u/dogcatlion

My baby is 5.5 months old. We started sleep training 3 days ago and it’s worked fine. Where I’m really struggling is naps. They’ve never been a great napper independently but about two weeks ago we started getting into a glorious rhythm where they’d take 2 2 hour naps. This lasted about 4 days and then naps went to crap again. I can’t even focus on wake windows because it’s just a crap shoot getting them to nap. They also go to daycare where they won’t nap. They are there daily for ~7 hours and will nap a whopping 40 mins. Once home I can usually do 1 40 min nap. A good day of naps is ~1.5 hours in total.

If they fall asleep in my arms and I put them down they immediately cry and do not stop. If I put them down awake they cry and do not stop. I honestly just don’t know what to do because half my weekends are just trying to get them to nap and then my weekday evenings are just trying to deal with an overtired infant. I was trying to do 2/2.5/3/3 wake windows but that’s not even working since naps are so hit or miss.

I don’t even know what to do at this point. Any help or advice is greatly appreciated.

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I think I genuinely blacked out when my other child was this age because I have no memory of how much they slept. As the title says my four month old does not nap. They’ll take a 20 minute nap at daycare and then a 40 minute nap at home and then… That’s it. Should I be concerned?! They’ll sleep about 12 hours each night with one wake up to eat. Is that enough!