https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 09 Apr 2026 06:31:43 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-month-old-with-short-afternoon-nap#post-2287667 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 13:29:40 +0000 gingerbebe 2287667@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had a nap regression around 9 months and pushed through it but after it was over, we ended up with a much shorter morning nap. We just kept cutting back the morning nap until he was sleeping a decent stretch for the afternoon. He's at 1 hour in the morning and 90 minutes in the afternoon. We've been there since about 11 months DS just turned 1. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-month-old-with-short-afternoon-nap#post-2287651 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 13:18:57 +0000 Freckles 2287651@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I need to have him asleep for his second nap within 2.75 hours. Have you tried putting him down earlier? Like around 12:30? Maybe you can try pushing out the first nap?</p> <p>For me, iF I put him down too late, it will take a long time for him to fall asleep and he will have a short nap. If I put him down too early, he just won't go to sleep.</p> <p>ETA:<br /> This is how my nap strategy goes:</p> <p>If he wakes up happy and babbling, then I aim to have him down/asleep within 2.75 hours for his first nap. This morning he woke up at 6:50am and i had him asleep for his first nap at 9:40am. He slept for 50 minutes. Not great, but he did wake up later than usual this morning.</p> <p>If he has a 30 minute nap, i aim to have him asleep for his next nap within 2 hours of waking up. </p> <p>If his naps are fine, then i need him asleep within 2.75/3 hours. I find that if i take him upstairs at the 3 hour mark then i'm doomed for a 30 minute nap.</p> <p>I find that a 10 minute nap (if he is done his second nap at 1:30-2pm) is enough to get him to bedtime. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-month-old-with-short-afternoon-nap#post-2287648 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 13:18:04 +0000 snowjewelz 2287648@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: She had woken up by like 1:30-2 before and I had put her to bed that early, at 5:30-6, and it just never really worked out. She didn't wake up for hours MOTN, didn't wakeup at 4am for the day, but it just wasn't good sleep, plus then I feel like she missed her last meal (milk+solids). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-month-old-with-short-afternoon-nap#post-2287639 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 13:14:15 +0000 winniebee 2287639@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@snowjewelz: ugh! well, the third nap is guaranteed to be 30 minutes.....so.....I never have to wake him from that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-month-old-with-short-afternoon-nap#post-2287631 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 13:10:06 +0000 snowjewelz 2287631@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No help here b/c some days we're in the exact same boat. One nap will be short, then our whole day is screwy. We pretty much always give a third nap and just wake her up (my least fav part). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-month-old-with-short-afternoon-nap#post-2287625 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 13:06:12 +0000 winniebee 2287625@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littleredhairedgrl: he wakes up happy and chatting!!! but then got mad because he bonked his head after falling down (had been standing in crib). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-month-old-with-short-afternoon-nap#post-2287617 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 13:00:19 +0000 littleredhairedgrl 2287617@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>do you think if you let him cry it out he'd go back to sleep? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-month-old-with-short-afternoon-nap#post-2287611 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 12:57:29 +0000 winniebee 2287611@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>R is 9 months and is on two naps MOST days. He's on a bit of a modified 2-3-4 schedule. But some days his afternoon nap is only 30 minutes, which leads to the need for a third nap. Any insight?</p> <p>Here's his day today:</p> <p>Wake up 5:50 (went to bed at 6:50 and woke to eat once at 3:45)<br /> Nap 1: 8-9:45<br /> Nap 2: 1-1:30</p> <p>He was yawning by 12 and against my better judgment we pushed on until 1. Do you think he needs a shorter awake time in between first and second nap? Today he will need a 4 pm cat nap or else he won't be able to get to 6:30/7 bed time. </p>