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LO outgrew it on her own at 5.5-6 months, but honestly we're going through it again at 10.5 months. She's only taking one naps these days (no, I am not very excited about this), but she will wake up 45 minutes into it. I know she's not rested because she will go to sleep on my shoulder as soon as I pick her up. And then I can't put her back down...

@hilsy85: Actually, she did, so it could be related. I had never put that together!

My son took 30 minute naps (on the button) from 4 months - 5.5/6 months no matter what we did. I tried pushing awake times, etc. He was taking 5 thirty minute naps a day!

At 5.5 months, he started sorting it out and his naps gradually started lengthening. By 6 months, he was down to 3 naps a day - the first was always longest, maybe 1.5 hours, second 1 hour, third 45 minutes-1 hr. He was only sleeping 10 hours overnight, and could only stay up like 2.5 hours at 6 months, so it took us awhile to transition to 2 naps a day (8.5 months).

The catnap sucks....I'm sorry!

@Mrs. Yoyo: You are always so good about responding to the 30 min. nap questions.....you responded to all of mine months ago : )

@winniebee: that's because I remember how frustrating it was! But ultimately I don't think there's a lot we can do but wait it out.

Following this closely. My 4mo takes 2 thirty minute naps a day. I am trying to follow the EASY method but I try to put him down and he cries hysterically.

Subscribing to this! I have no idea, either. You can set your watch by my LOs' 40-minute naps. They're four months old tomorrow and are taking 5 naps a day. (For me, it's not the length of the naps that's the hard part, it's the FREQUENCY. AAAAGH!).
Anyway, I thought they were weird and have been driving myself crazy over this issue for the last couple of weeks...what a relief to know we aren't alone!

I blogged about this long ago in case anyone finds it helpful:

http://www.hellobee.com/2012/01/17/the-dreaded-short-nap/

8 months, 7 months adjusted for olive when we nap trained (she didn't cry though, so not really nap training and shoulda done it sooner!)

charlie 4.5 months when we nap trained.

@Mrs. Yoyo: great blog! Good to know about the sleep giraffe. I use that too and never thought about the timing.
He is a stellar car napper, but don't want to always drive.
Will try the sleep to wake method.

@wheres_c: I hope you have better luck with that!
I hear it works for some people, but it ended up stressing me out!

@hilsy85: Hmmm. That might be a tad too soon? I don't know, it's hard to tell, but go by sleepy cues. Maybe try extending to 1:30 or 1:40 and see what happens.

@hilsy85: my LO is 4 months, and ever since 3 months, has only taken 40-45 min naps, with the occasional 2 hour nap every few days or so. its so frustrating but i am hoping it is just something she will grow out of like others have said! she wakes up happy and ready to play, so i just go with it. that;s awesome that your LO is putting himself to sleep for naps! can you share your tips?? i still have to rock to sleep for all naps, but not nighttime...

I'm sorry to say that for us, DD did not outgrow 45 min naps until she was 15 months and dropped to one nap! It was a long road. I tried a few things, such as when she reached the end of the 45 min cycle, I crept into her room and would try and pat her through the transition (I think I got this from No Cry Sleep Solution or one of the other sleep books I was reading), and this worked all of one times. It actually drove me crazy (major contributor to my PPD) so I dropped it and was thankful that she slept 13 hr at night. I thought about CIO to train her to sleep 1.5 hr, but I couldn't bring myself to do it!

@hilsy85: we are still doing 4 40-m naps at 6 months (in a week)!

@hilsy85: I've read and read and read on 30/40 minute naps (we get 30 around here) and it seems like most outgrow around 6 months. We've tried everything but it's rare for anything past 30 - even if he's sleeping where he wants (on one of us). I've tried everything to no avail and am just trying to focus on making it easier to put him down/get him doing more of the work on his own. I always leave him in there when he wakes.... he wakes completely silently and just rolls around and will eventually babble and coo. Before I got a video monitor I thought he was sleeping wayyy longer... turns out he just is happy hanging out in his crib! I've left him up to 30 minutes with him still happy but he's never fallen back asleep haha.