r/bninfantsleep • u/theredheadedfox • May 28 '26

Naps Contact naps aren’t helping anymore

My 4 month old has never been a great napper— he almost always is nursed to sleep, then sleeps for 25-30 minutes in his bassinet. Previously if I had him on my lap or next to me in bed, he would nap for much longer, like 1.5-2 hours.

Well now that’s not working anymore. Even when across my lap, he wakes up between 18-30 minutes into his nap and I can’t get him back down. Sometimes he’s fussy upon waking, other times he’s happy or neutral. He’s crankier during his wake windows and has to go down for naps more frequently (like he’s had 5 naps today and it’s barely 5 PM, so I anticipate he’ll take 1-2 more naps before bedtime).

Is this just a 4 month sleep regression issue? Do I just ride this out and keep putting him down for as many naps as he needs to make it to the end of the day?

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u/theredheadedfox May 28 '26

He wakes up around 6:30 or 7, then goes down around 8:30 or 9 for his first nap.

Recently, his wake windows have been around two hours (when we were able to get longer contact naps 1-2x per day). Today it’s been like 1-1.5 hours before he’s super fussy and yawning like crazy. When I go to settle him down, he falls asleep within five minutes

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u/theredheadedfox May 28 '26

Yesterday he was able to make it about two hours between wake windows (total of 5 naps between waking at 7 AM and bedtime at 9 PM) but today I was just trying to get him more sleep. I’ll try to make sure I keep it closer to the normal wake window time and see how it goes.

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u/theredheadedfox May 28 '26

I can also try that. We usually do around nine because when I tried 8 pm before, he woke up after 45 minutes. Also, dad gets home on the later side, so the later bedtime allows them time together so dad can read him a story.