Nap help

My little one has slept through the night since 10 weeks old. At the same time this coincided with daytime naps being approx. 30mins. She will be 7 months in 1 week and still on x4 30 naps a day. I have tried creating the same night environment with black out blinds, sleep bag, white noise etc. but nothing works. Other babies from my antenatal group that are a similar age are now on x2 naps and have at least one that is 1.5-2hrs and have been for about a month. I have no idea what I am doing wrong. Please can I have some advice?

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Hey!

First of all you are doing absolutely nothing wrong.

There are certain things you can try to lengthen naps but not everything works for every baby. Some babies just do 30 minute naps. It’s not causing any harm.

We think of this magical 2 hour nap in the middle of the day but a lot of babies just don’t necessarily do it. I think we like the 2 hour nap as we see this as time to get things done.

If your little one is happy that is the big question. As she gets older she may start doing longer naps but please don’t put yourself under any pressure.

Lots would love their baby to sleep through at 10 weeks old and most don’t.

You’re doing great!

Mel The baby sleep nurse
Insta babysleepnurseuk

Thank you so much for responding!
This makes me feel much better. I kept thinking I was doing something wrong or causing it to continue x

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