Moms of 12-ish month olds....

blueLu25 · August 2011

How many naps per day does your little one take? E has had one/ day since about 4 months old, but she is so emotional and grumpy these days I am thinking of trying to add one in the morning. What is your nap schedule like?

dmoreilly · August 2011

Unfortunately all over the place. Sometimes she only takes one per day, other days she takes up to three. The naps are anywhere from 30 minutes to two hours. When she isn't feeling well, she takes more naps, but sometimes there is no way to know at the beginning of the day how many naps we will get in. She naps better at daycare than at home (sigh).

itskacie · August 2011

Cambryn was still a 2 nap a dayer until she was almost 18months old. Even now she will take 2 once in a while if I let her. She would wake up around 7am and then take a nap from 10-11ish and another from 2-3:30ish

ETA- she went to bed for the night about 7

Mama_v2.0 · August 2011

We do a morning nap and sometimes a 4:30pm nap, then a 9pm-ish bed time. If we do a later morning nap then she falls asleep around 7pm for the night.

Brynnie2010 · August 2011

Livy has only ever napped once a day (aside from the constant naps as a newborn). However she sleeps in pretty late. She normally wakes up between 9-10 am, takes one nap around 2pm (usually 2-3 hours) and goes to bed around 8:30. If she woke up earlier or took a shorter nap, I would think two naps a day would totally be doable.

JodiLinn503 · August 2011

Well, DD is older than 12 months, but has had the same nap schedule since around that time. She wakes up around 7, naps 9-11, then again 2ish-4ish, and then goes to bed between 7 and 8. (I thought she'd be moving toward 1 nap SOON, but so far it hasn't happened. It's nice to have her sleep so much, but HARD to plan things with friends.)

How is your LO already 12 months!??!

EllaB_04 · August 2011

Whitney went down to one nap around 11 months. Sleep has always been a struggle with her, so we're very careful about her schedule. Generally, she is up around 7, goes down for her nap around noon, sleeps for 1.5-2 hours, then up until bedtime around 8 pm.

We actually found that the timing of the nap was pretty critical. For a long time, I was putting her down too late in the afternoon, 1-2ish, and this made bedtime too late and lots of grumpiness. Maybe you could try changing the time of her one nap a little and see if that helps?

MrsEditorJax · August 2011

Collin gave up his second nap around six months, and has never gone back. I sometimes wish he would nap more!

cmcmillan · August 2011

W moved to 1 nap around a year. He goes down between 12-1 and sleeps 2-3 hours, then down for bed at 7:30.

blueLu25 · August 2011

Thanks! Seems like we have a similar schedule to most of you, just they keep getting up super early (6:30-7), and then nap at 12:30/1, bed at 8. I'll have to see if I can get in another morning nap on days we arent busy. I dont feel like we can always stay home in the morning for it tho, b/c DS would go nuts.

keri1013 · August 2011

blueLu25:
Thanks! Seems like we have a similar schedule to most of you, just they keep getting up super early (6:30-7), and then nap at 12:30/1, bed at 8. I'll have to see if I can get in another morning nap on days we arent busy. I dont feel like we can always stay home in the morning for it tho, b/c DS would go nuts.

Max was at one nap by 12 months. I would say maybe try an earlier bedtime for her..often with young ones this doesn't lead to earlier waking like it does for adults. I would try bed at 7 for her and see if that helps. I hope you find something that works!

myself1nme · August 2011

Keegan gets up about 5:30/6 has his first nap about 9 (usually 2 hrs) and a second nap around 1 (30 min. - 2 hrs) and is in bed by 7:30/8. I have finally learned that it is time to put him down for naps/bed once he starts to get super happy and crazy.

Seattle_JiLLn · August 2011

at 12 months Cooper was def on at least 2. One of them was a few hours long. The other(s) shorter.

omangie · August 2011

Sammy wakes about 5-6, takes his one nap about 10ish (about 45 minutes.) Goes to bed at 7:30-8. I don't know how the boy functions. Oh, unless his oma is rocking him, she can get 2 hours from him. This has been his rythym since the beginning. Even immediately after being born, he didn't go to sleep for almost five hours...oy!

Seattle_JiLLn · August 2011

blueLu25:
Thanks! Seems like we have a similar schedule to most of you, just they keep getting up super early (6:30-7), and then nap at 12:30/1, bed at 8. I'll have to see if I can get in another morning nap on days we arent busy. I dont feel like we can always stay home in the morning for it tho, b/c DS would go nuts.

Cooper's morning nap has almost always been in the car on the go.

Seattle_JiLLn · August 2011

myself1nme:
Keegan gets up about 5:30/6 has his first nap about 9 (usually 2 hrs) and a second nap around 1 (30 min. - 2 hrs) and is in bed by 7:30/8. I have finally learned that it is time to put him down for naps/bed once he starts to get super happy and crazy.

In our house that means we're about a half an hour too late.

kdub4 · August 2011

dmoreilly:
Unfortunately all over the place. Sometimes she only takes one per day, other days she takes up to three. The naps are anywhere from 30 minutes to two hours. When she isn't feeling well, she takes more naps, but sometimes there is no way to know at the beginning of the day how many naps we will get in. She naps better at daycare than at home (sigh).

This!

She definitely naps better at the sitter's than she does at home - there she takes two naps, usually 45 minutes to 1.5 hours long each. For me, I'm lucky if I can get her to take one nap a day while snoozing on me. Now that I'm working more hours, I guess she misses and wants to spend as much time with me as possible!

jcyahne · August 2011

Hayden is 15 months now and has been on one nap since about 6 months old. I think that having an older sister has meant a less regular nap schedule for her. Jillian took two naps for a much longer period of time.

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