Give me the lowdown on ur LO naps

littlefellers

My dd will nap for 15-45 minutes  about three times a day. I can't remember when they start napping longer. My baby whisperer book says she should b napping 1-2 hrs per nap. That aint happening! She is technically sttn so that's a plus!

 

What about you? 

megann831

that doesn't sound like much sleep at all.  DS wakes around 6, sleeps from about 7 or 8 untill 10 or 11 when I usually wake him to make sure he'll sleep when I put DD down, then he sleeps from 12-2 and again around 4-5 or 6 then around 8 for the night.  He usually wakes up once to eat then right back to sleep.

littlefellers

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Did LO make this schedule on his own or do u hv any tips? My older daughter was a great sleeper and I can't remember how I did it! Or may she's just too young. 

piedpiper07

DS naps for an hour or less usually.. probably 3 times a day.  He also doesn't sleep longer than 2.5 hours at night either. Not sure if that is normal at all but he seems ok.

stanfordt04

my little guy was doing the same thing! i realized i had to set my air conditioning at 75 degrees instead of 70 degrees to get those longer naps... he was cold even though i thought he was warm enough...i can't believe the difference! he is getting a good solid 2-3 hour nap in twice a day.

i figured this out because he slept AMAZINGLY at my mom's place... and her house was always a little warmer than mine.

nicole0066

I usually get two 30-45min naps and a much longer 2+hr nap in the afternoon and then another short one before bed.  She gets up every few hours throughout the night.  DD gets overtired easily so I don't let her go more than 2 hours before going down.  Usually she is ready after an hour to hour and a half.  I foubd that I have to swaddle her for naps as well or she will startle herself awake.

seunrine

My son is 7 weeks. He only sleeps for 3-3 1/2 hours at a time at night. After he wakes up in the morning he nurses, is awake for about an hour and then typically naps for about 2 hours. But that is the longest "nap" he takes. Throughout the day it's usually 25-45 min.

barbyjp

Our LO typically sleeps from around 2-3 hours per nap..there are usually a few times in the evening of late afternoon that she gets fussy and only sleeps and hour then wants to feed again...I am trying to establish a "morning feeding" starting today, when I am waking baby up at 7 am...whether she was just awake at 6 or not...hoping to start the beginnings of a schedule for her.

TnG05

I never know how LO is going to nap day to day.  Yesterday he refused no matter how much I tried to take a nap until around noon and we got up at 8:30. He slept for close to an hour then was up again until 5 and slept until 6:30 and didn't go back to sleep until close to 11.   He's not sleeping through the night yet but he is sleeping in 3.5-4 hour stretches at night.  He's never been much of a sleeper.