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[quote=Anonymous]I don't know if I'm looking for advice or reassurance that this too shall pass or what. Our 3+ month (15 week old) baby will not nap independently. He does amazing at night - we have a Snoo and he sleeps 12 hours with 0-1 wake up, but we don't use it for naps for various reasons (it's not in a room with black-out shades, and I don't want to keep swaddling him for every sleep. We've been attempting to get him to nap in his crib since 10 weeks).

I follow average wake windows and sleepy cues, implemented a nap routine, and try my best to put him down awake and let him fall asleep on his own with varying success. Some days he's a champ, other days I have to rescue the nap after 10 minutes of letting him try, sometimes really working himself up (I'm not comfortable letting him CIO at this point). Regardless, if he happens to fall asleep in his crib successfully, he won't nap longer than 30 minutes aside from the odd 40 minute nap here and there. I generally will hold to extend or baby wear 1-2 naps a day just to make sure he's getting enough day sleep and not a complete mess by the end of the day.

Everything I've read says that this is developmental and very common until they start consolidating day sleep at 5-6 months old and naps generally start to extend on their own then. However, I recently returned to work and our nanny is just having tons of trouble getting him to nap throughout the day (in the crib, holding to extend, etc.) and I don't know what to do! I feel terrible for her because she isn't getting any breaks, and I feel terrible for my baby because he isn't getting good restorative naps. We are not comfortable with sleep training a 3 month old, and I don't even know what that would look like since it would really just be nap training as he is amazing in the Snoo at night. Any advice?!

I'm really resenting the bullsh-t, uniquely American short mat leave because I should be the one dealing with this with my 3 month old, not someone else, but alas, we need healthcare (linked to employer) UGH.[/quote]

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