Short naps

I recently have started putting my baby in his next 2 me crib for a couple of his day time naps. It takes about 10 minutes for him to get to sleep (it’s a bit of a battle 🤣), but he’s only staying asleep for 25 minutes before waking and not settling back down. Does anyone have any tips for how to help increase this time? Or will he just learn by himself? He’s used to having contact naps only and he’s 18 weeks today

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Following as I am in this situation too!

I am going to try and tackle this next week once he’s recovered from jabs. I am so worried about short naps though as it can really mess up his day!
I heard the first nap of the day is the best to start with as you can recover with a contact nap later if needed.
Also, a really dark room for when they change sleep cycles! Apparently, this is what it’s all about, they wake as they go from one cycle to the next. I think they will just learn to soothe on their own eventually. I saw a thing the other day saying wait 5 mins once they stir, to go in. Then next time 10mins etc.
We have only been contact napping since 8 week jabs. Last night I managed to get him down in his crib before he was in deep sleep. He still needed a lot of support to drift off but I see it as a start!
I’m just getting no relief during the day as he will only nap on me. Xx

My only tip to increase the time is to contact nap :)

If he’s reliably waking after about 25 mins I’d try setting a timer so that you can be there as soon as he stirs and rest your hand on his tummy - this sometimes (not always) helps my little one to re-settle and continue his nap

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