nap question...

SoxFan777 · June 2013

cross post: Do you have to wake your kid up from naps or do you let him/her wake on his own?

I wake mine up after 2 hours, but I realize that might be unusual. He's 22 months, if that matters, and sleeps 8pm till 6ish in the morning and then again 1 to 3. Is that standard?

tracy41 · June 2013

DS1 is 34 months, sleeps 8pm to 7am, and goes down for a nap at 1pm. He mostly wakes himself at 3 or 4pm. Once in a while he'll sleep past 5, usually because he played for an hour before falling asleep, and I'll wake him up before 5:30 because otherwise he has a hard time going to bed at 8. He's always been a big sleeper though.

TriciaandSean · June 2013

tracy41:
DS1 is 34 months, sleeps 8pm to 7am, and goes down for a nap at 1pm. He mostly wakes himself at 3 or 4pm. Once in a while he'll sleep past 5, usually because he played for an hour before falling asleep, and I'll wake him up before 5:30 because otherwise he has a hard time going to bed at 8. He's always been a big sleeper though.

We are about the same. Bedtime is around 8 and we wake around 7-7:30 in the morning but he'll sleep past 8 if we let him. Nap is around 1:00. At school he'll nap until about 3-3:30. At home he'll nap 3-4 hours regardless of what time he goes down.

He's always needed and loved his sleep.

mommytoconnor · June 2013

Damn I must be missing out. My DS goes to bed about 8 pm, wakes between 530 and 6 am, naps from around 1-3, if I am lucky. Some says it's about an hour nap. If I am lucky it's 2 hours. My kid doesn't like sleeping though. I am so envious of moms whos kids love to sleep. haha.

BelhurstBride · June 2013

I've always let DD wake herself. Sometimes she naps 90 minutes, sometimes it's over 3 hours.

Kingston54 · June 2013

If we have somewhere to go, I wake him... otherwise I let him sleep up to 3 hours.

rnbeth477 · June 2013

DS1 sleeps from 1 to 3. I wake him at 3, if he is still asleep which is usually the case. He won't go to sleep at bedtime if I let him sleep beyond 3.

momofmanyinthemitten · July 2013

DD sleeps 7 to 6, but doesn't nap. Around 22 mos, I had to physically hold her down, usually by massaging her or snuggling her, so that she would stay still long enough to fall asleep. I stopped at 2 years, since DS was on his way. She hasn't napped since. Boo. However, when she was still napping, she could wake up rather close to bedtime, say 5:30, and she'd still go down at 7.

BeanNut · July 2013

I don't think 2 hours is too long unless you've noticed a problem with it. I wake both of mine up if they make it to 3 hours (rarely happens).

My 29 month old sleeps 7:30-6:30am then naps 12-2 (sometimes less). My 9 month old sleeps 7-6am and naps twice a day anywhere from 30 minutes to 3 hours each.

fancynewbeesly · July 2013

It depends when she falls asleep; how late she stayed up the night before, etc. Summer we have been more lenient about napping unless we have to be somewhere at a certain time because I am off, so if she stays up a little later I don't mind.

I did wake her up after a 3.5 hour nap on Saturday though.

[Deleted User] · July 2013

The only time I wake DS from a nap is if it is past 4pm because then he would have a hard time going to bed at 8:00- 8:30.

Mommy2CB · July 2013

I will only wake if DS1 takes a late nap and he is still sleeping when the clock hits 6pm. We start his bedtime routine quarter to 8 and he's usually down by 8:30p, so I don't let him sleep past 6pm so he can still eat dinner, have playtime before actual bedtime.

Cherryblossoms07 · July 2013

DS goes to bed at 7 and wakes up at 6:30. He naps 1-3 hours. I have never woken either of my kids up from a nap unless there was an important appointment we would miss which is very rare.

Kids age 1-3 need between 12-14 hours of sleep a day.

jaxxx15 · July 2013

DS is 2 1/2 and just started to take a longer nap again. He wakes between 6/7 and goes down at 12...I will wake him at 2 1/4ish hours for his 7:30 bedtime.

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