Hellobee Boards Topic: If you helped your LO through sleep cycle transitions, when did they take longer naps on their own?

Hellobee Boards Topic: If you helped your LO through sleep cycle transitions, when did they take longer naps on their own? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:42:54 +0000 immabeetoo on "If you helped your LO through sleep cycle transitions, when did they take longer naps on their own?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-helped-your-lo-through-sleep-cycle-transitions-when-did-they-take-longer-naps-on-their-own#post-1394180 Sun, 02 Feb 2014 21:00:53 +0000 immabeetoo 1394180@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @daniellemybelle: I wish I could answer but mine NEVER went back to sleep when he woke up at the 30/40 mark, no matter what I did. Soo... enjoy that yours does :P I think lots of babies consolidate naturally around 6 months, which is when mine did. Foodnerd81 on "If you helped your LO through sleep cycle transitions, when did they take longer naps on their own?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-helped-your-lo-through-sleep-cycle-transitions-when-did-they-take-longer-naps-on-their-own#post-1394060 Sun, 02 Feb 2014 19:47:45 +0000 Foodnerd81 1394060@https://boards.hellobee.com/ C goes back and forth-- often, she just takes a 38 minute nap and is done, but maybe a third of the time she'll nap for 1.5 - 2 hours! Today, she took a 3 hour nap. So.... I have no idea. But if she makes it to a full sleep cycle (38 minutes for her, exactly) she won't fall back asleep. She is 6 months now and I'm hoping the longer ones start to be the norm... hilsy85 on "If you helped your LO through sleep cycle transitions, when did they take longer naps on their own?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-helped-your-lo-through-sleep-cycle-transitions-when-did-they-take-longer-naps-on-their-own#post-1394056 Sun, 02 Feb 2014 19:45:01 +0000 hilsy85 1394056@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I think around 6 or 7 months his naps got longer, and he also dropped to 2 naps! It just kind of happened over time. daniellemybelle on "If you helped your LO through sleep cycle transitions, when did they take longer naps on their own?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-helped-your-lo-through-sleep-cycle-transitions-when-did-they-take-longer-naps-on-their-own#post-1394053 Sun, 02 Feb 2014 19:42:12 +0000 daniellemybelle 1394053@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Mamasig: @skibobrown: @twoofeverything: Thanks for responding! I can get her to take a longer nap (1.5-2 hrs) if I go in when she stirs at about 35 minutes, pick her up and rock her for 10 minutes or so. This is going to be a little hard to keep up though so I'm hoping she might learn to get through the transition on her own? Maybe I should start just patting her rather than picking her up and see how that goes... twoofeverything on "If you helped your LO through sleep cycle transitions, when did they take longer naps on their own?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-helped-your-lo-through-sleep-cycle-transitions-when-did-they-take-longer-naps-on-their-own#post-1386659 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 00:15:21 +0000 twoofeverything 1386659@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Sadly, nap training gave us shorter naps...my guys turned into 40 minute warriors until they were about 7 months, when they finally consolidated. Nap training was still worth it, though! skibobrown on "If you helped your LO through sleep cycle transitions, when did they take longer naps on their own?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-helped-your-lo-through-sleep-cycle-transitions-when-did-they-take-longer-naps-on-their-own#post-1386648 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 00:04:00 +0000 skibobrown 1386648@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My daughter took until somewhere between 8 months and 1 year to start regularly taking longer naps. Up until then she was always a 30 minute napper. I tried everything, and nothing worked. Finally I just decided to go with it and let her grow out of it on her own. I hope your LO starts taking longer naps sooner than mine did! Mamasig on "If you helped your LO through sleep cycle transitions, when did they take longer naps on their own?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-helped-your-lo-through-sleep-cycle-transitions-when-did-they-take-longer-naps-on-their-own#post-1386593 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 23:35:29 +0000 Mamasig 1386593@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My son always took short naps - 30 minutes and eventually bumped up to 45 minutes. He eventually grew out of that at around 8 months. daniellemybelle on "If you helped your LO through sleep cycle transitions, when did they take longer naps on their own?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-helped-your-lo-through-sleep-cycle-transitions-when-did-they-take-longer-naps-on-their-own#post-1386555 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 23:20:44 +0000 daniellemybelle 1386555@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Anyone? daniellemybelle on "If you helped your LO through sleep cycle transitions, when did they take longer naps on their own?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-helped-your-lo-through-sleep-cycle-transitions-when-did-they-take-longer-naps-on-their-own#post-1385687 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 18:33:09 +0000 daniellemybelle 1385687@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We are pseudo-nap training right now and I think it's going fairly well all things considered. The biggest issue is that while she used to be able to sleep 1.5-2 hours in her swing, that stopped working, and now that she's in her crib she wakes up really cranky at the 40 minute mark. A few times I have been able to run in when she first stirs, pick her up gently & rock her back to sleep for 10 minutes. Then she takes a monster nap! And wakes up super happy. I'm glad to keep doing this as much as I can, but I'm hoping she will eventually start taking longer naps on her own?