short naps with an 8 week olf

[D2323]

I have an 8 week old and I'm trying to work on the naps. I can usually get one good hour to hour and half nap out of her a day but the rest are 30-45 minutes. Trying to figure out how to extend them. I try my best to do a good wind down but I also have an 18 month old who is usually screaming or following me around. She does use a paci and will spit it out just fine for the one good nap and at night. With the other naps, I can't tell if the paci falling out has anything to do with the wake up or if it is just her waking early. Her is our easy from yesterday but it varies because her good nap can fall at anytime during the day. I try to sooth her back to sleep when she wakes, the best I can with the toddler running around. Sometimes it works but only for a few minutes, then she wakes again.
 
over night woke to eat at 4 and 6

8 wake and eat/A
9 wind down and nap
11:00 wake/Eat
11:50 nap
12:30 wake tried to sooth back and had to go in several times until 1
1:00 eat/A
2:00 Nap
2:30 wake tried to get back down until 3 but didn't really work
3:00 Eat/A
4:15 nap
4:45 wake
5:15ish Eat
5:30 nap
6:15 wake/A
7:00 wind down for night, eat and bath bed 7:30
was restless and up and down until 9 then did dream feed about 9:30

[debo620]

I have an 11 week ok and we are also struggling with short naps!

My only thought when looking at your day is to try and feed earlier if necessary and after a short nap bring the next nap slightly forward... So maybe nap at 1:30 instead of 2

Or in your example; she napped from 2-2:30---I would have tried to get her back to sleep for maybe 20min, feed at 3, diaper change and back to bed for 3:30 at the latest.

I think the 30min naps are from overtired.

Do you have a swing?? I try for most naps in the crib but our last nap of the day is usually always in the swing because I know she will sleep longer in it... It helps us get through our day.

[D2323]

The past two days I can't get her to stay down for more than 15 or so minutes before waking. I have no idea what to do

[weaver]

Hello,
I can't quite tell what A time you're working on from your original post.  The average A time for an 8 week old is about 1 hr 15-20 minutes.  So it may be that she's undertired for some naps (she seems to be going down after an hour the first time, after 50 minutes the second time...).  If it's UT then it's an easy enough fix, just up her A time a bit, gently.

Having two on the go is hard!  Been there!  I would just say that 8 weeks is very young and you're doing really well to be thinking of her naps at all. You're already ahead in that sense and perhaps 'proper' sleep training can wait til she's older.  Cut yourself some slack, get all the help you can (including here).   You'll be doing well to get her into a lose routine and with some good sleep practices.  Aim to get some naps in the cot/crib and accept that some others will just have to be in a sling/buggy etc.  If you can at all, save your own sanity by aligning 18 month olds naps with 8 weeks olds.  That's a real life saver!  Also my LO1 was often happy to have time to play in his cot when LO2 needed to go down for a nap, that meant I knew he was safe and could relax a little. 

If you have time, have a look at these links... and there's a whole board devoted to 'and then there were two...'
Tips for those expecting 2 under 2
Ideas for how to sleep train and deal with naps with #2

Best of luck.