https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 13 Jun 2026 14:12:58 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-catnaps#post-1543725 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 16:17:31 +0000 Elderberrygin 1543725@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a catnapper. Like others have said, its something they eventually grow out of as long as you're doing everything else right in terms of having a solid nap routine, blackout curtains etc. </p> <p>I ended up putting LO down every 90 minutes or at the first tired signs, whichever came first, so she wouldn't get overtired, which ended up at five or six naps per day. She grew into longer naps around six months and now at 13 months takes two 1.5 hour naps a day. Its frustrating, but there's not much you can do about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-catnaps#post-1543703 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 16:10:02 +0000 tororojo 1543703@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsH: you'll love it! It's one of the best gifts I received, and now I give it as a shower gift pretty often. All of her books are great! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-catnaps#post-1543698 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 16:07:55 +0000 Mamasig 1543698@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope - at least not for DS. Just time. He grew out of it around 8-9 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-catnaps#post-1543695 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 16:07:07 +0000 MrsH 1543695@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tororojo: going to go on amazon for that book :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-catnaps#post-1543688 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 16:05:24 +0000 tororojo 1543688@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsH: I dim lights in the house, turn on the lamp in her room, close curtains, pick up the floor and turn on white noise. Then I sit her on my lap, give her a lovey and a paci and read the same 3 books we always read. After that, pick her up, whisper the words from the Going To Bed Book (by Sandra Boynton- this is like a magic spell for sleep!) and lay her in her crib. 95% of the time she'll go quietly right to sleep because we ALWAYS do the same thing. </p> <p>When she was younger I would sometimes nurse her to sleep or nurse to get her drowsy, but I tried to quit nursing to sleep consistently around 6-7 months. We have been doing that routine since she was 3-4 months; I started it b/c I was going crazy from her screaming when I laid her down at night. I have done some fussing it out when putting her down, but have never let her cry a super long time (because I can't stand it!). We still rely heavily on pacis for sleep...I don't know how I'll ever get rid of them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-catnaps#post-1543671 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 15:56:59 +0000 kjpugs 1543671@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsH: you are already better off than we were at 10 weeks!!!! That's good! E is almost 6 months. I wish we had tried to establish better nap habits earlier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-catnaps#post-1543668 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 15:55:50 +0000 MrsH 1543668@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@kjpugs: ten weeks tomorrow. My DH is WAH/SAH no idea what he will do when I go back to work because it is certainly frustrating when she is clearly tired and won't take a good nap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-catnaps#post-1543661 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 15:53:17 +0000 kjpugs 1543661@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How old is your LO? Too funny we were both thinking the same thing. I hadn't thought of it as "catnaps" but that is a great way to describe it.</p> <p>I wish I could get her to nap more like @Cherrybee: said! LO is so stubborn. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-catnaps#post-1543629 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 15:43:49 +0000 MrsH 1543629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tororojo: what is your nap time/bedtime routine? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-catnaps#post-1543622 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 15:42:13 +0000 tororojo 1543622@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO went through a phase of 30-40 minute naps, I would guess from about 2 months old until 8 months or so. Now she's 13 months and will sleep for 1.5-2.5 hrs twice a day! I can't take credit for the drastic change because I think she just grew out of it, but having a consistent naptime/bedtime routine has been helpful in general. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-catnaps#post-1543586 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 15:31:02 +0000 Cherrybee 1543586@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never found a way. I tried a black out blinds, white noise machine, multiple dummy (paci) reinsertions, longer stretches between, shorter stretches between - she took 30 minute naps and that was that. I ended up giving her 6 naps a day (after an hour of awake time) because she was so cranky when she was tired. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-catnaps#post-1543504 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 15:13:03 +0000 MrsH 1543504@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Is there any way to get them to sleep longer stretches during the day? She gets so cranky if she doesn't have a good long nap. </p>