Sleep

My 4.5 month old (born 2nd March) will sleep 12 hours over night in the next to me crib without waking for a feed or needing to be resettled but during the day he will only contact nap and if I try to put him down he wakes after 30 minutes. I mean I’m not complaining as he sleeps so well during the night but is there anyone else in a similar position that has managed to extend day naps after being put down?

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My daughter is the same age (1st of march) she sleeps so well overnight and her very first morning nap is about 2 hours and then the rest were 30-45 minutes. She occasionally will have a 2 hour nap in the afternoon too. I didn't really do anything different to before she just started napping longer now during the day it could just be down to your baby too 🙂 X

My oldest didn’t nap in her cot until she was 6 months and we did gentle sleep training to support her with self settling. Like yours, she would sleep 12 hours overnight from 3 months but would only contact nap. Sleep pressure isn’t there as much in the day so they wake easier between sleep cycles if they can’t self settle!

I’m sure babies are supposed to sleep 14 to 15 hours a day, a big chunk is done at night so don’t worry too much about the cat naps during the day! My little one only does 30 min contact naps but gets about 12 to 13 hrs of sleep a night x

Hello. What a dream to have that long sleep. How do you do it please? Are they formula fed? X

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