Does anyone have advice as to gently sleep training?

Hey everyone! I just want any tips and tricks for sleep training my 4 month old. He slept his first night last night 9 total hours which I am super proud of him for, but it's been a week and when it comes to naps he just constantly wants to be carried and I've tried the self-soothe method but he just starts crying and I hate to see him that way, so I let him a little but then I rock him, let him be asleep and put him in the crib for the rest of the nap. I have been trying the moms on call but I figured to ask you all for advice since the book seems a lot easier said than done. I feel like a bad mom because I also want him to nap on me from time to time instead of the different methods but at the same time I just want his naps to be better and keep him calm.

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I haven’t tried naps, I just do night time because it was hard for me to hear my baby cry at night and I couldn’t also do during the day lol. Nighttime was more important for me. However, i just want the share some hope, my baby’s naps naturally got longer when his wake windows were extended! So he started to nap longer now (he’s 7 months). Sharing this to say, it may just get better with time (if sleep training isn’t what you want to do) I know it’s hard to also hold for every nap…I did it since he was 8 weeks lol sometimes you want to do something for yourself other than hold for a nap.

Maybe give it time if that sounds better to you ❤️ but you know your baby best!

Thank you so much for your advice. I feel like nighttime is better to focus on rather than the nap situation lol. Sleep training is tough because I hate not being near him & hearing him flustered. But I will protist when he's older for sure ♥️

Naps are usually way harder than night time cause the “sleep pressure” is low during the day.

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