Sleep Child Sleep

Little Miss sleeps through the night *knocks wood* (I can't stop speaking Twitter). Her bedtime routine normally starts around 7:30pm. She wakes around 3am. I feed her and she falls back asleep until around 6am. I bring her into our bed and nurse her again where I can maybe squeeze about 1 to 2 more hours out. This has been going on for about a week or 2. I think. My days/hours still run together and I'm hardly ever aware of exact times. I am so grateful for this. I know it could be worse but.....

I really wish she would take three 2 hour naps AND sleep through the night. Yes, I'm greedy like that. I like to have my cake and eat it too. I'd like to be able to do things like clean, cook, eat, and craft now that I'm having so much good sleep. Instead, I spend the day putting her down for naps. Swaddling and rocking for a nap that could very well be 10 minutes long. I go through this routine a minimum of 5 times a day. It's exhausting. She fights sleep. She fights the swaddle. She's also getting heavier and heavier (mom's milk is good *fist pump*). 

I wouldn't insist on these naps if she were chilled out but she isn't. She has about 1 hour in her before she turns into a crank monster. Why are babies like this? Why do they refuse the sweetness of a good long nap?

In case the sleep gods are reading I want to reiterate: Naps AND (not instead of) night sleep.