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When Do Cat Naps Stop??

Curlygirl2415Curlygirl2415 member
in Babies: 3 - 6 Months
Just curious what others have experienced. I have heard six months is the magic age. My daughter is 5.5 months and takes four 20-30 minute naps a day (and it's driving me insane!). We plan on sleep training at 6 months.
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Re: When Do Cat Naps Stop??

  • DustyMelonsDustyMelons member
    My LO is 7 months and pretty consistently naps for 1 hour stretches at this point. Occasionally we'll get lucky and he'll go for 1.5 or 2 hrs but that's rare.

    I don't remember the exact time frame when this started but he was definitely on the 20-30 minute cat nap schedule for what seemed liked ages. I think by around 6 months, maybe 6.5 he started to nap for longer.

    Also, I don't know what kind of sleep training you're looking into but personally I found the website Precious Little Sleep very helpful.
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  • BigboobsmcgeeBigboobsmcgee member

    Cat naps are common for months and months but babies tend to cat nap more when they are over tired or you've missed the window of opportunity to put them down. Timing is everything with naps. I'd say 6-7 months is about when things improve but don't count on that because you could end up pretty disappointed. I believe that everyone has to do a little sleep training at some point with their kids. For naps and bedtime. You'd be pretty lucky to have a good sleeper without any training at all.

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  • Curlygirl2415Curlygirl2415 member
    DustyMelons said:

    My LO is 7 months and pretty consistently naps for 1 hour stretches at this point. Occasionally we'll get lucky and he'll go for 1.5 or 2 hrs but that's rare.


    I don't remember the exact time frame when this started but he was definitely on the 20-30 minute cat nap schedule for what seemed liked ages. I think by around 6 months, maybe 6.5 he started to nap for longer.

    Also, I don't know what kind of sleep training you're looking into but personally I found the website Precious Little Sleep very helpful.
    I'll check out the website! That sounds promising. We plan on sleep training in two weeks, so hopefully that will stretch her naps.
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  • Curlygirl2415Curlygirl2415 member
    Bigboobsmcgee said:

    Cat naps are common for months and months but babies tend to cat nap more when they are over tired or you've missed the window of opportunity to put them down. Timing is everything with naps. I'd say 6-7 months is about when things improve but don't count on that because you could end up pretty disappointed. I believe that everyone has to do a little sleep training at some point with their kids. For naps and bedtime. You'd be pretty lucky to have a good sleeper without any training at all.


    Most of the time, I just watch her tired signs. If she's only napped 20 or 30 minutes, I'll end up putting her back down after only being up an hour. If she takes a 45 minute nap (rare) she can usually be awake 1.5-2 hours. Sleep training soon. Hopefully it goes as well as it did with my son.
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  • Melis222Melis222 member
    My LO is 4 months old and cat naps are going strong!!! It's driving me crazy!!!
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  • Curlygirl2415Curlygirl2415 member
    It's really frustrating, especially when you have another kid (which it looks like you do!). I really look forward to my LO's nap time so I can give my son some much needed one on one attention, and it's frustrating to us both when she's up again so quickly. On the bright side, LO sleeps well at night. Hope yours does too!
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  • andrawrmeda2andrawrmeda2 member
    I can't ever get my little dude to take more than like a 20 to 30 minute nap....He will for the babysitter(she also has 6 kids) and when my fiance is home, or at either Grandma's house. But if its just me and him home, I cannot get a long nap out of him. And it makes doing my school work or cleaning my home impossible...




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  • Curlygirl2415Curlygirl2415 member
    It's frustrating, right there with ya!
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