My 6 Month Old Does Not Nap More than 1 Hour a Day. Please Help!!!

At 6 months old, your baby should still be taking a morning nap, as well as an afternoon nap. Both of my kid's schedules looked like this: sleep 7:30 p.m. to 7 a.m., nap at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. My son napped for an hour for each time, and my daughter naps for an hour and a half. I think baby's sleeping habits change around 6 months. Now is the perfect time to get him on a new schedule. I agree about researching self-soothing methods and putting him down in his own crib for naps and at bedtime. It's better sleep for everyone. We swaddled both of our kids, rocked them a little while to calm them down, and then lay them down in their cribs. My son went to sleep with soothing lullaby music playing, and my daughter gets too excited by music, so we put a fan on in her room. Both of my kids were/are exclusively breastfed, so I don't think nursing is the issue in itself. I decided to nurse after my children woke up, so they wouldn't associate nursing with going to sleep. I think changing your nursing routine would help. It usually takes at least 3 days for a baby to get used to a new routine, maybe even up to 2 weeks. So whatever you do decide to do, stick with it. Good luck!

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my son use to take 3 naps during the day about 2 hrs apart. then around 6 mnths he stopped taking one of them and started going 3 hrs without sleep. maybe he just doesnt need that much sleep. my child also started sleeping through the night at four mnths but that was a struggle. we would let him cry for 10 min then go comfort him...then extend it to 11 min the next night. now he sleeps from 7pm to 7:30 am and if he wakes up at night he always gets himself back to sleep. and if ur child keeps getting up at night try not nursing him just comfort him once he knows he's not going to get any milk he might not think its worth the effect to keep getting up. after all newborns need the nightime feedings 6mnth olds dont

Maybe he's teething? for some reason when they are laying down it hurts more than when they are awake. You might try the teething tablets or some other remedy that you are comfortable with to alleviate pain and see if that helps.

My son went through napping phases where he would barely sleep during the day, he never got the recommended amounts of sleep. He finally settled down to a good night and day sleeping pattern at about 19 months, he is now 21 months. As long as he isn't really fussy during the day, maybe that is all your son needs. I breastfed (and still do, don't stop over this), and coslept and put him down for naps the same way you do now, and it did finally stop (maybe around a year, maybe before). We worked on it for a while, and finally came up with the solution of me nursing him to sleep while sitting, and putting him down on my bed (I tried many things, and that has worked best for the longest time). I would say try some different things, but just because they don't work the first time or two, don't give up, try something else and then come back to them later. Since he is a good weight and most likely isn't hungry, try to cut back on the night nursing. This article helped me: http://drjaygordon.com/attachment/sleeppattern.html. You may want to try only getting rid of the first feeding session, but still feed him when he wakes up again, in case he really is hungry.

Every baby is different, some need more sleep than others. Maybe try laying the baby down for naps by himself. My second child slept better during the day without me (although I still coslept with her at night). It made me a little sad but she got more sleep that way. She also slept really well in the swing. I don't think stopping nursing is the solution. It may just be a phase, or you just need to adjust the routine. Good luck. It's frustrating when they change how they are acting just when you get used to things going a certain way :).