This occurs generally at 5 months of age. Tags: Nap Training. Nap Transitions. More Posts. Read More. Sleep consultant Dr. Sarah Mitchell offers advice on what you can do to help your baby stay asleep in a bassinet. We have expert advice from sleep consultant Dr Sarah Mitchell with her tips to deal with it.
Mountain View, CA Some days she might only sleep for 1 hour for Nap 1 and 40 mins for Nap 2. Not sure shes actually shes ready to drop it. If i move awake windows to 2h45mins she might be a little to tired. Regular schdule am up am Nap 1 pmpm Nap 2 pm catnap for 15mins pm bedtime. Her schedule looks great. Your baby is definitely ready to drop to 2 naps as she checks everything listed in the article!
Whatever works, works! Hey, thanks for this article! However, my oldest just started preschool 4 days a week, and dropoff occurs right around when his first nap usually falls… any tips for navigating that? I should say that dropoff only takes about 20 minutes, but my 9 month old can get very grumpy within those 20 minutes if it really starts pushing back his nap.
Perhaps your eldest could carpool with another mom and you could take turns every other day? If this is not possible, you can try to plan the nap around drop-off. So either have it be before or after. Hopefully, your LO will adjust to the new schedule, even if they will be initially grumpy. We actually help parents navigate issues like these every day in our nap program. Thank you so much for this article! My 7 month old has recently dropped to one nap.
Her schedule is typically to wake at 7am and go down for first nap around am and sleep until 11 or am. The she naps again around 2 and wakes anywhere from 3 to If she wakes at 3, I do like a pm bedtime and adjust accordingly, but anywhere from 45 minutes to an hour after going to bed, she wakes up. Any advice? Check out our 7 month old sleep guide here. Hi my little guy is about to be 8 months 7 months adjusted and we are on day 6 of 3 to 2 nap transition. We decided to drop the 3rd catnap as he was fighting it, and it was getting later and later, plus his first 2 naps were shortening and he had consistently been waking early in the morning.
Since transitioning his first 2 naps have gotten way better, both around 1. Our schedule is 2. He was waking at on the dot for a month and a half and now sometimes earlier. Is this normal for this transition? He falls asleep independently for all sleeps, and does not wake. Any transition takes a while to be completed. At least a week but potentially up to 10 days.
Your awake times seem appropriate for a baby on two naps and their length is perfect! Also, it can happen that during any transition there are some days where your baby needs to go back to the previous schedule. If he keeps waking earlier try to go back to three naps. So many helpful tips! I read through everything but have not found someone dealing with this problem — my son is 9mo and is ready to drop the 3rd nap otherwise bedtime would be pm.
For a 9 month old, I would aim for 2. It can be normal for your LO to wake up thinking its a 3rd nap, but continue to follow your steps and have your LO work on falling asleep independently. Hi, thanks for this again. My almost 9 mo generally seems content with three naps still one of them usually 30 mins. I feel stuck. Are you trying to transition to 2 naps completely? If so, I would really try to keep a consistent schedule if you can with the earlier bedtime.
Even with 3 naps, try and keep that third nap to be a really short cat nap to allow your LO to have a bedtime that is within a 30 minute range. Keeping a consistent bedtime can be helpful. My LO is 7 Months and we are in the process of dropping from 3 to 2 naps. Right now she is often fighting her third nap, yesterday we did only two naps, about 40 min and then about an hour long each…she was then up from pm eek, too long! She then woke up every single hour of the night, after two months of sleeping hours.
Is it common for dropping a nap to lead to bad night time sleep? If your baby girl was not fighting it, not having nighttime issues there is no need to drop the third nap yet.
We would encourage you to wait until she shows those kinds of signs for at least a week before dropping the catnap. This usually happens when the first two nap total at least 2h. This article is so helpful, thank you! My 8 month old recently dropped the 3rd nap and is on a schedule close to the one above.
He is in his crib by 7pm and usually falls asleep within 10 minutes. But he is now starting to wake up earlier than before, at around 6am instead of 7am. He is sleeping through the night, just waking up earlier.
Is this related to the new nap schedule? Anything I can do to get him back to 12 hours — would you push his bedtime to later?
It is normal for some early wakings to occur during a transition. I would just gradually keep your LO in the crib longer. Hello and thank you so much for the helpful article! I have a 9. After a decent two nap day usually 1. Then she is awake until 9pm. She is exploding with teeth and waking once in the night to feed. She had a couple weeks of sleeping 11hrs straight but has started waking for a feed again. I typically aim for 2. Ive just been trying to persevere, hoping its a short lived regression or teething or separation anxiety related but maybe Im missing something!
Any thoughts? Thank you so very much! I actually think your schedule looks great. It sounds like a combination of teething and the nap transition.
Continue to have your LO fall asleep for for all naps and bedtime and any night wakings and you should see things become more consistent soon! Hi, Jill I have a 6 and a half month old he has started sleeping through the night only wakes up once sometimes twice for a feed, he cab stay awake for 2. Can you please help me should I put him on 2 naps or keep 3 naps, as the 3rd nap sometimes pushes bedtime because he can saty awake for 3 plus hours aswell before bedtime on days we had to do 2naps.
Hi Rabia, to be able to drop the third nap your LO should be able to handle awake times of 2. If you feel like he is ready to you can proceed.
Have a nice day! Just a question about the awake times between the 2nd nap and bedtime. Can a 7 month old do 4 hours of awake time? My baby is 6 months and not ready to drop the 3rd nap just yet… but just want to be prepared for when the time does come!
Thanks again. Potentially for babies after 11mo if they are having great naps. At 7mo and 6mo too the longest awake should be 3h. It could be 3. Thank you for all the good tips! My son 8 months is sleeping pretty badly at night we started the program 21 Days to Peace and Quiet only a few days ago — falling asleep is a problem and he wakes up A LOT — but sleeps until 7.
I am currently working on moving the bedtime earlier but that is conflicting with the 3rd nap. I would like to drop it but in your article it is said that the night should work first. Have you joined our private FB group? This is the best place to ask questions so members of our support team can help you daily! Hello Your article has lots of helpful information.
Learn more about our editorial and medical review policies. Naps are a must for babies. Deep snoozing sessions during the day help them get the sleep they need and slumber better at night — plus give you a chance to pick up all the toys strewn around the house.
But like everything else, nap needs change, and the daytime sleep schedule that worked well for your 9-month-old may be a bust at 12 months. Here's something to keep in mind while you're lamenting the loss of your baby's morning nap: How many times a day your baby sleeps is of less consequence than how well she functions on the sleep she's getting.
How well you function on the sleep she's getting is another matter entirely. If nap-skipping doesn't bring out the crankies and if she's not too overtired to settle down for one good nap and a full night's sleep, then you may have to kiss those two-nap days good-bye.
Not getting in enough necessary naptime, however, makes for a less happy, less cooperative baby during the day — and one who's too overtired and overcharged to settle down at night.
If that's the case, she's probably not ready to drop from two naps to one just yet. Resisting naps. Super-short naps. On a two-nap schedule, each nap should last roughly one to two hours each. Extra-early morning wake-ups.
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