https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 18 May 2026 21:23:54 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-find-that-long-naps-interfere-with-overnight-sleep#post-791015 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:18:20 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 791015@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: are you being more active during the day? Because ever since its gotten warm out, we play a LOT more and he gets exhausted. He's been taking 2.5h naps and sttn just fine. I think it's their age because they've become a ton more active and they are wearing themselves out ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-find-that-long-naps-interfere-with-overnight-sleep#post-790986 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:11:29 +0000 googly-eyes 790986@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: Oops! I must be mixing him up with someone else's lo! At 7 months that would DEFINITELY be too much daytime sleep for my lo! But everyone is different, it sounds like your lo just likes to sleep a lot! Woohoo! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-find-that-long-naps-interfere-with-overnight-sleep#post-785024 Thu, 16 May 2013 07:43:23 +0000 winniebee 785024@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really never wake him up from a nap, honestly. I figure if he's sleeping longer than normally, it's because he is trying to make up for sleep or because he is fighting an illness. He STTN though - sometimes he will wake up earlier than usual if he naps a lot, but it's not that bad. That said, I really try to make sure he is up by 4 p.m. or otherwise bedtime is too late. At home, he usually takes about 3 hours worth of naps and he's 12 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-find-that-long-naps-interfere-with-overnight-sleep#post-785012 Thu, 16 May 2013 07:40:09 +0000 hilsy85 785012@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@googly-eyes: he's almost 7 months :) </p> <p>Ok, well yesterday he napped for a total of 4 hours 20 minutes and had an AWESOME night's sleep! So maybe he just has really high sleep needs...I guess I won't be waking him up anymore! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-find-that-long-naps-interfere-with-overnight-sleep#post-784601 Wed, 15 May 2013 22:34:10 +0000 Weagle 784601@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is welcome to sleep as much as she wants, but not past a certain time. She does best if her last awake period is at least 4 hours, so I try not to let her sleep past 4pm unless we will need her to stay up later than that for whatever reason. Yesterday she had almost 4.5 hours worth of naps. Today it was about 1.5 hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-find-that-long-naps-interfere-with-overnight-sleep#post-784527 Wed, 15 May 2013 21:46:22 +0000 googly-eyes 784527@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>While there is a such thing as being overtired, at five months (I think that's how old your lo is?) that would have definitely affected her overnight sleep if she was sleeping that much every day. But every baby is different so if it hasn't been so far I'd say you're safe and to deal with it if/when it becomes a problem. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-find-that-long-naps-interfere-with-overnight-sleep#post-784375 Wed, 15 May 2013 20:17:00 +0000 hilsy85 784375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@kml636: well he went 2 hours 20 min this morning...2nd nap was 90 min (but I woke him)....I guess he prob wouldn't go much beyond 2.5 tho. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-find-that-long-naps-interfere-with-overnight-sleep#post-784266 Wed, 15 May 2013 19:20:35 +0000 kml636 784266@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I followed the moms on call method which says that beyond 2 months naps should never last beyond 2 hrs... which yours don't. Maybe let him have his second nap up to 2 hrs as well? My MIL also tried to tell me never wake a sleeping baby... It's hard to know what to do! SIGH. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-find-that-long-naps-interfere-with-overnight-sleep#post-784131 Wed, 15 May 2013 18:07:51 +0000 hilsy85 784131@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsF: that schedule would be ideal for us except he can't stay up 3 hours between naps..2 is usually his max! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-find-that-long-naps-interfere-with-overnight-sleep#post-783620 Wed, 15 May 2013 14:25:56 +0000 mrsjyw 783620@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>the past couple of weeks DS' naps have been all wonky. some days he'd sleep 3x 1 hour each, some days he'd sleep 2 - a catnap and a 2 hour+ nap. </p> <p>none of it affected his nighttime sleep!