Hellobee Boards Topic: Have you had success with a 2-3-4 schedule?

Hellobee Boards Topic: Have you had success with a 2-3-4 schedule? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:52:58 +0000 swurlygurl on "Have you had success with a 2-3-4 schedule?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-success-with-a-2-3-4-schedule#post-1926993 Mon, 03 Nov 2014 10:27:53 +0000 swurlygurl 1926993@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We did 2-3-4 for a loooong time. From about 4 months to almost 14 months. It took a couple weeks to get her used to only have 2 naps (instead of 3 wildly unpredictable naps). That was also the same exact time frame where she stopped STTN and started waking up 1-2 times per night. Interesting... gilmoregirl on "Have you had success with a 2-3-4 schedule?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-success-with-a-2-3-4-schedule#post-1926971 Mon, 03 Nov 2014 10:15:17 +0000 gilmoregirl 1926971@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We are semi- doing this with my 7 month old, but the four-hour stretch can be a little sticky. Sometimes we do a little more of a 2-3-3.5. Or if his naps are too short or early, I'll try to force a third nap so he's not overtired at bedtime. Orchid on "Have you had success with a 2-3-4 schedule?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-success-with-a-2-3-4-schedule#post-1926739 Mon, 03 Nov 2014 06:31:34 +0000 Orchid 1926739@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Thank you so much ladies! I am going to try this. Not sure if we will make four hours though. Mrs. High Heels on "Have you had success with a 2-3-4 schedule?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-success-with-a-2-3-4-schedule#post-1926646 Sun, 02 Nov 2014 22:14:25 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1926646@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We did this starting at 6-7 months with Jaren. It really worked well for us! Sometimes that last 4 hour stretch can be tough, but we made it for the most part. delight on "Have you had success with a 2-3-4 schedule?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-success-with-a-2-3-4-schedule#post-1926579 Sun, 02 Nov 2014 20:55:07 +0000 delight 1926579@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yes we did this and it worked awesome! We started implementing it around 6-7 months. We still loosely follow at 15 months. I will say that ours was more a 2-3-3. It's hard for her to hit a 4 hour mark. Mrs. Champagne on "Have you had success with a 2-3-4 schedule?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-success-with-a-2-3-4-schedule#post-1926538 Sun, 02 Nov 2014 20:18:44 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 1926538@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I want to try but my baby stillllllll only naps 30 mins 95% of the time. So if he's up at 7 the 2-3-4 schedule would be.. Nap 9-930 Nap 1230-1 Bedtime 5 Doesn't work! Lol :( Right now he's napping every 3 hours or so. raintreebee on "Have you had success with a 2-3-4 schedule?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-success-with-a-2-3-4-schedule#post-1926529 Sun, 02 Nov 2014 20:04:00 +0000 raintreebee 1926529@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Mrsjets: We have the exact same schedule, even down to the variable 1:30ish nap, except sometimes LO (9 months) wakes up before 7. Tanjowen on "Have you had success with a 2-3-4 schedule?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-success-with-a-2-3-4-schedule#post-1926524 Sun, 02 Nov 2014 19:56:35 +0000 Tanjowen 1926524@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I didn't enforce it, but I noticed around 7 months that he started to fall into that pattern. Now, at 10 months, it's pretty much spot on, and I love the predictability of it! The only portion of it that fluctuates is between last nap and bedtime - sometimes it's more like 3 hours instead of 4, but I stick firm with the bedtime. daniellemybelle on "Have you had success with a 2-3-4 schedule?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-success-with-a-2-3-4-schedule#post-1926404 Sun, 02 Nov 2014 17:37:15 +0000 daniellemybelle 1926404@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We loosely follow this but it is more like 3-3.5-3.5/4 at 12 months. When we first went to 2 naps at 5.5 months it was 2-2.5-3. (So bedtime was much earlier months ago than it is now.) Her wake times have gradually lengthened & she can go longer between naps and before bed than she can in the morning. ScarletBegonia on "Have you had success with a 2-3-4 schedule?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-success-with-a-2-3-4-schedule#post-1926352 Sun, 02 Nov 2014 16:32:05 +0000 ScarletBegonia 1926352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We are solidly on 2 naps, but follow more of a 3-2-3 type schedule, or 3-3-3 mostly because of me having to wake him up to feed in the morning before work. Naps are usually 2 hrs each. He's never really awake more than 3 or 3.5hrs before bedtime. I think 4 is still too much for him at 7.5 months. Foodnerd81 on "Have you had success with a 2-3-4 schedule?