https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 17 May 2026 10:39:53 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-it-take-your-toddler-to-fall-asleep-for-naps#post-1055459 Fri, 30 Aug 2013 11:40:37 +0000 skibobrown 1055459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: We get some of that too! ...but usually DD is so exhausted by nap time that she can't resist a little rocking. She has never been a good napper though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-it-take-your-toddler-to-fall-asleep-for-naps#post-1055319 Fri, 30 Aug 2013 11:12:16 +0000 Sammyfab 1055319@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Freckles: oh geez! What is up with their obsession with belly buttons? I had to pack away our onesies months ago because he'd get frustrated that he couldn't pull his shirt up! :p </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-it-take-your-toddler-to-fall-asleep-for-naps#post-1054946 Fri, 30 Aug 2013 09:15:35 +0000 lemondrop 1054946@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It varies, sometimes 5 min, sometimes 30-40 minutes. If I take him to the Y or the playground and let him run and play in the morning, it's usually faster than if we just stay home. </p> <p>At night, it's usually within 15 minutes that he's out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-it-take-your-toddler-to-fall-asleep-for-naps#post-1054914 Fri, 30 Aug 2013 09:08:07 +0000 BananaPancakes 1054914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Like 5 minutes. He pretty much walks me to the crib when he want to take a nap, though, so he obviously knows he's ready. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-it-take-your-toddler-to-fall-asleep-for-naps#post-1054822 Fri, 30 Aug 2013 08:33:49 +0000 MamaCate 1054822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: oh no! I am so sorry! For us I am glad to have such an easy go to method but she is getting so big that I feel like we will need a new plan soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-it-take-your-toddler-to-fall-asleep-for-naps#post-1054814 Fri, 30 Aug 2013 08:32:45 +0000 Koolbreeze 1054814@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>5-15 minutes for my 19 month old. I sit beside his bed and hold his hand or pat his bottom. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-it-take-your-toddler-to-fall-asleep-for-naps#post-1054806 Fri, 30 Aug 2013 08:28:19 +0000 winniebee 1054806@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaCate: @skibobrown: if I try to rock him down he just laughs and tries to stand and smacks my face. I would live to rock!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-it-take-your-toddler-to-fall-asleep-for-naps#post-1054526 Fri, 30 Aug 2013 02:42:04 +0000 lamariniere 1054526@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Usually he falls asleep very quickly, at least, I assume so since we don't have a monitor. However, it took 1.5 hours! This is *highly* unusual and I just waited it out.</p> <p>He's 2.5. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-it-take-your-toddler-to-fall-asleep-for-naps#post-1054501 Fri, 30 Aug 2013 01:03:03 +0000 googly-eyes 1054501@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are a little short of toddlerhood at eleven months but at home it takes usually 30 min, sometimes 45-1 hr! Or in the car! On this trip were on, she needs to be held or driven or falls asleep having a bottle. We're gonna work on it when she recovers fully from her cold and we get back from our trip. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-it-take-your-toddler-to-fall-asleep-for-naps#post-1054467 Fri, 30 Aug 2013 00:02:27 +0000 MamaCate 1054467@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skibobrown: Glad I am not the only one! I am gradually tiptoeing into trying to break the habit for night time but we are at the early stages, and I haven't even thought about naps yet!</p> <p>My LO has never fallen asleep on her own that I can think of so I know it is going to be a pain... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-it-take-your-toddler-to-fall-asleep-for-naps#post-1054331 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 22:32:49 +0000 skibobrown 1054331@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaCate: Me too! (Ours is 17 months.) I want to stop, but it's the only way we can do naps without a colossal fight. Occassionally I try to just put DD down in her bed for naps like we do for bedtime, and she immediately hops up and laughs hysterically at me. She'll keep laughing after I leave her room for a few minutes, and then once she figures out I'm not coming back she starts screaming. She does not fall asleep at all... so back to rocking we go... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-it-take-your-toddler-to-fall-asleep-for-naps#post-1054325 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 22:31:16 +0000 mrsjazz 1054325@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>10 minutes - never. If it's taking longer than 30 minutes she usually gets a second wind and just starts playing and stays up. Brutal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-it-take-your-toddler-to-fall-asleep-for-naps#post-1054312 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 22:25:17 +0000 Freckles 1054312@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sammyfab: ok, i totally laughed out loud at the belly button comment because my LO does that all the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-it-take-your-toddler-to-fall-asleep-for-naps#post-1054264 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 22:06:22 +0000 Sammyfab 1054264@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are the same as @Freckles. Naps are 5 minutes max but bedtime is up to 30 minutes of mucking...most of the time it's 15-ish. The other night he played with his belly button for a good 10 minutes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-it-take-your-toddler-to-fall-asleep-for-naps#post-1054259 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 22:04:49 +0000 MamaCate 1054259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Um i still rock to sleep at 20 months becuase it takes less than five minutes. When i left her with dh recently however she was not having it and flat out refused completely! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-it-take-your-toddler-to-fall-asleep-for-naps#post-1054223 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 21:46:49 +0000 Freckles 1054223@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That sounds like bedtime for us. Naps are easy though, 5 minutes and she is out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-it-take-your-toddler-to-fall-asleep-for-naps#post-1042348 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 18:15:00 +0000 winniebee 1042348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Since going off the naptime bottle, it takes 20-35 mins on average for him to fall asleep regardless of when I put my 15 mo old down. Good times! </p>