https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:14:04 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-ending-at-3pm-worst-bedtime-ever#post-1587783 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 00:47:50 +0000 daniellemybelle 1587783@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks all... We are back to 3 naps for now I think, the last one being a cat nap, because she has been waking up earlier &amp; earlier &amp; her wake time is just not long enough to be able to only do 2 naps from 6am to 7pm. I feel a little weird about going backward but she is still taking at least one if not two 2-hr naps so I feel like it's working fine. I figure her wake time will increase in the near future &amp; then it will be easier to stretch between naps &amp; between the last nap &amp; bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-ending-at-3pm-worst-bedtime-ever#post-1584791 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 20:19:51 +0000 singingbee 1584791@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This has happened to us a few times lately, but it's LO not getting a third nap around 4:30. Usually she will sleep 20-30 minutes on the way home and that helps immensely. If she doesn't, we cr through everything and then I try to put her in bed by 6:30 or so. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-ending-at-3pm-worst-bedtime-ever#post-1584051 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 14:29:18 +0000 Pumuckl 1584051@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>An earlier bedtime (within a 1h span) never worked for us so I just dealt with the fussiness or let him cat nap in the stroller where his sleep was never as deep and thus the nap being closer to his bedtime wasn't a problem. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-ending-at-3pm-worst-bedtime-ever#post-1582087 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 21:51:10 +0000 Foodnerd81 1582087@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a few months where this would happen a few times a week. I never really figured it out until she finally got on a solid 2 nap schedule. Every day was an experiment to see what would work best. </p> <p>But now at 8.5 months, she takes nice regular naps and has a regular bedtime, yet is flexible on the timing if we are busy. So, there is a light at the end of the (fussy) tunnel. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-ending-at-3pm-worst-bedtime-ever#post-1582057 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 21:37:22 +0000 Grace 1582057@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That happened all the time when LO dropped the third nap. What I did was work hard to get her to take the last nap late enough so that she would wake at 4 or later. Otherwise it was a disaster. She's like your LO. Will not go to bed super early. Maybe will only do 30 min early. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-ending-at-3pm-worst-bedtime-ever#post-1581906 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 20:19:51 +0000 SweetMamaM 1581906@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm in the keep-them-up crowd, but it definitely is trial and error to see what works for your little one. My little lad didn't get a proper nap until late this morning so I'll let him sleep for as long as he needs and try for a shorter nap later this afternoon. If he does one massive as opposed to two shorter naps, so be it. I try and operate on him getting 15 hours total sleep each 24 hour period but I'm not too fussed how he divides it up. I might be more laissez-faire than most... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-ending-at-3pm-worst-bedtime-ever#post-1581876 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 20:08:26 +0000 Beehive 1581876@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I need to keep LO awake like that, two things that really help are (a) going outside in the stroller and getting fresh air, and/or (b) bathtime. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-ending-at-3pm-worst-bedtime-ever#post-1581851 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 20:00:26 +0000 Applesandbananas 1581851@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sometimes (like tonight) LO comes home totally exhausted from daycare and we just follow his cues. Sometimes we wind up up in the middle of the night, other times, he sleeps through. If we go against his cues, he is pretty miserable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-ending-at-3pm-worst-bedtime-ever#post-1581849 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 19:59:28 +0000 Tanjowen 1581849@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I meant to add that the bath and bedtime process helped keep him distracted and I think soothed him :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-ending-at-3pm-worst-bedtime-ever#post-1581843 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 19:58:05 +0000 Tanjowen 1581843@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son just started the same schedule! It has been an interesting time period (read: fuss city), and we noticed he was starting to need to go to bed earlier and earlier. We have a bedtime process for him that takes roughly an hour - bath, lotion him up while singing/diapering, eat, read book and rock, then in crib - so we just started the process at 6 p.m. rather than at 7, and he is out like a light at 7 p.m. now after two nights of adjusting his schedule that way. Hope your little one sorts it out soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-ending-at-3pm-worst-bedtime-ever#post-1581809 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 19:44:41 +0000 Pepper 1581809@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is on a 2 nap schedule. His first nap is the longest (ranges from 1.5 - 3 hours), and he usually goes down around 10. His second nap is usually 1 - 1.5 hours long, and he goes down around 2. </p> <p>Today, he didn't get a second nap, because his first one was late (went down at 12) and he didn't wake up til 3. Instead of putting him to bed early, which is always a disaster for us, I just amused him until his regular bedtime. He was fussy, but we made it, and now he's sound asleep *knock on wood*</p> <p>Hope LO gets back on track for you tomorrow! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-ending-at-3pm-worst-bedtime-ever#post-1581802 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 19:41:52 +0000 Madison43 1581802@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh - we have had that happen a few times recently and I tried it both ways. For my LO, a late 3rd nap has resulted in a MUCH later bedtime, so I just do my best to keep her entertained and happy for as long as possible and then do any early bedtime. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-ending-at-3pm-worst-bedtime-ever#post-1581735 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 19:08:02 +0000 daniellemybelle 1581735@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO took 2 naps today - 9-9:40am &amp; 12-3pm. She has usually been taking two 2-hr naps with about 2.5 hrs between so her last nap is usually over at 4:30-5 &amp; bedtime is at 7-7:30. This weird nap today meant if she had a 3rd nap it would be way too late so I elected for early bedtime at 6pm.</p> <p>Well, it's not working out so hot. Girlfriend is exhausted but fighting it tooth &amp; nail. I wish I had woken her up from that monster nap so she could have had a third nap at a decent time. :(</p> <p>What do you do when a nap is too early to make it to bedtime but not early enough for another nap? I am rocking her right now which kind of sucks because without fail she has a bad night if she doesn't fall asleep on her own in the crib. </p>