Nap schedule

Megispreg · November 2013

When is your LO napping these days?

Our schedule is all kinds of thrown off. She wakes up at 5:30, and is falling asleep by 9. Then she refuses to take an afternoon nap, so she's up for like 7 to 8 hours. I do not like this schedule at all, but I'm not sure how to fix it.

BatDaughter4Eva · November 2013

Wakes up around 8. Naps 11 to 1. Goes to bed at 8.

sdlaura · November 2013

DD is still pretty consistent. Wakes around 6:15 or 6:30 am, naps 9-10 am, and naps again 1-2:30 or 3 pm. Asleep at night around 7:30 pm.

It takes her a little longer to fall asleep at naptime than it used to. We also have to wake her up from her morning nap at 10 am because if she sleeps too long in the morning, she won't take her afternoon nap.

sdlaura · November 2013

Megispreg said:

When is your LO napping these days?

Our schedule is all kinds of thrown off. She wakes up at 5:30, and is falling asleep by 9. Then she refuses to take an afternoon nap, so she's up for like 7 to 8 hours. I do not like this schedule at all, but I'm not sure how to fix it.

How long does she sleep for her morning nap? Maybe you can keep it shorter and then she'd nap in the afternoon? That's what we had to do.

thepretzelchick · November 2013

Wakes up at 7. Naps 11-1. Bedtime is 7.

Megispreg · November 2013

Usually about 2 hours. I think I'm going to have to wake her up for her 15 month appointment today, so we'll see how it goes this afternoon.

vvvvvfee · November 2013

it depends if DS is at daycare or at home. at daycare he naps once in the afternoon at the scheduled naptime (between 1 to 3), but if he's at home he tends to nap at 11 AM or noon, and then again at 4 PM. his naps tend to be 1 hour or less. he usually goes to sleep between 8:30 and 9:30 each night and wakes up between 7 and 8 AM.

brandyleighxx · November 2013

Wakes between 6:30-7:30a, naps for about 2 hours between 11-2, and bed between 7:30-8p.

zbeesma86 · November 2013

BatDaughter4Eva said:

Wakes up around 8. Naps 11 to 1. Goes to bed at 8.

This. Sometimes 12-2 nap.

I've given up on the afternoon nap.

Is LO cranky? Sometimes I just let her have quiet time. Sit in her room & relax. Rock her & she cuddles with her blanket. If it leads to an afternoon nap, so be it!

AmySmolos · November 2013

Wakes at 6, naps at 1, bed at 7. His naps are about 1.5 to 2 hours and sometimes he wakes at 5:30:( I wish he slept longer at night.

cedenton · November 2013

During the week he takes one nap at DC from 12:15ish until whenever he wakes up. I think it's usually about 2 hours.

On the weekends if we're out and about we can do one two hour nap be it in the morning or afternoon. If we're staying in then he usually needs two because he's not distracted from his exhaustion.

First one about 2.5 hours after he wakes up which is normally between 6:30 & 7. The second is after about 3.5ish hours of awake time. Usually about 3 hours total. On Sunday he took two 2 hour naps. It was glorious.

He goes to bed around 7:30.

Rhomonk · November 2013

Wow. I guess I'm in the minority. We are still at 2 naps a day. Wakes between 6-6:30. First nap at 8:30, second nap around 1. Each nap can be 45 minutes to an hour and a half. Bed at 7.

twinkletoes3126 · November 2013

We are still at 2 naps a day although his morning nap is getting much shorter. He wakes between 6 and 6:30. Nap 1 is at 8:30 and is now only 45 minutes. Nap 2 is 1 or 1:30 and lasts about an hour and half. Bed at 7:30.

piphigirl · November 2013

Up at 7:00

Nap 10-noon

Nap 3:30-4:30

Bedtime at 8:00

Now, that is a daycare day. She still seems to need two naps on daycare days. At home on the weekends, we've changed up the schedule and are playing with one nap. It often looks like this:

Up by 7:30 (she'll typically wake on her own by 7:15)

Nap around 11:15-close to 2:00

In bed around 7:00ish

We're still tweaking that weekend schedule, though.

millerhomelife · November 2013

Up at 8am. Nap at 10am. Nap at 2:30pm. Bed at 8:30pm.

fastcarsandfreedom3319 · November 2013

Today: no nap. Not even a little bit. He is currently in his crib and I'm trying to force a nap on him.

Typically, he is up at 7:30ish, naps from 11:30-2, then bed at 8. But all this will change starting Monday when I start my new job and have to wake him up at 6:15...this should be fun..

Tapthathank · November 2013

We are still at 2 naps a day. Although last weekend he slept for maybe 20 min for his morning nap and no morning nap on Sunday. But usually it's wake up at 7-7:30, nap around 9/9:30 to 10/10:30. Then afternoon nap at 1/1:30 for an hour to 1.5. And bed at 7.

jodegaard · November 2013

He wakes up between 5:30 and 6. Nap from 12-1:45ish. In bed at 7.

austenfan919 · November 2013

Ugh. Naps were in transition from 2 to 1 for a few weeks before the time change, so inconsistent. And then after the change, DS started waking up at 5, so he was back to two naps, which were at about 9 and 2. (Bedtime at 7.)

I think he needs 1.5 naps right now...I think for the last week, he has taken a short one in the car in the morning (anywhere from 8:30 to 10) and then a normal one around 2 p.m.

I don't love doing the car thing, but three days a week we have no choice about driving at that time (DD's preschool and church) and I don't want to be stuck at home all day if he doesn't take a nap in his crib in the morning. I always try that first if we are home.