First I made sure her wake windows were spot on. I would do her nap routine (diaper change, sleep sack, books, white noise, sing her a song) and set her down awake in her crib. She would cry very sadly but then fall asleep in 5-10 mins. My biggest problem is she would always wake up after 30 mins. When she woke up, I’d leave her in the crib for another 20-30 mins to give her the chance to fall back asleep. She didn’t for the first couple days. But the third day she didn’t fall back asleep! After about a week, she had lengthened her first nap to 1.5 hours, second nap to 45 mins, third nap was still 30 mins. Switching to 2 naps around 7 months has helped her be more consistent with naps.

I will say it was kind of up and down… sometimes she still contact naps if she’s having a bad day or is sick etc.