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I nap-trained LO at the same time I was night-training her and that was at 3.5 months (a little young to most people but I made an educated decision to do so) and it took much much longer for LO to catch on than night-training.

I set up a nap routine and had her CIO for up to one hour (yes, one hour as per "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child). Most of the time she would end up falling asleep after about 20 minutes of crying but only 1-2 times did she cry for the full one hour. At that point, you rescue your child and play with them and try again one hour later.

My MIL was the same way - one time she came over during the week I was nap-training and after listening to LO cry for a few minutes, she literally pushed me aside and said, "I can't let you do that" and barged right into LO's room to get her. The a second time, I left to run errands and told MIL that under no circumstance was she to go into LO's room but when I came back a few minutes later (literally, minutes later), she was patting and cradling LO. From that point on, she was literally banned from our house for about 3 weeks until we finished nap training.