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5-6 month old- how many naps?

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We have a new teacher in DD's room at daycare and since she started DD's naps have decreased to 2- 30 minute naps (during the hours of 8-5:30). We're not sure if this is just a time of transition for DD or if the new teacher is not putting her down for naps enough. She is really tired when she gets home and wants to go to sleep around 6:30.

How many naps and what duration is your 5-6 month old taking?

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Re: 5-6 month old- how many naps?

  • tlmommy2b:)tlmommy2b:)
    DD has been fighting naps for about a month now. ::eye roll:: I have her out in the swing (thank god for the swing) right now but generally she has only 30-45 min naps 2 times a day 3 if I'm lucky. She passed out last night at 6:15. She was a great napper up until about 4 months. Could be the daycare teacher or it could just be LO has changed up her nap habits. 
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  • cindyhowcindyhow
    DD has never been a great napper unless you hold her.  She naps at DC usually 3x for about 30-45 mins. Some evenings will cat nap most of the evening and goes down at 8 (usually till 4 or 5).
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  • MrsWindyCityMrsWindyCity member
    Honestly, DS is still all over the map.  On Wednesday he took a three hour nap and then yesterday his daycare caregiver tried getting him to nap for like 2 hours in the afternoon and he wouldn't.  He will sometimes take like 4 30-40 minute naps, and other days he will take 2 longer naps. There is just no telling. 
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  • mtbmamamtbmama member

    Kaitlyn usually takes 2 naps, on occasion 3.  Lately they have been more around the 30 minute mark.  Once she is up, I can't get her to go back to sleep.  She used to nap 2+ hours in the swing. (she is now in the crib).  Yesterday she had 2 half hour naps, the last one ended at 2 and she was up til 6:30 then passed out for the night.  I tried to get her to take another one in that time, but it didn't happen.

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  • NerwakNerwak
    Wow my babies sleep a lot... They go down for about an hour at 9-9:30, a longer nap at 12-12:30 (hour to hour and a half), again at around 3 for ~45 minutes and are super cranky after 6:30 and will sometimes go down again then; they go to sleep at 8-8:30 and wake up around 7-8 am. If I am out running errands they'll skip a nap or have a short one in the car and sleep longer the next nap they're at home. I'm a SAHM we do the EASY method.
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  • MFalorMFalor member

    That's what really annoys me about daycare.  DD doesn't get nearly enough sleep b/c a) there's too much to do and see and b) the teacher gets her out of the crib too soon.

    My DD will wake up several times during one nap.  I still consider it one nap b/c I don't take her out of the crib.  She'll wake up, babble a little and fall back asleep.  She looks completely awake and alert, but you just have to leave her alone.  Or sometimes she'll wake up, babble a little, then start crying.  Then I just go in, stick the paci back in her mouth, "tuck her in" and she'll fall back asleep.

    I would just have a talk w/ the teachers and hope that your baby gets used to all the activity going on around her and can eventually sleep through it.

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  • CgilbCgilb
    DD has been having a hard time taking naps at daycare lately, too.  She's never been a great nap taker, though.  She's there from 9am-2pm and usually only takes one 30 or 45 minute nap.  Some days she won't take one at all.  I think part of it is because there's too much going on and she doesn't want to miss any of the excitement.  She almost always falls asleep in the car on the way home (we have a 30-minute drive) and then usually stays asleep once we get home for at least another 30 minutes or so.  We just started rice cereal this week, once a day, and this has seemed to help her take better naps at home. 
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  • BarbieAPBarbieAP
    DS does 3 naps a day.  Two are usually only 20-40 minutes and the other one is anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 hours.  He always keeps us on our toes.  The long one used to be the first nap of the day but now it's become the last one.  He goes down for the night around 7.
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  • ANJ410ANJ410

    My DD takes 3-4 naps per day ranging from 40 minutes-2 hours long. She stays up 90 min-2 hours inbetween naps.

    Even my DS who was a HORRIBLE napper as an infant took 3-4 naps a day, but they were short catnaps, like 20-40 minutes, with 40 minutes being a great nap for him.

    Two 30 minute naps is definitely not enough for a baby this age. Talk to the daycare about it.

     

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  • luckylittlelisluckylittlelis member

    I guess I'm one of the lucky ones as I have a good sleeper/napper.

    Our day goes like this:

    Up at 6am, nap from 8 - 9, nap from 1 - 3 or 3:30, nap from 6 - 7 bed at 9 and sleeps through the night.

    I didn't do anything special to get on this routine, guess I just lucked out.  LO goes to a day care that is in someones home and she puts the nappers in a different room so they are not distracted by the others.

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  • blondbomber23blondbomber23
    My LO is only awake 1.5-2hrs at a time. She takes 4-5 naps/day lasting 30minutes to 1 hour.
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