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I did with DS1. He swing napped, but I would go in exactly 27 minutes into his nap and sit in the exact spot I was in when he fell asleep, and then he would go back to sleep. It was ridiculous, looking back, and only worked some of the time, but I was desperate.

DS2 consolidated naps much more quickly, so I didn't ever really try with him.

Yes. Never worked. 30 min naps for life.

I didn't do this. My concern was that LO would learn that I needed to be there and she would need to be bounced to get back to sleep. We worked really hard on sleep routines and putting own drowsy but awake. Every baby is different but it worked well for us.

Nope, but when she was 5.5 months old, I accidently discovered that if I let her cry for 8 min (exactly) when she woke from a short nap, she would fall back asleep. After that, her naps started consolidating.

By the way I'm very impressed with everyone's time watching skills. Maybe I should be better about keeping time!!

Also, I don't believe in "sleep begets sleep" because she has been a great sleeper at night since birth and she'll often get 1.5 hours of sleep in total for the day through naps (three naps) and then sleep 8 hours, eat and sleep for another 1-1.5 before we get up.

Tried it all the time when DS was really little/before we sleep trained - his sleep cycle was exactly 38 minutes. His naps didn't get consistently long until he started sleeping through the night around 8-9 months. Now he's on one nap (he's 18 mo) and I can still extend his naps on occasion- he regularly wakes up and fusses a bit right at the 1hr10min mark but probably 75% of the time goes back to sleep for another 30-45 minutes.

Yes, for the first 3 months or so I was just replacing the paci over and over and rubbing his head. When he became more aware I would duck down so he didn't see me. Occasionally if he was really upset I would pick up and rock him.
By 3 months he was taking minimum 1.5 hour naps 2-3 times a day plus a small cat nap of 45 mins.

Yes! He would nap in his crib for 25 - 35 mins, and then would start to fuss, so I would usually go in his room to hold him in the glider so he would sleep another 30 - 45 mins. I spent sooo much time in the dark nursery, I thought I would go nuts. Pretty sure I won't be able to do this when LO2 arrives in May.