https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:29:40 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/last-napbedtime#post-845870 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:16:45 +0000 winniebee 845870@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@birdofafeather: around 7 months he stopped the last nap at daycare and would have a 4 hr stretch before bed. At home he dropped the last map at. 8 months </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/last-napbedtime#post-845860 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:11:33 +0000 Tidybee 845860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD (7 months) dropped the last nap around 6 months, so she is up from 2ish til 7 most days. It drives me crazy but daycare can't get her down at. 4. On weekends, she'll still take 3 naps for us but I suppose it's just too loud/ busy for my nosy, busybody DD! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/last-napbedtime#post-845780 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:36:47 +0000 hilsy85 845780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@birdofafeather: we started pushing it to 3-4 hours before bedtime around 6/6.5/7 months...but my LO was always very clear about being tired around the 2 hour mark before that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/last-napbedtime#post-845765 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:28:20 +0000 birdofafeather 845765@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>hm, seems like most of you have at least two hours between the end of the last nap and bedtime. anyone push it more than that at 5 months? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/last-napbedtime#post-428203 Sun, 02 Dec 2012 16:48:04 +0000 winniebee 428203@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@caffeinated: Same - I tend to feed him closer to 5 or else he gets annoyed at eating! Though today he needed the 4:15 nap because he only napped 1:30 total the rest of the day. Ugh! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/last-napbedtime#post-428043 Sun, 02 Dec 2012 13:55:40 +0000 Bao 428043@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Her last nap is at 6pm for 15-45 minutes.<br /> She goes to bed at 8pm<br /> She is 3 months old </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/last-napbedtime#post-427985 Sun, 02 Dec 2012 12:54:33 +0000 Freckles 427985@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@duckduckkristen: I don't know even know why i didn't think about that. I'll try and do that next time. I'm so exhausted when she wakes up early from naps! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/last-napbedtime#post-427961 Sun, 02 Dec 2012 12:43:36 +0000 duckduckkristen 427961@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@caffeinated: I have LO eat dinner like an hour after he wakes up from his nap, so sometimes that means like 4pm! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/last-napbedtime#post-427960 Sun, 02 Dec 2012 12:42:45 +0000 Freckles 427960@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@duckduckkristen: I find that a 4 hour awake period is rough too. I always end up having issues getting her to eat dinner because she starts to get fussy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/last-napbedtime#post-427813 Sun, 02 Dec 2012 10:28:52 +0000 prettylizy 427813@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Last nap between 5 and 5:30<br /> Bedtime is between 7 and 7:30</p> <p>She is 8.5 months old, sleeps through the night until 7:30-8am </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/last-napbedtime#post-427805 Sun, 02 Dec 2012 10:24:48 +0000 doodlepoodle 427805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Last nap: between 5 and 6, 20-30 min long, bed time at 8pm, 6 months old next Saturday! </p> <p>We tried making his bed time earlier thinking that was his way of hinting to us but if we put him down before 7:30pm he only sleeps 20-30 min then is up for an 1 1/2-3 hrs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/last-napbedtime#post-427798 Sun, 02 Dec 2012 10:18:50 +0000 duckduckkristen 427798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: it is, but it can be rough keeping him awake for 4 hours! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/last-napbedtime#post-427779 Sun, 02 Dec 2012 10:07:53 +0000 winniebee 427779@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@duckduckkristen: I know we talked about this, but that's a great schedule : ) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/last-napbedtime#post-427777 Sun, 02 Dec 2012 10:06:58 +0000 duckduckkristen 427777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 7 months. </p> <p>Wake up 7:30<br /> Nap 1 9:30-11<br /> Nap 2 1:30/2-3:30<br /> Bedtime 7:30</p> <p>He needs to be awake for 4 hours before bed if I want him to sleep well! Also, I just got him on this schedule like a week ago after a long struggle with dropping the third nap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/last-napbedtime#post-427714 Sun, 02 Dec 2012 09:32:57 +0000 winniebee 427714@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bree72: Your schedule sounds ideal! My LO still is waking earlier, around 6 or 6:30 most days so we need the earlier nap. I hope in another month we can definitely eliminate the late day nap.</p> <p>Yesterday, it worked fine. He napped from 4:40-5:20 and I made tons of noise and he woke on his own. Oddly was still ready for bed at 7:15, slept til 4, ate, then cood for like an hour before falling back asleep til 7. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/last-napbedtime#post-427152 Sat, 01 Dec 2012 18:57:20 +0000 BananaPancakes 427152@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is 7.5 months</p> <p>Wake - 7 am<br /> First nap. - 10 am<br /> Wake - 11:30-12ish<br /> 2nd nap - 2pm<br /> Wake - 3-4ish<br /> Bed- 7 pm </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/last-napbedtime#post-427128 Sat, 01 Dec 2012 18:33:07 +0000 Freckles 427128@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: @winniebee: My LO is 7.5 months now and i'm so glad i put her in swim lessons. I was so proud when i dunked her in the water and she didn't even cry. A tip is to blow in their face so that they automatically close their eyes, and that's when you dunk them underwater! :)</p> <p>Sometimes LO's last nap will end at 3-3:30pm, which kills me! Usually that means she'll go to bed earlier, around 6:30-6:45. Depending on when her first nap ends, i will sometimes put her in the Ergo and walk around the mall so that she has a quick 40 minute nap. Then i can put her down for her last nap at 3:30pm, which will end around 4:30-5pm and i can put her to bed at 7:30. I sometimes feel like i'm strategizing all day!</p> <p>I can never seem to put her down for a nap after 4pm in the crib. If she wakes up earlier, like at 2:30, then i will put her in the Ergo so she has a short nap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/last-napbedtime#post-427086 Sat, 01 Dec 2012 17:15:51 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 427086@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My lo needs at least four hours between her last nap wakeup and bedtime if I wAnt to be able to get her down. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/last-napbedtime#post-427082 Sat, 01 Dec 2012 17:10:04 +0000 loveisstrange 427082@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our nap schedule is on-demand. We just try to put her down 2/2.5 hours after she wakes up. A typical (approximate) schedule looks like this:</p> <p>8am- Wake up<br /> 10:30am-1st nap<br /> 12pm- Wake up<br /> 2pm- 2nd nap<br /> 4:30pm-Wake up<br /> 6:30pm-Bed time</p> <p>The only thing that is consistent is her bedtime. The rest is subject to 30m-1hr difference, depending. Some mornings she wakes up at 7, sometimes 8:30... it just depends. She's 8 months old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/last-napbedtime#post-427081 Sat, 01 Dec 2012 17:09:18 +0000 littlek 427081@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: we started at 4 months an the first few he gave us pouty face. But today he actually laughed and had a good time. I think it's a matter of getting used to swim lessons. The best thing is he's exhausted afterwards and naps like a champ. I think it's good to start young so he has no fear of the water. He dunked his head in the water today and laughed. Some of my friends kids scream because they hate getting their head wet. I highly recommend swim classes young. :). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/last-napbedtime#post-427077 Sat, 01 Dec 2012 17:04:26 +0000 winniebee 427077@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: Wow that's a long nap!! How does he like swim lessons? We are contemplating them after the holidays. </p> <p>Today he did 1.5 (8:40-10:10) and then another 1.5 (12:40-2:10) and then finally did fall asleep at 4:40 and has been sleeping 25 mins </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/last-napbedtime#post-427075 Sat, 01 Dec 2012 17:02:49 +0000 littlek 427075@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>On Saturday we have swim lessons and gynboree so naps are a little different and he only naps two times.. 10 am for 3 hours and 4 pm for 40 mins. So we drop a nap on Saturday. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/last-napbedtime#post-427069 Sat, 01 Dec 2012 16:53:16 +0000 winniebee 427069@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: Thx! Tyler naps at 8:30 and 12:30 and sometimes 4/4:30. At home, his longest nap is usually the 8:30 but at daycare it's usually the 12:30/1 nap </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/last-napbedtime#post-427064 Sat, 01 Dec 2012 16:48:31 +0000 littlek 427064@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>- 5 or 5:30 pm<br /> - we start bath at 7 pm<br /> - 6 months</p> <p>He naps 3 times.. 10, 1, and 4.. Longest nap is at 1 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/last-napbedtime#post-427055 Sat, 01 Dec 2012 16:35:58 +0000 winniebee 427055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@betsyboop: I know it's crazy! It only happens at daycare on occasion - he usually naps 1-3 during the "all daycare nap" because it's pitch black and there's nice music. But apparently not this week And they couldn't get him to take a 4/4:30 catnap. Too much going on, apparently. I was shocked that he could make it that long, but he did. And slept 9.5 hours straight last night after that long stretch. I would move bedtime up, but I don't get home with him until 6. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/last-napbedtime#post-427051 Sat, 01 Dec 2012 16:33:33 +0000 betsyboop 427051@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>- 4<br /> - 5:30-6<br /> - 6 mos</p> <p>Wow, 2-7p seems like a really long stretch! Sometimes my lo won't actually sleep during her 3rd nap but will fuss and then hang out by herself in her crib for 40 min-1 hr. So yes, the 3rd nap is hit or miss for us too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/last-napbedtime#post-427046 Sat, 01 Dec 2012 16:30:47 +0000 winniebee 427046@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>- What time does your LO wake up from their last nap?</p> <p>- When is bedtime?</p> <p>- How old are they?</p> <p>My LO goes to bed at 7. But his awake time before bed varies depending on how good his last nap was. He's up at least 2 hours between naps and I won't nap him after 4:30. Sometimes his last nap ends at 3....other times 5.....and a few times this week at daycare he didn't take a nap after 2! Oddly, the super long awake time before bed didn't seem to affect his sleep at all. I'm trying to figure out if he is ready to drop his 3rd nap. Today he was up from nap #2 at 2.....and I'm trying to nap him now at 4:30 and it doesn't seem to be going anywhere! He's 6.5 months. </p>