Hi!
My LO is almost 7 months old and has been catnapping since she was a newborn. Until the 6 months mark she couldn´t afford more than 2 hours A time and was having 4 naps a day each exactly of 30 min, for a total of 2 hours sleep. Recently she stretched her A time a bit and dropped one nap but the other three naps are still short. In addition to that the 30 min have become 23, 25, 32, 35 (Never longer than 35 min anyway). This results sometimes in not even 1, 5 hours of daily sleep, which is far too few. I´m managing to extend one nap every now and then by laying with my daughter in my bed. In that case either she turns around and sleeps again or she tosses for 20, 30 or 40 (!) minutes before falling asleep again and is then able to sleep up to an additional hour and a half.
Although she never cries when she wakes up but rather coos and plays with her lovey I can clearly see that she’s still very tired, she rubs her eyes and yawns and starts getting cranky soon. It´s not unusual that I need to lay her I the cot after just one hour A time. Also, tiredness affects feeding as well, especially in the evening.
I need to mention that I have never rocked or nursed her to sleep and she´s able to fall asleep on her own since a couple of months already. I always put her awake in the cot at BT and she falls asleep within 5 min with no fussing at all. For the naps she normally sleeps in the cot as well although I recently started to put her in my bed to “rescue” her sleep (in the cot it´s kind of impossible) and lay next to her to get some sleep for myself too (I know, I could get a prop for her in this way…).
I´ve being trying everything (stretch A time, shorten A time, soothe back to sleep, w2s, etc.) but nothing seemed to work. Moreover, she doesn´t like sleeping in the stroller or in the car

Nights are ok, she only comes to eat once between 4 am and 6 am, she´s still very tired when she wakes up though. I think that depends on the fact that she has a very light and agitated sleep and tosses and turns around very much starting from 3.30 /4 am (I often need to reinsert the paci and rub her head to get her to continue sleeping). At 6 am she normally comes in our bed until WU thus calming down. This has also become a habit but I actually love it and least we can all get a bit more sleep.
Below is the schedule of today:
WU: 8.40 (WU is usually between 7.30 and 9)
A: 2 H (E: 8.45, bottle)
S: 10.49 – 11.22 (32 min)
A: 2,5 H (E: 12.34, solids)
S: 13.51 – 14.23 (32 min)
A: 2,5 H (E: 16)
S: 17.05 – 17.33 (28 min)
E: 19 (solids)
BT: 20 (BT varies between 19.45 and 20.15 depending on the last nap)
Sorry for the long novel, I just didn´t want to skip any details. I start thinking it´s a developmental thing but maybe there is anything I can adjust or try?
Many thanks in advance!
Alex