https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:46:48 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moms-of-los-on-one-nap#post-664280 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 19:12:53 +0000 Mrs. Bee 664280@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: he stays in his room and plays by himself for an hour. Maybe 40% of the time he falls asleep. Today he did and I woke him up after 2 hours, but he will sleep 3+ if we let him. It interferes with his night sleep though so I don't like letting him nap that long.</p> <p>If we give him something new or fun to play with (play doh for instance, he is good up to an hour. I don't want to move quiet time earlier (around 2) because he still falls asleep half the time and if its too early, he won't sleep. I vastly prefer that he nap because he doesn't go down earlier at night when he doesn't because he's overtired. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moms-of-los-on-one-nap#post-664256 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:50:16 +0000 Sammyfab 664256@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is much younger than Olive (13 months) and we transitioned him to 1 nap at 12 months. Like others, the length of his nap really depends on how much he sleeps at night. If he sleeps 12.5-13 hours (which is more often than not since we transitioned) we only get a 1-1.5 hour nap. In the past month he's taken a 2+ hour nap maybe 5 times. I'd so much rather him get more sleep at night though than transfer that sleep to daytime; but everything I've read says that's what will eventually happen. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moms-of-los-on-one-nap#post-664248 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:38:54 +0000 Rubies 664248@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO's nap is normally 1.5 hours. If we're super lucky or she's had a wild morning, we'll get 2 hours. If God has mercy on us, she'll sleep for 2.5-3 hours. This has only happened 4 times. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moms-of-los-on-one-nap#post-664234 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:23:00 +0000 Andrea 664234@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: off topic, but I am wondering what you do for Charlie's quiet time and how long is it? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moms-of-los-on-one-nap#post-664088 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 16:11:12 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 664088@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>M keeps trying to drop her morning nap, but she's not lengthening the afternoon, so she's miserable by 6:30... And now Lala is trying to drop her afternoon nap, so no rest for a weary mama. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moms-of-los-on-one-nap#post-664085 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 16:08:01 +0000 sandy 664085@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: like @Mrs. Yoyo said it depends on overnight sleep. When we were traveling she had a later bedtime but woke up pretty much the same time and so she napped 3+ hours...so her total number of hours of sleep stayed pretty consistent at 14.5 hrs. Now that we're back home she sleeps 12hrs at night and usually 2-2.5 hrs for her one nap. My friends with babies on one nap also have their kids sleeping 14hrs total per day but some<br /> have less night time sleep and longer naps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moms-of-los-on-one-nap#post-664000 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 15:13:30 +0000 honeybear 664000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, but the three-hour nap is still a rare beast! It usually only happens when he's done his marathon training/Tough Mudder practice in the morning. (Kidding...kind of.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moms-of-los-on-one-nap#post-663985 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 15:01:31 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 663985@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It really depends in his overnight sleep. If he gets a solid 11-12 hours, nap is only 1.5-2 hours. When he wakes up early or really gets run ragged in the morning, sometimes he'll go 3. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moms-of-los-on-one-nap#post-663978 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 14:54:51 +0000 heffalump 663978@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, she started out with 1 1/2 hour nap and she has gone to two hours. Very rarely she'll go for 3 hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moms-of-los-on-one-nap#post-663857 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 13:40:33 +0000 T.H.O.U. 663857@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. When she jest started on one nap it was about an 1-1.5 hours but now she's 2-2.5 hours. She's not a big sleeper though. Maybe 8-10 hours at night and a 2 hour nap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moms-of-los-on-one-nap#post-663855 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 13:37:57 +0000 Mrs. Bee 663855@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Did their naps lengthen over time?</p> <p>Charlie was a 3+ hour napper from the beginning of the transition to one nap. Olive takes a 2 hour nap, but a 3 hour nap would make such a difference in my life because she wakes up now just as Charlie is going down for quiet time, so they're not on the same schedule.</p> <p>Did your LOs 1 nap lengthen over time? </p>