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could be! A refused naps... for aaround a week. sure enough, he was cutting his four top teeth at the same time. he went back to his 2 1-hour naps after that gluck mama

I had to stop nursing to sleep for naps and bedtime, but before that, for the late afternoon nap I did end up just holding her in her darkened bedroom the whole time, otherwise se just wouldn't sleep. We had to stop the nursing to sleep bc she was waking up and freaking out half the time when I transferred her. She's 4 months.

@Foodnerd81: @sslm: I'm currently having a terrible time at bedtime with transferring my six month old LO to the crib after nursing to sleep, but she'll be fine for some naps and MOTN wake ups. Maybe it only bothers them sometimes? Sorry you are having these nap struggles @sslm:.

Not to threadjack, but @Foodnerd81:, how did you stop nursing to sleep? I'm going to be trying some of the No Cry Sleep Solution suggestions.

@Revel: we I'd CIO. I did get the no cry sleep solution, but CIO ended up working better for us. It was only bad for one night so I think it just worked better for her personality and she was ready. The pupd and shushing or patting only got her more worked up and kept her up longer. We did bedtime a few weeks ago and just did the same thing for naps this weekend.

I still nurse to sleep for motn wake ups, but if she wakes up in the transfer she will usually just fuss for 5-15 minutes and fall asleep- which is less time than I was spending rocking her back to sleep before.

My lo will only nap on my lap... so I feel ya!

@sslm: afternoon naps are usually harder for most babies bc they're more wound up/not as tired (in my experience anyway!). You can try waiting it out and if it doesn't improve maybe try some nap training. My lo will have days like that, and then the next he's back to easily staying asleep when I transfer him.

@sslm: Yikes. Honestly, if I were you, I would stop nursing to sleep all together. You say it "works" for the first nap... but a 30 minute nap isn't working to me! We used no cry sleep solution to stop rocking to sleep and they talk a lot about nursing. Not sure if that's helpful, or if you just wanted to vent but I'm sorry! That is awful!

We only get 2 (if we're lucky) 30 minute naps as well, and it's always a fight for me. DS is almost 10 months and has been a crappy napper since around 6-7m. I thought it was teething related, but it never went away (and he has 4 teeth now).

For whatever reason, he naps GREAT for daddy, and ok for grandma, but TERRIBLY for me. I wish I had a solution for you, but I can sympathize instead!