herself back to sleep during the sleep cycle transition. She is such a happier baby now that she's well-rested (she takes 3 very predictable 1.5 hour naps a day). I never thought we'd get to this point!

I agree with @scg00387: and @MamaMoose: that this is very normal and developmental, and it doesn't mean that it will last forever or that her sleep is "ruined" because she only naps in the swing.

This website has good info, I think, and lots of stuff about babies sleeping in swings.

http://www.troublesometots.com/your-nemesis-the-short-nap/