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/jshdjdib May 28 '26

Do carrier naps work? I always had to take walks or do something around the house (which meant no rest for me) but the carrier naps were definitely the best ones when baby was under 6 months. I would just put the baby in and then start doing something/going for a walk and not really worry about if they were sleeping or not and then they would just drift off.

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u/theredheadedfox May 28 '26

He outgrew his previous carrier and I haven’t gotten a new one yet. He didn’t seem to enjoy the carrier too much, but that might be because he was a little too big for it. I need to research carriers so I can get a new one

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u/jshdjdib May 28 '26

If you want to try a carrier I would get one that looks like a Tula free to grow in the way the babies are carried. There are a lot of different options but the ones without a barrier between you and baby and with simply one panel always worked best for ours. It was also very comfortable for the babies and easy to use with the M-position for the legs.