https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:35:17 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dropping-that-3rd-nap#post-2612118 Sat, 27 Aug 2016 21:29:04 +0000 DesertDreams88 2612118@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Truth Bombs: I don't expect them to lengthen a nap, but I do expect them to respect our wishes in regards to how he falls asleep. They are reluctant to use the white noise machine and so they turn it on very, very low, and on the wrong setting. They also hold him and/or rub his back until he falls asleep. We asked them to not do that.... we prefer drowsy-but-awake, and him putting himself to sleep in his crib, which happened about 75% of the time before they cared for him. I believe both of those things are contributing to his naps shortening.</p> <p>They also recently have started keeping him up longer than we've asked, multiple times, because they say he is not tired. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dropping-that-3rd-nap#post-2612096 Sat, 27 Aug 2016 20:19:25 +0000 Truth Bombs 2612096@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@DesertDreams88: unless they are waking him up, I'm not sure how much they can do to lengthen a nap. they can control when they put him down for a nap but can't really control how long he stays asleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dropping-that-3rd-nap#post-2611946 Sat, 27 Aug 2016 12:08:04 +0000 DesertDreams88 2611946@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dang.... seems like we are going in the opposite direction, since his daytime naps are getting progressively shorter and his afternoon nap is getting pretty long. Daytime naps are with grandparents, afternoon nap is with us. Ugh.... guess we have to have a talk. We always have to have talks.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dropping-that-3rd-nap#post-2611927 Sat, 27 Aug 2016 11:35:03 +0000 gingerbebe 2611927@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Eventually the 3rd nap had to get progressively shorter as wake times extended and he naturally wouldn't sleep more than 45 minutes no matter what beginning around 4 months. You could set a clock to it. We dropped it around 5 or 6 months when he just refused to go down for it at all. At that point we did long baths to keep him happy and bumped up bedtime like 15 minutes and it was fine. The first two naps were 90 minutes to 2 hours and they didn't really get longer after the transition except they were really solidly 2 hours each until 10 months. We did a 2.5, 2.5, 3 schedule for a long time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dropping-that-3rd-nap#post-2611917 Sat, 27 Aug 2016 10:59:43 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2611917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoyfulKiwi: yep! DD wakes up in the morning, then two hours later takes her first nap, three hours after she wakes up she takes her second, and four hours after she wakes up from her second she goes to bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dropping-that-3rd-nap#post-2611900 Sat, 27 Aug 2016 10:38:41 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 2611900@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can't remember with our older son. But I've been trying to figure this out for C now as well. I feel like she needs a 3rd because her second nap ends around 1:30 and she can't go like 5.5 hours until bedtime. But it ends up being from 4:30/5:00 to 5:30 and then she isn't ready for bed until 8ish which is too late. Blech. Let me know how 2 naps goes and maybe we'll try it too!<br /> @Mrs. Pickle: @Foodnerd81: is 2-3-4 the length of wake time between naps? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dropping-that-3rd-nap#post-2611851 Sat, 27 Aug 2016 08:54:14 +0000 schubr03 2611851@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We decided to drop a nap when LO wasn't going to sleep very well last night. Then we went to two naps and it helped. She was taking two 90-120 minute naps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dropping-that-3rd-nap#post-2611844 Sat, 27 Aug 2016 08:32:10 +0000 Foodnerd81 2611844@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She was taking decent first and second naps which would push the third nap too late and too close to "bedtime" (which is still flexible anyway). We switched to 2-3-4, roughly. </p> <p>Also, I have a toddler, so it's just a lot easier for me to plan outings based on two naps, not three. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dropping-that-3rd-nap#post-2611843 Sat, 27 Aug 2016 08:27:26 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2611843@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We dropped the 3rd nap because it was getting too late in the day and messing with bedtime. Her naps lengthened a week or two after she started taking 2 naps. We do a 2-3-4 schedule. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dropping-that-3rd-nap#post-2611822 Sat, 27 Aug 2016 05:45:13 +0000 ineebee 2611822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 8m, we dropped the third nap because he would started skipping it pretty regularly. First nap was usually pretty long, but the second and third naps were pretty short - 45m-ish. After we officially dropped the third nap, the two naps were both around 90m long. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dropping-that-3rd-nap#post-2611821 Sat, 27 Aug 2016 05:18:01 +0000 brownepiano 2611821@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We forced 3-2 because his naps were getting really bad and he often wouldn't sleep for the third nap. They stayed short for about a week after we switched and then started to lengthen again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dropping-that-3rd-nap#post-2611815 Sat, 27 Aug 2016 01:22:21 +0000 DesertDreams88 2611815@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What came first..... longer naps so you went from 3 to 2 naps, OR you went from 3-2, and then the naps lengthened? OR, I guess, you went from 3 to 2 naps and the naps still stayed short :-/</p> <p>During month 5, LO took a 45min, 90min, and 45 min naps, OR two 90-120 min naps (like 1-2x a week.)</p> <p>Now at the end of month 6, he is taking three 45 min naps or 45, 45, 90 (90 with us). </p> <p>LO has also started grandparent care during the day instead of being with us, and I'm not sure that we're all on the same sleep page. </p>