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Following along! My son is still taking 4-5 30-40 minute naps. He's 5 months now, and I keep waiting for the naps to get longer and less. I would love for him to just take 2 long naps a day.
@winniebee: This is exactly what drives me bonkers about the frequent cat naps! I hate having to go thru it 4-5 times a day. Right now I'm working half days, so the nanny does 2 of his naps usually, but it's still so annoying!
Were any of your LOs always cat nappers? My son has hardly napped past an hour since he was a newborn (unless he was in my arms).
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@scg00387: yeah my LO wakes up silently but within 5-10 minutes he lets me know he's ready to come out of his crib!
@mrskc: Two long naps would be awesome! We could plan our day out so much more...
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@hilsy85: around 7mo he outgrew it which was right around the time that he started to transition to two naps. Now at 8.5mo we get two 1-1.5 hour naps twice a day. Some days he'll do the three nap thing again and do like (3) 45 min naps. Those days are a bummer because it pushes his bed time later.
We never nap trained though, just helped him to sleep when he was tired.
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@mrskc: Mine was a swing napper for the most part until the 30 minute nap started (then, I figured might as well put him in his crib since his naps are so crappy anyways!) He took some monster naps from newborn - 3.5 months...so not always a 30 minute napper!
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@mrskc: prolific cat napper here! it was maddening! the only time that he would sleep longer was in arms - which we did if he was over tired.
at 8.5 mo it is waaaaaaay better. Sometimes he even does a 2 hour morning nap in his crib. Amazeballs.
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I think his lack of naps is going to cost me my job.
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someone blogged about this yesterday! I am following her advice.... hoping it works!
http://www.hellobee.com/2013/03/20/nap-training-at-six-months/
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@hilsy85: Yes! It would make going out so much easier.
@littlebittyhouse: You give me hope!
@winniebee: The nanny put DS in the swing for a nap yesterday and he slept 1.5 hours! Ugh, I thought we were past the swing naps.
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Ha mine just woke up after exactly 40 minutes!
ETA: Sorry, no advice. I've been slowly trying to push his awake time from 90 minutes to 2 hours, but half the time his naps are still between 30-40 minutes, with the random 1+ hour naps thrown in to tease me with that could be.
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LO started the 45 minute naps around 4 months and kept doing them until...almost 8 months? At which point she switched to only 1 nap/day at daycare. She is too stimulated there to sleep in the a.m. and then crashes hard for a 2hr nap from 1-3. At home on the weekends, she'll sometimes take a short morning nap (apparently we're boring?) and then a 1-1.5 hr nap at her regular afternoon time.
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@FutureMrsMcK: ha I hate the tease naps...I mean I love them, but I get so excited when LO sleeps 2 hours, and then it doesn't happen again for like a week.
Well, he woke up at the 40 min mark BUT I was able to give him the paci and sit with him until he fell back asleep! We'll see how long this cycle lasts...
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Ugh E always sleeps 40 minutes and wakes up at the end of the sleep cycle. I usually rock him back to sleep because I know he's still tired! After he's slept an hour and a half he wakes up happy and refreshed.
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@hilsy85: Yay! Success
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@hilsy85: @Running Elley: I wish I could do that! He wakes up and usually stands up and screams until I take him out, even if I'm sitting there...and he's only allowed himself to be rocked to sleep twice in his life, neither time by me
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@mrskc: Cat napper mama here! LO is 6.5 months and rarely naps over an hour . . . she had a couple on longer naps during her first few weeks, but after that . . . not so much. I can get an hour-hour and a half if I hold her (and let her have a boob when she fusses at around 30-40ish minutes. She does, however, sleep a little better for the nanny . . . lil stinker!
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@hilsy85: Success! And oh my gosh, those random 2 hour naps are such teasers. He hasn't given us one in awhile tho.
@Running Elley: A isn't having it if I try to put him back to sleep.
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@hilsy85: thanks for the tips! ill have to try that....i tried CIO for 1 nap and i just felt too bad, never again!
anddd of COURSE DD took a 2 hour nap this afternoon for our sitter. if only she would for me....
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Well damn, for his second nap today he woke up after 40 minutes, I nursed him while rocking and set him back down...he rolled around and stood up a few times but now he's back asleep!
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@NovBaby1112: Isn't it frustrating when they nap forever for everyone EXCEPT you? I think people (DH, included), think I'm crazy when I try to describe what our days our like with 5 naptime routines (well...10 total, since we do each one twice).
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