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Yes, what Hannah said. My baby at 6 months never napped longer tbsb this. At 8ish months he started napping longer, but that meant worse night sleep. So we wake him at 45m still. If you don’t want to leave your baby to cry, don’t. Trust your baby when he is saying he doesn’t want to be left
Why do you want to "self-soothe"? I'm asking because my granddaughter is clearly a "physical touch" (5 Love Languages). If she is taking a nap by herself, it'll be about 15 minutes. But if I lie down with her and cuddle with her, we get a 2 hour nap. Lol. Personally, it's most important that kids feel loved and secure. I think she gets that from the physical touch than from "self-soothing."
Me and my partner will lay/sit with my son until he falls asleep and replace ourselves with pillows haha, he normally doesn't realize we are gone and sleeps as if we are holding him x
The ability to properly self sooth doesn't actually come till 3. They litrally don't have the part within their brain to actually do it until then, it deveops at 3. They can however learn that a dummy or a soft toy brings comfort when you aren't there. All they know if you and thus want you. Personally I wouldn't worry about it at 6 months.
Apparently the best way to teach a baby how to selth soothe is to show them. By picking them up when they cry you are comforting them and strengthening pathways in their developing brain that teach them how to comfort themselves. Some babies taj longer to get there than others but it's reassuring to know that by responding to your babies needs your giving them skills that will help for the rest of their lives.
30-45 minute naps are very normal
Also agreeing with the above, sounds like he doesn't need more sleep. Some babies need more sleep than others. We rarely get long naps either.
Hey all, thanks for the comments, very helpful! My LO isn’t big on being held to sleep either, he gets very fussy and uncomfortable when he can’t move freely so ends up waking after 25-30 minutes as opposed to the 45 minutes in the cot. He does however prefer our presence whilst he sleeps in the cot, if I’m there as soon as he starts fussing (before he wakes up) to pat him tummy or play some music he might sleep a further 30 minutes and he just seems all round in a better mood after those longer naps! Naturally, i’d like to try and use the 45 minutes I’m sat there to do things so I can give him my full attention when he’s awake! Which is why I’ve asked about self soothing.. I’ve seen that other mums have been successful and they’re babies are generally happier with the uninterrupted sleep so asking out of want for better sleep for him not because I don’t want him to feel soothed or secure ❤️
These naps are also, at times (the past 2 days esp), 10-15 minutes long so I think I may just have a FOMO baby?? but I’ll be sure to look into some other methods to promote better sleep instead 😁 x
some babies just don’t need longer naps. he might just be no longer tired after 45 mins maybe x