6 Month Old Wakes up After 30 Minutes of Napping. How to Get Him to Nap Longer?

I admit to having no practical experience here, but maybe you could try waiting a few minutes (no more than five) to come into his room when he wakes up after those 30 or so minutes? He might fall back asleep on his own if he doesn't see you and get excited about it.

If he is sleeping that long of a stretch at night I think that the 30 minute nap must be all that he needs.

My son had this phase. I can't remember how long it was, but it did go away. Sometimes one of his naps would be good an the otehr one short. I would wait for a few minutes before going in and he went back sometimes.

I used a swing and that worked great for nap time. It played music and had a moving mobile attached to it. He loved it.

How often are you letting him nap? Maybe you can try to keep him awake longer in between them. That is great he is sleeping 12 hours/night!! What is he like when he wakes up from his nap? Is he happy? Or still really groggy? If he is happy, then i'm sure that was a good enough nap for him.

My daughter is 7 months now and she takes 2 naps. She usually wakes at 7AM, naps at 10AM (for about an hour), naps at 2PM (2 hours) and then bedtime is 8PM. She occasionally will have a mini-evening nap for about 20 minutes, if that happens, I move her bedtime to 8:30.

We went through the same thing with my son and we cut back how long he sleeps at night. When he went from sleeping 12 hours a night to sleeping 9 or 10, he automatically started sleeping longer during his naps. As long as he's getting enough total sleep during the day he'll be fine.

My daughter would only take three 10 minute long naps but would sleep through the night, after I got her into the habit of taking longer naps she began to sleep less at night. Most likely he is getting all the sleep he needs. You can first try being sure he is full before taking his nap which may help him sleep longer. You could also try laying him down for multiple short naps through out the day. But I wouldn't worry to much about his not napping for long, as long he isn't cranky.

My son did this at around 6 months too. I think it was because he was just starting to be mobile--sitting up better on his own, rolling over a lot, etc. He had a harder time staying asleep at naps because he would wake himself up with the movement. Then once he was up, he just wanted to play in the crib. It passed after a while. Can't recall how long. Then he was back to longer naps.