Baby Naps?!

Lilith is the worst at taking naps!!!!!!!!

Now, don't get me wrong, she is such a good baby. She eats her food, she plays with her toys, and is for the most part content all the time. She also is a good night sleeper (she's always been pretty good at that), which is awesome. But, it's so hard to get her to take a nap!!!!!

Up until 2 weeks ago, she would not nap during the day. She would get up at 7 am, and she'd be up and alert until 9:30 at night. It was pretty rough....

I've recently been feeding her right when she wakes up in the morning, usually around 7 or 8. Then, I put her back to bed. She lays there for a bit, and then drifts back off to sleep. Then, she'll get up around 10 or 10:30. This works out great because I can either go back to sleep (which is the route I often take) or I can get up and get some work done (I work from home, very convenient). Then when she gets up, she'll sit in her high chair and we'll have some breakfast.

After that though, it's very difficult to get her to chill out and take a little nap in the afternoon. I know all babies are different...yada yada yada...but I feel like she should at least take an hour nap around 2ish. There have been a few times where I've laid her down and she'll take a nice 2 hour nap, but most of the time, she freaks out. I let her try to calm down herself which works sometimes, but other times I have to keep going up and calming her down, only to end up getting her back up. With the rate that babies grow and develop, it just seems like they need to take that little extra nap time so that they can catch up with themselves. Maybe that's dumb logic, but that's what I think. And the fact that she is so much more pleasant after the nap speaks volumes to me.

So, my question is, does anyone else have an issues putting their baby down for a nap? Or possibly any suggestions? I've tried the whole routine thing, and I don't know that it's really doing a whole lot. Any comments would be greatly appreciated! :)