Nap Time Lengths

hokiemama06 · February 2014

How long is your LO napping these days? Mine has been napping for right at the 1 hour mark for the last few weeks, and I can tell it's not enough. I literally have the toddler who is spinning in circles for an hour and a half before bedtime. I thought I'd adjust bedtimes to see if he just needed to sleep longer at night. Instead, going to bed earlier has made him get up earlier (not cool, man).

FTR, he goes to bed around 8 and is usually up at 7, and generally sleeps solidly through. Add an hour nap, and that's 12 hours a day, which I understand is normal, but I can read his signs to see he needs more. If I go in and lay in front of his crib, about 25% of the time he goes back down for the rest of his nap. But, with #2 coming in about 6 weeks, I can't carry on doing this.

StokedWifey · February 2014

Bryson naps anywhere between 2 and 3 hours. At daycare, it's usually 2.5ish, but at home, I always plan on 3. He goes down at 8:00 and is up around 6:30 for daycare (and therefore, conditioned to do it on the weekend most of the time too. Grr). He usually wants a nap in 4 hours.

lewispm · February 2014

I voted SS because we are still on 2 naps most days.

On daycare days (he goes until 2:30), he naps for 30-45 mins at daycare at noonish and then again for 1-1 1/2 hours at home at about 3:30. Bedtime is at 8.

On days he's home all day he naps for about 1-1 1/2 hours at 10ish and then again for the same at 3ish.

On Mondays, he is at daycare until 4:30 and only gets 1 nap (30-45 mins) and he is a mess Monday evenings.

ThePinkSuperhero · February 2014

Oliver generally goes 1-1.5 hours. He's never been a long napper.

aylafsu88 · February 2014

LO has always been a crappy napper. Most days she takes a 30 min to 1 hour nap. On rare occasions she will nap 2 hours. When she does those are the days she gets up early (3-4 am) or does not feel well.

christieep · February 2014

We are typically in the 1.5-2 hour range at home, usually closer to 1.5. Sometimes he will sleep 3+ which usually results in us waking him up at 5 pm, but those days are rare. It varies at the sitter, he is not on as much of a schedule there as at home.

JAck5209 · February 2014

We usually get 2-2.5 hours of nap time in the afternoon. I can't wait until these babies can do the same!

C&Csmommy · February 2014

Camden has been down to 1 nap for 10 months or so. He used to nap 11-1 but now it's moved to 1-3 or 330. His bedtime is 8 or so and he sleeps until 9-930 on days when Cortlandt doesn't have school but I have to wake him up at 815 on days he does.

apollonia10 · February 2014

If he sleeps fewer than 3 hours, it's unusual and he's crabby. It's nice to have the time but it does take up a huge chunk of the day.

sarahandeddiejune212008 · February 2014

She still takes two naps most days. Her morning nap is short, usually 30-45min. Her afternoon nap is usually about 2 hours. She sleeps about 12 hours at night, but she doesn't sttn yet.

Boing214 · February 2014

Charlie was napping for 45 minutes until just the last couple weeks when it's most of the time jacked up to 2 hours. I think we have a growth spurt happening though, all of a sudden her pants are not as long as they were before.