I'm grasping at straws here, but M has been taking crap naps for weeks. In the last couple of days she's been doing 2 45 min naps and one only 30 mins! This can't be enough sleep... She's only 4.5 months.
When did your baby drop the third nap, and how did you know it was time?
Alternately, any ideas why her naps are so short?????
persimmon / 1153 posts
Ha, I was about to post the same question!!! She takes one good morning nap and then she's awake and fussy until bath time. Driving me CRAZY!
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22276 posts
She dropped to two naps around 6 months I think. But was down to 1 nap at 10 months already, so every baby is different. Is your LO awake long enough before the first nap?
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
@sslm: That is pretty much all R does and has for months. Why don't these babies understand that sleeping at night and naps are awesome?
cantaloupe / 6397 posts
@Bao: we are doing 2 hours of awake between every nap. Perhaps stretching that out might help?
@Smurfette: ugh. I don't know why they're so uncooperative!!!!! Lol
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
@sslm: DH said that he can't wait till she is a teenager and will go wake her up every 4-5 hours at night 
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22276 posts
@sslm: hmm for that age it seems about right, but yeah maybe try extending it to 2.5 hours and see what that does.
coconut / 8861 posts
We started doing 2-3-4 around 4-6 months around the time we CIO'd. It's worked well with our LO. We're still working on dropping him to one nap, but that hasn't happened yet at 12 months old.
pomegranate / 3895 posts
Don't have any advice, as we don't have this issue (yet! I'm always convinced sleep problems are just around the corner for us!), but I am a huge fan of this website and thought you might find this post helpful: http://www.troublesometots.com/your-nemesis-the-short-nap/
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
Xander's the same way. He takes 3 crappy short naps. Sometimes he'll nap longer, but there's no rhyme or reason to it! We also put him down for a nap after 2 hours awake, though he often goes longer at daycare (though he doesn't SLEEP any longer, so I don't get it). He's six months.
coconut / 8861 posts
@sslm: It's a nap schedule for babies. LO's been on it for awhile now. Still working on getting rid of the second nap, but for months, this has helped us immensely. Basically, you play for 2 hours after morning wake up, then nap, after that, 3 hours of awake time, then nap, then 4 hours until bedtime. We got lucky in that LO took to it. Now that he's a toddler (still not walking on his own, but damn close), it's become so important to wear him out in between naps. Lots of walks around the neighborhood and playing in the park.
http://www.friedbabyadventures.com/2013/01/falling-into-nap-schedule-2-3-4.html
GOLD / papaya / 10166 posts
She didn't drop to two naps until she was 11 months old, which is much later than most kids, I believe.
squash / 13764 posts
Around 7 months. We started with the 2-3-4 schedule, and now we do the 9&2 schedule (naps at 9 & 2).
hostess / eggplant / 11068 posts
DD dropped to two solid naps at 8.5 months. Prior to that, her third nap was always short (around 30-40 minutes).
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