</p> <p>the only thing i'd watch is the last nap coinciding too closely to bed time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-find-that-long-naps-interfere-with-overnight-sleep#post-783597 Wed, 15 May 2013 14:18:23 +0000 Mrsbells 783597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes especially if she has a long nap close to her bedtime </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-find-that-long-naps-interfere-with-overnight-sleep#post-783593 Wed, 15 May 2013 14:17:33 +0000 JerricaBenton 783593@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've also become a believer in 'sleep begets sleep!' Since LO's morning naps have become longer and regular, she's been sleeping up to 7.5 hrs straight a night. (She's EBF and 3mos old) I won't wake her from her morning nap anymore and I'll only wake her from an afternoon nap now if it's been a while and she's in that weird sleep phase where she's trying to wake herself up and getting a little fussy in her sleep. I was in a bad cycle for a while where I was convinced I had to wake her to eat and since I stopped she sleeps better for naps and nights. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-find-that-long-naps-interfere-with-overnight-sleep#post-783412 Wed, 15 May 2013 13:13:54 +0000 smocks 783412@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: Generally a short one from 5:30-6:15ish after I pick her up from daycare and while I'm getting dinner ready. Then it's "keep her up!" mode until bedtime. I usually do my best to keep her awake from 6:30pm until bedtime around 9. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-find-that-long-naps-interfere-with-overnight-sleep#post-783405 Wed, 15 May 2013 13:12:00 +0000 Beehive 783405@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No advice, but thanks for asking the question - I have been wondering the same thing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-find-that-long-naps-interfere-with-overnight-sleep#post-783395 Wed, 15 May 2013 13:08:09 +0000 MrsF 783395@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: DD is 7 months too. We've been doing 2 longer naps and dropping the 3rd because it was getting too close to bedtime. Now on a good day she'll nap 9-11ish and 2-4ish and bed at 7. If her first nap is bad then we get a little messed up but it's been working pretty well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-find-that-long-naps-interfere-with-overnight-sleep#post-783371 Wed, 15 May 2013 13:00:26 +0000 2PeasinaPod 783371@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: Yes! This is our problem most nights too. He'll sleep until 3:30 when he usually wakes up to eat, and if I go by the 2 hour rule, he'll go down at 5:30. Sometimes he doesn't want to go down, and we feed him his dinner at 6, so we can't let him go past then either. That's usually when we'll skip the night time nap. He can get super cranky sometimes, but if he's gotten 4 hours of sleep during the day, it's a little more manageable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-find-that-long-naps-interfere-with-overnight-sleep#post-783314 Wed, 15 May 2013 12:45:33 +0000 ladyfingers 783314@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: It makes sense! Even though the sleep experts will claim all babies are the same (obviously, because why else would you listen to them if it was different for every baby? ;) ), I really think maybe it depends on the kid. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-find-that-long-naps-interfere-with-overnight-sleep#post-783306 Wed, 15 May 2013 12:42:57 +0000 hilsy85 783306@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ladyfingers: yeah that's what I always thought, but I also thought there was a limit, where it would switch and day time sleep could start interfering... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-find-that-long-naps-interfere-with-overnight-sleep#post-783293 Wed, 15 May 2013 12:38:06 +0000 ladyfingers 783293@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Supposedly it's the opposite -- daytime sleep helps nighttime sleep. But then again, since starting daycare he barely naps but has totally STTN a few times so... who knows? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-find-that-long-naps-interfere-with-overnight-sleep#post-783286 Wed, 15 May 2013 12:35:37 +0000 hilsy85 783286@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@smocks: when is her last nap? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-find-that-long-naps-interfere-with-overnight-sleep#post-783285 Wed, 15 May 2013 12:35:20 +0000 hilsy85 783285@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@2PeasinaPod: it definitely make sense, but it's hard for us to either squeeze in a 3rd nap on a day when he has two long morning naps, OR go without a 3rd nap, because then he's up too long before bed...</p> <p>For instance, today he napped from 8-10:20am. Awake til 12:30, and is still sleeping...if he sleeps til 2:30, then he'll be ready for a nap again around 4:30, but we start bedtime routine at 6! So I feel like i would'nt want to put him down for a nap anytime after 4...I'm not sure how to manage that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-find-that-long-naps-interfere-with-overnight-sleep#post-783263 Wed, 15 May 2013 12:29:42 +0000 smocks 783263@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hmm I must be one of the only ones who limit naps! DD is 3.5 months and has been STTN since 2.5 months, she usually has 3-4 naps a day but if she naps for longer than 2 hours, I wake her up. She has no strict nap schedule but we put her in bed at 9 and she sleeps until