Daytime nap sleep cycles

I've read something about 3 month sleep regression and 'crap nap' phase around 3 months because they start to develop a Circadian rhythm. They say put them down drowsy but not asleep so that their environment doesn't change as they wake up. You could try black outs and white noise but my LO is 12 weeks and is exactly the same, most days I just give in to him sleeping in the carrier in the day because we don't have major issues with night sleep. They like to be close still.

It's something that develops with age I think. My older child started to connect them about 4 months but they need to be able to self settle first.
The morning nap is the one that lengthens first.
Definitely in the crap nap stage here so just waiting it out 🤞

What do you do with them if they end up having shorter naps than they should? Normally a lunch nap should be about 2ish hours but mine still has 45 minutes on the dot.

thanks for your feedback Liz. We do have blackouts and I have rain sounds on at night time and naps. What do you do if your little one has a shorter nap than they need? Do you carry them and hope they fall back asleep?

Same boat my 3m old doesn't seem to want to nap in the day now and if she does it's 45m at most. Mamma is exhausted 😩

I'm going through the same stage and read this...

The sleep regression at three months is not fun for anyone. It marks the start of sudden “crap naps” and usually means it’s tricky for your little one to go back to sleep and stay asleep. 

The best thing you can do is try your best to help them extend their naps so they are at least an hour long. That could be rocking, putting dummy back in etc. If it’s not going to happen, move on with your day, shorten the next wake window and try again either at the next nap or the next day.

@Kat try and resettle back to sleep...contact nap, pram etc. But if no joy after 15 mins or so then I just try again next nap.
I remember being shocked because one day at around 4/5 months old..my little girl just suddenly slept for 90 mins as opposed to the 30 min to the dot naps 🤣 trying not to stress over naps this time as it's just a phase x

yeah if he stirs and hasn't had long I just sway a bit but he can sleep for up to an hour plus in the carrier that's why I use it for some of the naps. Mainly so I can get things done or sit down and rest for a while because like your LO he just cat naps if it isn't a contact nap. We sometimes use a dummy to settle him but I don't like to overuse that. If he isn't ready to nap and wants to play, do that and try again in 30 mins or so that worked for me yesterday.