https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:35:57 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/25-yo-taking-an-hour-to-fall-asleep-at-night#post-2822765 Tue, 15 May 2018 22:06:09 +0000 peaches1038 2822765@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks all for the advice! I think we are going to try to wait it out. As long as he’s laying down quietly, I’m not going to worry too much. I read that 12 hours of sleep in a 24 hour period is the norm for this age and he’s getting that. Thanks again! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/25-yo-taking-an-hour-to-fall-asleep-at-night#post-2822733 Tue, 15 May 2018 18:28:50 +0000 Dahlia 2822733@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD did that too at 2.5. We dropped nap (well, she did - she refused to go down for several weeks straight) and she started falling asleep within 5-10 minutes. She averages 12 hours of sleep a day, whether that's all overnight or overnight + nap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/25-yo-taking-an-hour-to-fall-asleep-at-night#post-2822636 Tue, 15 May 2018 12:47:41 +0000 looch 2822636@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Can you move the nap to start at noon instead of 1, so that he's awake at 2?</p> <p>My son started waking up at 5:30 when he was around 11 months of age and still at age 7, the kid wakes up at 6:30 most days. It's how he's programmed, he says. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/25-yo-taking-an-hour-to-fall-asleep-at-night#post-2822634 Tue, 15 May 2018 12:45:17 +0000 SweetiePie 2822634@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@gingerbebe: this. I think around this age any changes in sleep patterns people automatically assume it’s time to drop nap. We also went through some nap/sleep weirdness at 2.5 and COUNTLESS people told me it was time to drop the nap. I was sure he still needed it and I know that professionals say kids need it till almost 4. So I didn’t give up, I kept routine the same EXCEPT I did try to move the nap and bedtime a little later (half hour each) because it seemed like he needed some more time to wind down after school/camp before nap. That worked for another year. Only a couple of weeks ago at 3.7 we formally got rid of nap - there was no question it was time. I’m really really glad we didn’t cave and after the “regression” worked itself out he was taking his normal nap like he always had. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/25-yo-taking-an-hour-to-fall-asleep-at-night#post-2822529 Tue, 15 May 2018 08:51:03 +0000 snowjewelz 2822529@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would think it's the nap. Between 2-3 was tough b/c she was still napping but then she was not tired till like 9pm. Wasn't till she cut the nap when she started preschool that she started being asleep by 8! Now at 3.5 she wakes up around 7, no nap, and she can go to sleep 8-8:30. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/25-yo-taking-an-hour-to-fall-asleep-at-night#post-2822493 Tue, 15 May 2018 07:16:06 +0000 lilyofthewest 2822493@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sounds like 11+ hours of sleep most night? I think that's a good amount of sleep. </p> <p>At that age, my kid was taking a 60-90m nap 2-4 days per week. On days he napped, he went to sleep no earlier than 10:15p. On no-nap days he went to sleep around 8:30 - 9p (occasionally as early as 8:15 if he'd been really active during the day). Regardless of bedtime, he got up between 6:45a and 7:30a. </p> <p>I did help our bedtime to cut naps off at 90m or 3pm, whichever came first. He had been occasionally napping longer/later and that made bedtime creep past 11 on those days and it was miserable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/25-yo-taking-an-hour-to-fall-asleep-at-night#post-2822486 Tue, 15 May 2018 06:52:09 +0000 wrkbrk 2822486@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@peaches1038: C has been waking up at 5:30 too. It’s the second phase of this early wake up thing in six months. We are just waiting it out ... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/25-yo-taking-an-hour-to-fall-asleep-at-night#post-2822485 Tue, 15 May 2018 06:47:00 +0000 MrsBucky 2822485@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son has gone in and out of taking a long time to wind down to sleep in the last year. We mostly try to keep bedtime and naps consistent and let him sing and play as long as he stays in bed. I can’t make a kid eat, sleep, or poop, right? Just make a routine that helps give the right settings to be conducive to those things, hah! I’d stick with your routine and trust it’s a phase. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/25-yo-taking-an-hour-to-fall-asleep-at-night#post-2822473 Tue, 15 May 2018 01:42:25 +0000 ineebee 2822473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son was the same way. The early waking suuucked. After a while of that very same schedule, my son started to drop his nap. So I’m in the camp of “it’s normal.” </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/25-yo-taking-an-hour-to-fall-asleep-at-night#post-2822468 Mon, 14 May 2018 23:49:40 +0000 gingerbebe 2822468@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a longstanding theory that half birthdays coincide with terrible regressions. 6 months, 18 months, 2.5, and I just barely survived 3.5. </p> <p>Long story short: it’s a regression. If think of your kid is averaging 12-13 hours of sleep in a 24 hour period, a few weeks of regression won’t be that detrimental. I would not shorten the nap and just stick to your routine until it passes. I bet your kid will have a burst of new skills and speech shortly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/25-yo-taking-an-hour-to-fall-asleep-at-night#post-2822463 Mon, 14 May 2018 23:05:22 +0000 CatchAFallingStar 2822463@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter cut her nap by that age on her own. I think it helps her sleep better at night. Maybe shorten his nap to an hour? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/25-yo-taking-an-hour-to-fall-asleep-at-night#post-2822462 Mon, 14 May 2018 22:52:14 +0000 peaches1038 2822462@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS turned 2.5 last week and he has been taking longer and longer to fall asleep at night. He is also waking up earlier. He has blackout blinds in his room and it is very dark so I don’t think it’s the light. He just lays quietly in his crib for an hour before falling asleep. He falls asleep almost instantly for nap and sleeps about 2 hours so I don’t think he’s ready to drop it.</p> <p>Here’s his “normal” schedule:<br /> 630: wake up<br /> 1-3: nap<br /> 730: asleep in crib </p> <p>Here’s his “new” schedule<br /> 545/6: wake up<br /> 1-3: nap<br /> 8:30: asleep in crib </p> <p>Is this normal? I feel like he’s not getting enough sleep, but he’s pretty happy even with this schedule change. Thoughts? </p>