we wake her up around 6:30am (more like 8 on the weekends). So far it's been working well for us, she's a super happy baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-find-that-long-naps-interfere-with-overnight-sleep#post-783238 Wed, 15 May 2013 12:23:37 +0000 2PeasinaPod 783238@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think every kid is different! We've had the opposite problem until recently. He wouldn't want to nap much during the day (took catnaps) and slept really well at night. </p> <p>I think it's about his awake time more than how long he's napping. At our babies' age, anywhere between 2-3 hours of awake time is about all they'll be able to handle. So we'll put LO down anywhere between there for a nap. Depending on how long he sleeps determines if he gets 2 or 3 naps that day.</p> <p>For instance, he's at my BFF's today, so he was up an hour earlier than usual. He slept 2 hours in the morning and will likely sleep 2 hours in the afternoon. He won't take a 3rd nap if he does that. But for days that my dad watches him, he gets up an hour later, only takes a half hour nap in the morning and maybe an hour and a half in the afternoon. He then needs a quick half hour cat nap before 6pm dinner. And if we want him to go to sleep easily for us at 8/8:30, he has to be up for at least 2 hours before bedtime. </p> <p>Does that make sense? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-find-that-long-naps-interfere-with-overnight-sleep#post-783214 Wed, 15 May 2013 12:17:42 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 783214@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: us too!</p> <p>Too much sleep isn't bad but missing naps makes him a terror at night (and all throughout the day). My LO can't adapt to any change in schedule very well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-find-that-long-naps-interfere-with-overnight-sleep#post-783202 Wed, 15 May 2013 12:15:26 +0000 hilsy85 783202@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@kodybear: hm interesting! Maybe I'll experiment the rest of the week and see how it goes at night. @NovBaby1112: yeah I think he is just a sleepier baby than most, because even now at almost 7 months he still needs a nap after just 2 hours of awake time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-find-that-long-naps-interfere-with-overnight-sleep#post-783181 Wed, 15 May 2013 12:09:54 +0000 kodybear 783181@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i used to be scared of this too! LO is almost 6 months and she sleeps alot for her age. Right now she's sleeping 11ish hours at night and takes about 3 naps, 2 of which are 2hrs+. I used to limit her naps to about 2 hours max and wouldn't let her sleep after 5pm (she goes down to sleep at 730pm). but the last month or two she's been super fussy from 5-7 so i experimented letting her sleep as long as she wanted to for naps with the only limit being waking her up at about 615pm at the latest. and so far, her night sleep has been exactly the same! and her fussy period just gets pushed back about 30 min so we're sticking with this for awhile! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-find-that-long-naps-interfere-with-overnight-sleep#post-783174 Wed, 15 May 2013 12:06:17 +0000 NovBaby1112 783174@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: yea, that would just make for an overtired baby if he only napped 1 hr the rest of the day! He might just have higher than average sleep needs, so I say let him guide you. The only time I wake LO is if she takes a long nap in the evening too close to her bedtime. I find the cat nap before bed works better than a long nap, but I don't see a problem with having the 2 long naps in the morning and afternoon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-find-that-long-naps-interfere-with-overnight-sleep#post-783168 Wed, 15 May 2013 12:04:33 +0000 sorrycharlie 783168@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: I was just going to write that same thing!</p> <p>I haven't dealt with this problem yet but kind of have with the reverse. If LO doesn't nap during the day (or takes crap naps) her sleeps is hell at night. If she takes her 2-3 naps during the day (though, only 40-80 minutes) she usually will give me the long stretches at night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-find-that-long-naps-interfere-with-overnight-sleep#post-783149 Wed, 15 May 2013 11:59:49 +0000 autumnlove 783149@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO usually takes one 2 hour nap but she will sleep longer on some days...4 or 5 hours and it never affects her sleep at night, </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-find-that-long-naps-interfere-with-overnight-sleep#post-783141 Wed, 15 May 2013 11:57:12 +0000 hilsy85 783141@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NovBaby1112: I have seen that chart! That's what made me thing that I SHOULD be limiting...he sleeps about 11.5-12 hours at night, including about 15 min for 1 night nursing session, so it says his naps should be capped at 3.25 hours total..he already napped for 2 hours 20 min this morning which leaves him with 1 hour left for the rest of the day (it's only 1pm here...) not gonna happen! </p>