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I never found a way. I tried a black out blinds, white noise machine, multiple dummy (paci) reinsertions, longer stretches between, shorter stretches between - she took 30 minute naps and that was that. I ended up giving her 6 naps a day (after an hour of awake time) because she was so cranky when she was tired.

@MrsH: I dim lights in the house, turn on the lamp in her room, close curtains, pick up the floor and turn on white noise. Then I sit her on my lap, give her a lovey and a paci and read the same 3 books we always read. After that, pick her up, whisper the words from the Going To Bed Book (by Sandra Boynton- this is like a magic spell for sleep!) and lay her in her crib. 95% of the time she'll go quietly right to sleep because we ALWAYS do the same thing.

When she was younger I would sometimes nurse her to sleep or nurse to get her drowsy, but I tried to quit nursing to sleep consistently around 6-7 months. We have been doing that routine since she was 3-4 months; I started it b/c I was going crazy from her screaming when I laid her down at night. I have done some fussing it out when putting her down, but have never let her cry a super long time (because I can't stand it!). We still rely heavily on pacis for sleep...I don't know how I'll ever get rid of them!

Nope - at least not for DS. Just time. He grew out of it around 8-9 months.

I had a catnapper. Like others have said, its something they eventually grow out of as long as you're doing everything else right in terms of having a solid nap routine, blackout curtains etc.

I ended up putting LO down every 90 minutes or at the first tired signs, whichever came first, so she wouldn't get overtired, which ended up at five or six naps per day. She grew into longer naps around six months and now at 13 months takes two 1.5 hour naps a day. Its frustrating, but there's not much you can do about it.