Reading this as my 10-week-old is currently asleep on my chest after trying to get him to take a nap in his bassinet for the last half an hour.
Thank you for reminding me I won’t get to do this forever and to enjoy it now.
I needed this reminder. We’re just beginning the 4-month sleep regression, and he’s fighting naps sooo hard (we call it the Crash Thrash). Literally just arches and wriggles so much, noshes on the binky angrily, and spits it out and cries. I can only get him down by baby wearing or going for a drive. Currently, he’s wrapped on my chest and I’m in our rocking chair! But I know I’ll miss this eventually when he’s bigger!
This! I really, really miss contact naps. My baby boy wants to sleep in the dark bedroom with white noise. I nurse him for most of the naps and in the evening to sleep lying next to him, but for the sleeping mom, it’s not needed. 
It is like that since he’s around 4 months! Sometimes he sleeps in the carrier when he is really tired, but just for 10-20 mins. In the bed, his naps are between 40-120 mins 
My son turned six months and literally never contact napped again. I remember week 8-6 months praying he would just fall asleep on his own. He would need to be rocked for 45 minutes, and then you would just hope he slept through the night.
He’s now 2.25 years old and still can’t even have me in the room if he is trying to sleep.
I’ve enjoyed the contact naps more this time around. Don’t even try to lay him down except when I want some alone time with my older son.
I miss those days 
Needed to read this… currently nap trapped with my 8-month-old after a failed attempt to transfer into the crib. As much as I would love the free time, I know I’m going to miss this when it’s over. The nursing to sleep, the wide-eyed smiles when he wakes up, etc.
True! My son always preferred to contact nap. Around 11 months he decided he wanted to lay down on his own. Broke my heart.
He’s not feeling well today and he’s napping on me now 
I know my son was only a contact sleeper. And now he can’t sleep on me; he just wants to sleep on a flat surface horizontally.
Mine stopped contact napping around 5 months. I can’t get them even when I want them now. He fusses hardcore when I try. I have to sneak them when he’s super sleepy at night
Thank you 
Reading this as I was starting to feel guilty about just sitting on the bed instead of putting the baby down to clean the breakfast dishes.
My baby simply will not nap unless we’re holding him or on a long drive. And then he wakes up, and it’s time to play again. Days when my partner is home too, we just spend most of it playing and snuggling all together instead of switching off baby duty and chores. Sometimes I get really down on myself for not keeping up with housework more, but I just need to remember he won’t always constantly need me, and I’ll miss these little moments so much when they’re a thing of the past. Family time is much more important than an impeccable home.
My mom always reminds me of how un-cuddly I was as a baby. Fast forward to now, my mom is dubbed the “human mattress” and contact naps with my 4mo old whenever she’s in town (often!). She says at certain angles it looks like she’s cuddling baby me, which I find endearing. I’d like the freedom of nap time back, but I’m in no rush to get there.
I never got to enjoy many. Baby was fresh out the womb and straight to work wanting to do tummy time on my chest at an hour old. 
The only time she really slept soundly on my chest was when she’d had her jabs. She’s now nearly 12 weeks. We do hold hands though while she’s asleep in her next2me crib.
Awww they grow so fast! My LO is 3mo, and we have been a bit strict on limiting contact naps since he was born to get a routine of sleeping in his bassinet. But the last week we have started to be a bit lax on the rules just for this reason. He’s growing up quickly, which I am grateful for, and I want to soak in the cuddles.
You’re doing a great job! It’s a blessing to get to grow up
They are so cute! We did contact naps for daytime only; she was sleeping in her crib since we brought her home. The first few months she would wake every 1-2h, but now she only wakes to feed a couple of times at night, so it’s manageable.