https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 22 Apr 2026 22:36:30 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-1-when#post-126090 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:44:38 +0000 Rubies 126090@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cchoi4: Yes, exactly - Even though she doesn't seem tired, as soon as I start plopping her in her sleep sack, she immediately starts sucking her thumb (classic LO sign for being tired) and closes her eyes. I also notice the glazed tired eyes as she's playing...She'll start to stare off into space...LOL. I think 3 hours is her new wakeful period...Thanks for your insight! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-1-when#post-126057 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:29:36 +0000 heffalump 126057@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Anywhere from 2-3 hours. Usually 2 though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-1-when#post-125933 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:27:07 +0000 Cchoi4 125933@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 1 yr old and for the past few months, he has been getting tired anywhere between 2 hours to 2.5 hours from when he first wakes up in the morning. He usually doesn't show signs of being tired until I take him to his nursery and start putting on his sleep sack. Cue the yawning and rubbing eyes then! So sometimes I just have to watch the clock and do a little guesswork that he's tired. One thing I've noticed is when we are around the time of the next nap, I'll look at his eyes. He seems to have a "tired" look...baggy undereyes or red around his nose/eyes. Maybe this isn't for every baby but I've noticed it on mine.</p> <p>How has your naptime routine been when you put your LO down 3 hours after she wakes up? If there are no issues and she goes down easily, perhaps that is just the way she wants to sleep. If she is waking up prematurely from her nap or does not want to go down easily, then maybe look at the clock and take her to her room and play quietly there with the lights off. See if that makes her give you tired cues. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-1-when#post-125926 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:24:52 +0000 chopsuey 125926@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>M goes down for nap #1 around 3 hours after she wakes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-1-when#post-125920 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:21:48 +0000 Rubies 125920@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How many hours after waking does your LO take his/her first nap?</p> <p>For the looooongest time, LO would be tired as little as one hour, up to two hours before being dead tired and ready for nap#1. Now, at 8.5 months, she's going onto 3 hours before even showing the slightest sign of being tired. Sometimes I feel like I should force her to nap because she's just too busy playing to show me that she's tired.</p> <p>Insight? </p>