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-success-with-a-2-3-4-schedule#post-1926349 Sun, 02 Nov 2014 16:28:44 +0000 Foodnerd81 1926349@https://boards.hellobee.com/ It worked for us starting around six months. She would go down for the second nap sooner, but then not nap again before bed and it would w too long for her, so when I switched to this the naps were spread out a lot better. But she always needed that morning nap to be pretty early. teawithpaloma on "Have you had success with a 2-3-4 schedule?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-success-with-a-2-3-4-schedule#post-1926341 Sun, 02 Nov 2014 16:11:30 +0000 teawithpaloma 1926341@https://boards.hellobee.com/ When my 7.5 month old made the transition from 3 to 2 naps, the 2-3-4 schedule really started to make sense! When it was 3 naps it was still like 2.75-3.0 hours wake time. Baby Boy Mom on "Have you had success with a 2-3-4 schedule?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-success-with-a-2-3-4-schedule#post-1926332 Sun, 02 Nov 2014 15:52:35 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 1926332@https://boards.hellobee.com/ For some reason my boys were always more awake first thing but then got super tired later, so we ended up doing 3-2-4 for several months. Mrs. Yoyo on "Have you had success with a 2-3-4 schedule?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-success-with-a-2-3-4-schedule#post-1926319 Sun, 02 Nov 2014 15:31:55 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 1926319@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We did this from roughly 8 months - maybe 12 months with both boys. DS2 just turned 1 and I still kind of follow this but with longer intervals: 3-3.5-4. So, for example, up at 6, nap at 9, up at 1030, nap at 2, up at 330, bed at 7:30. illumina on "Have you had success with a 2-3-4 schedule?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-success-with-a-2-3-4-schedule#post-1926311 Sun, 02 Nov 2014 15:22:32 +0000 illumina 1926311@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We went down to 2 naps at 6 months, but it was more like 3-3-(whatever was left before bed, usually 3-4hrs). My Only Sunshine on "Have you had success with a 2-3-4 schedule?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-success-with-a-2-3-4-schedule#post-1926301 Sun, 02 Nov 2014 15:09:08 +0000 My Only Sunshine 1926301@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We do a loose version of 2-3-4 and it works great. I think we started it around 8 months. Wake up around 6, first nap between 8 and 9, usually lasts an hour. Second nap at 1, usually lasts an hour, bedtime starts at 6:30 and asleep by 7. Mrsjets on "Have you had success with a 2-3-4 schedule?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-success-with-a-2-3-4-schedule#post-1926300 Sun, 02 Nov 2014 15:06:41 +0000 Mrsjets 1926300@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yup! My almost 8 month old's schedule is pretty close to this everyday. Oh and we're only taking 2 naps that usually last an hour and a half each. 7 am wake 9 am nap 130 pm nap #2 - this nap moves up or back depending on how long the first nap is. 7 pm bed time Orchid on "Have you had success with a 2-3-4 schedule?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-success-with-a-2-3-4-schedule#post-1926291 Sun, 02 Nov 2014 14:57:15 +0000 Orchid 1926291@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Mrs. Bee: ok. After the four hours it would be bedtime. So that makes sense. Mrs. Bee on "Have you had success with a 2-3-4 schedule?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-success-with-a-2-3-4-schedule#post-1926281 Sun, 02 Nov 2014 14:49:24 +0000 Mrs. Bee 1926281@https://boards.hellobee.com/ i don't think i ever stretched to 2-3-4. they just couldn't make it 4 hours until the 3rd nap. only when they were napping twice a day were they able to go 4 hours. Orchid on "Have you had success with a 2-3-4 schedule?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-success-with-a-2-3-4-schedule#post-1926266 Sun, 02 Nov 2014 14:41:52 +0000 Orchid 1926266@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Mae: @Bao: we sleep posters are pretty pitiful aren't we? :-) Bao on "Have you had success with a 2-3-4 schedule?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-success-with-a-2-3-4-schedule#post-1926263 Sun, 02 Nov 2014 14:38:15 +0000 Bao 1926263@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Following! Mae on "Have you had success with a 2-3-4 schedule?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-success-with-a-2-3-4-schedule#post-1926257 Sun, 02 Nov 2014 14:30:21 +0000 Mae 1926257@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Following. :) Orchid on "Have you had success with a 2-3-4 schedule?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-success-with-a-2-3-4-schedule#post-1926255 Sun, 02 Nov 2014 14:28:59 +0000 Orchid 1926255@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Have you had success with a 2-3-4 schedule or do you maintain consistent wake times during the day? If you used 2-3-4 when did you start and when did your baby outgrow it? I'm thinking of trying this because LO (almost 8 months) is ready to nap 2hrs after waking, but it's a struggle to get him to take the next two naps after 2hrs of wake time.