He rarely sleeps longer than 40 minutes through the day

[littleberlin]

That sounds like my daughter! Aurelia has been doing three or four naps of exactly forty minutes each since she was ten weeks old. Recently we've begun swinging her in her hammock after about thirty minutes (when she comes into shallow sleep), and if we persist through this restless phase she makes it through to 1hr 40m. We have been trying to encourage this longer sleep at the middle of the day as she finds it so difficult to stay up in the early evenings, although she wants to. It's working well so far - hopefully she will get to the stage where she just knows to nap for that long. So, I can recommend any kind of movement. Good luck!

[Sterla]

Thanks for your replies . So, seems to be pretty normal then. I find it difficult to get much done through the day, but apart from that I'm okay with the short naps. He really does seem to only need 40 mins, cause when he wakes up he's all smiles and babbling... Still, I'll look forward to those longer naps when he's older .

[Salad]

Hi Sterla I agree with amberJ Georgia is the same she used to have big day sleeps but them got to about 4 months and will only have 2-3 30 min sleeps during the day. I would be frustrated thinking man how can I get her to sleep longer because things I read would say "just because they wake after 30 mins doesnt mean that is all they need" (I need to stop reading lol) but now I also just go with the flow because she is happy when she wakes and is not grumpy etc.

[Pandora]

DS2 only sleeps 40 mins, for the whole day sometimes
It should get longer as he gets older, like other have said.

[onthefly]

I have found over time that DS' day sleeps have gotten longer, generally.
One thing you can try is to go in about 5 minutes before the usual wakeup time and stand poised to resettle. if you do it right away you might get another 40 minutes (it doesn't always work). If you do it regularly for 1-2 weeks, then you may find he starts to sleep longer on his own.