Just keep following wake windows! But you might be coming into the 3-4 month regression. My girl had like a month or two of 30 min naps. I fed to sleep every time and that helped but the naps were still short
2026-09-02 12:30:29
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rayrayrob :
Eat, play, eat a little, sleep.
2026-09-01 22:57:01
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Olivia Rice :
If her naps are short she will just end up taking more throughout the day! Just follow appropriate wake windows for her age so she doesn’t get overtired and don’t worry about what happens in between naps, if she eats the whole time cool if she plays and eats to sleep cool just make sure she sleeps when wake window is over. It will adjust as she grows
2026-09-02 14:54:39
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Danielle :
I did not even ATTEMPT a nap schedule until mine was 6 months old. Baby will sleep when they're tired.
2026-09-02 13:43:41
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Addi Hunter :
Both my babies are on same nap schedule since about 3mo old! We do one long nap in middle of day and she does fine with the long nap!!! (Like 2-3hr nap) Also Hallie can’t nap unless she’s in the dark with sound machine or she will literally stay awake 😅
2026-09-19 21:52:36
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authenticmadi :
I just don’t bother with a “schedule” she sleeps when she’s tired. I wish I had advice lol
2026-09-02 00:06:14
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Carleigh :
If your baby wakes up before an hour or so of nap just hold them or put them in a carrier or go on a stroller walk whatever you need to do to get them to go back to sleep and then wake them up to feed. They aren’t waking up because they are hungry. They are waking up because they can’t connect sleep cycles and need help getting back to sleep.
2026-09-05 23:51:15
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Krista Blue :
I tried and tried to stick to a schedule and it just didn’t work for my baby till she was older. I followed her cues and that helped so much with naps. Fed her to sleep as much as she wanted till fourish months then did a slow process of sleep training.
2026-09-05 12:08:03
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Marina D :
Eat a lil, play, eat, sleep
2026-09-08 14:01:23
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Mia Hurd :
I still nurse a little before nap, I find it helps them have a longer nap
2026-09-05 01:37:34
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Squiddy 🐙🎱 :
Idk girl, it’s been 9 months and I haven’t slept, slightly going crazy lol
2026-09-02 04:09:31
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Julia :
This unfortunately sounds normal for this stage because they aren’t connecting sleep cycles very well during the day yet so they get cat naps. And with so many cat naps they have shorter wake windows. Some babies do fall asleep when tired sure but some of us have babies that you HAVE to put to sleep so I get you! My second is 10 weeks and our whole day revolves around putting him to sleep :)
2026-09-05 11:41:43
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maddy ❣️ :
my baby is 12 weeks and is also cat napping! she ONLY takes longer naps if I'm baby wearing or holding her right now. I don't have any advice other than baby wearing if she allows that!
2026-09-05 02:46:29
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Jenni | Style in Progress :
Here in solidarity. My son took 25-30 minute naps only until he was 10 months old
2026-09-04 02:56:08
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Samantha | SAHM 🍒 :
Naps don’t even BEGIN to start lengthening til 5 months momma!! Feed baby as often as they need. I just never fed to sleep because I didn’t want to have to break that habit and kick myself one day
2026-09-05 12:21:41
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lakenoutnumbered :
I had this issue too!!! We would start the day with eat, play sleep but as it progressed, it would be wake up from short nap, cut play short a little bit, eat, nap and then that would be the order! I wouldn’t worry too much about her becoming reliant on bottles to sleep (if that’s your worry with letting her eat before sleep), because things change sooooo much from weeks 11 on. As her naps get longer, she will be able to do eat, play, sleep better! Just always start the day that way so that as she starts sleeping longer, it naturally will continue that way all day! I hope that makes sense 🫶🏻
2026-09-01 23:34:58
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Sophia Seta :
I just went off my baby. If she wanted to sleep I let her sleep. If she doesn’t I didn’t stress it. I just remind myself when I get frustrated that they’re new, don’t know what’s going on, and doing their best just like we are. It’s all our first time on this earth 💞💞
2026-09-07 00:54:51
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kesha_bachman :
I try to just read my babies cues so our routine is always a little different each wake window. A lot of the time wake windows look like this for us: wake up, diaper change, feed, play, bouncer time, nurse to sleep. She alternates between short and long naps I normally get two longer naps and a couple short naps. After short naps I will play with her before I try to feed her again because she’s not always waking up hungry.
2026-09-07 00:36:19
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Melbamoowho :
It's been a roller coaster ride when it comes to sleep with my now 12 month old. He will have a few weeks of "regular" sleep patterns then back to no sleep. I roll with it, stick to a schedule and if he won't sleep we go outside for a walk in the stroller and try to lay down after walk. The stroller/walk will at least relax him, sometimes he'll sleep after but if not at least we had a relaxing walk.
2026-09-02 13:32:19
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EvaMae Louise Hudson :
I wish I had this problem honestly. I was on blood pressure meds that made Jeremiah sleep all the time. He lost so much weight because he wouldn’t stay awake.
2026-09-02 12:04:27
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Stacy Davis :
My babies slept after eating or nursed to sleep, at least. I also just followed their cues, and we didn't do a schedule until they were older. But I did like the book the Happy Sleeper. It helped me quite a bit
2026-09-02 09:14:09
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darb :
You eventually get use to it. She’s really too young to be doing by a set schedule, you need to figure out what works for her.
2026-09-02 04:32:16
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Casey J 🌻 :
We had to eat, sleep, play for a while! Is she sleepy after her bottle?
2026-09-14 11:10:22
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