Hi everyone, I'm starting to lose faith that my boy won't grow out of his short crappy afternoon naps. He's now 6-1/2 month old and it's been the same since he was a newborn.
I simply can't figure out why he won't nap more than 40 min on the lunchtime nap, and it's been going on since he was only 7 weeks old.
He goes down awake with no pacifier, without much fussing at every nap and bedtime, and he made a lot of improvements getting rid sleep associations and night feedings (with a lot of help of your posts!! I can't thank you enough everyone!)
2-1/2 hours after wake up (usually at 6:30) is morning nap wich lasts 1.5 hour, then 3 hours after that is lunchtime nap wich always lasts 40-45 min. We dropped the third nap at around 5 months because he was fighting it and we simply could not make it happen anymore in any possible way, so bedtime is at 6-6:30. He STTN and awakens himself sometimes because he moves a lot, but he can put himself back to sleep with thumb sucking.
but why the hell he still wakes up at 40 min?! I know he's still tired as he wakes up crying and not babbling. We have tried a lot of things since he started doing it at 7 weeks old; Swing does not work (he sleeps only 30 min in there!), Wake to sleep does not work, cry it out ends up with a frustrated and inconsolable baby for the rest of the day, we are unable to soothe him back to sleep, longer period of wake time (sometimes up to 3-1/2!) not working either, plus he's having a hard time to get to sleep, he is not hungry because he has solids 30 to 45 min before naptime, i think he have enough soothing and routine before nap time (quiet time in swing with lovey, then close curtains, nappy change) and goes down awake with lovey and his favorite thumb live a champ!
Please could you give me one more advice?