Naps doing something wrong?

You are not doing something wrong! All we can do is create a comfortable and safe sleep environment and offer sleep at the appropriate times (eg mindful of wake windows). Beyond that, it’s up to our little ones to actually sleep! Is your son generally happy while awake? If so, I wouldn’t give it another thought.

At this age total daytime sleep is what matters, not so much the breakdown between naps vs night. Target is 12-16 hours per day so you’re doing great.

4 month olds need like 15 hours of sleep. So if LO is sleeping 10-12 hours at night, short day naps are normal. My LO does similar. Just a cat napper during the day. Not great for daycare, but great for on the go on weekends!

My baby naps for exactly 20 mins on his own (after LOTS of work to get him to sleep) and doesn’t sleep more than 9-10 hours at night. I was told when he wakes to hold him or nurse him so he sleeps longer but gets the crib practice for those first 20 mins. If I hold him and go for a walk he’ll sleep longer. Now I am taught to have crib hour which is to leave him in the crib for an hour in total including when he slept so he understands to sleep an hour. I check on him every couple minutes-Ferber method. Also it’s helpful to put him to sleep before he’s crazy tired. He’ll start being fussy at the 2hr awake mark so I start trying to nap him when he’s been awake for 1.5hrs.

I read somewhere that all you can do is offer the nap, you can’t MAKE them
Nap. You’re doing amazing ❤️