My 9 1/2 month old little girl ALWAYS had 40 minute sleeps (even in the sling, the carseat or on my chest and she never slept in the pram) and would wake up still sooo tired (crying and rubbing eyes) but I eventually stopped fighting her CATnaps and threw in the towel with the resettling technique I learned at a week stay at the "sleep clinic", (which was only distressing her and her mummy evenmore). I was told by the clinic sister, the sleep clinic and even a sleep professional (who we paid to come to the rescue on a Sunday-to no avail) to put her back in the cot as soon as she showed the "tired signs" (but they are really hard to determine when your bub is chronically overtired) so after months of her being in the cot for 40 mins every couple of hours she has finally stretched out 1 or sometimes both of her daysleeps to 1hr 20 mins (2 cycles of 40 mins) YAY! I found that putting her back to bed after only being awake for 2 1/2 hrs maximum in the morning helps.And a bottle BEFORE her sleep works best for us rather than the "text book" FEED, PLAY, then SLEEP routine. Our typical day: up at 6am, breakfast, play, bottle, bed at 8.30am. Up at 10am, play, lunch, bottle, bed at 1.30pm. Up between 2.15 and 3pm then dinner at 5pm, bath, bottle and bed at 6.30 (although she is taking a while to go to sleep, and does wake once in the night for a feed). I have tried lots of ways to get rid of the night feed: controlled crying [FERBER], trying to decrease the amount of formula each night [PANTLEY] water to resettle [Ngala], wrapping, etc but no luck. Things have improved tremendously, so now I try enjoy each day (cos I was wishing the months away and now want things to stay as they are with my gorgeous little girl). Keeta's mummy xxx