https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 05 Jul 2026 03:54:52 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-routine#post-427170 Sat, 01 Dec 2012 19:12:46 +0000 Weagle 427170@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: I know...makes for some pretty fun evenings sometimes :) She's never been a sleepy baby and it has always been a struggle to get her to nap. But she usually gets enough sleep earlier in the day, so I'm not to worried about it. And I said that her afternoon nap is 1 hour, but its usually about an hour and a half. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-routine#post-427155 Sat, 01 Dec 2012 18:58:32 +0000 pastemoo 427155@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@c.sassy: She stays up so long in the afternoon! I am surprised!<br /> @Mrs. Bee: That's awesome! G has always been an awake baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-routine#post-427140 Sat, 01 Dec 2012 18:42:20 +0000 Freckles 427140@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: Yeah, i also put her down about 1.5 hours after waking up. I found that the first nap was always the easiest and usually guaranteed. </p> <p>I went through a rough patch around the 6 month mark too. I'm not sure if it was separation anxiety that started, but she would start wailing uncontrollably after i put her down for a nap. It lasted about a week, but it went back to normal (thankfully). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-routine#post-426292 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 22:12:34 +0000 Mrs. Bee 426292@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: yah olive has always been a very sleepy baby. she still sleeps over 12 hours at night! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-routine#post-425294 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:26:33 +0000 Weagle 425294@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I too reached a point where I just wanted some sort of routine for my own sanity around the 5.5 month mark. We started getting into a schedule based on this:<br /> <a href="http://noobmommy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/EASY-Schedule-Cheat-Sheet.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://noobmommy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/EASY-Schedule-Cheat-Sheet.pdf</a></p> <p>But I always allowed her to sleep if she really needed to and nurse when she wanted. Now it looks kind of like this:<br /> 7ish - wake<br /> 8:30-9 - nap (1-1.5 hours)<br /> 12:30-1 - nap (45min-1 hour)<br /> 4ish - catnap occasionally<br /> 7-7:30 - bedtime </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-routine#post-425239 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:08:06 +0000 pastemoo 425239@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bree72: Good to know. I will try it!<br /> @Mrs. Yoyo: Thanks!<br /> @littlecasita1122: Wow. Your little guy sleeps much more than mine. He sleeps 8pm to almost 7am (with several wakeups--hungry little guy!).<br /> @Mrs. Bee: Just realized... she slept 5 45 to 8 20? That is impressive!<br /> @caffeinated: We had something similar going for awhile (9am, 12pm, 3pm naps) but somehow that got totally derailed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-routine#post-425141 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:21:59 +0000 Freckles 425141@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 6 months, LO's schedule was:<br /> 7:20 wakeup<br /> 9am nap (1.5-2 hours)<br /> 1pm nap (1.5-2 hours)<br /> 4pm nap (40 minutes)<br /> 7pm bedtime</p> <p>We started a schedule at around 8 weeks and we went by both sleepy cues and the clock. The older she got, it was harder to go by sleepy cues so i went by the clock. </p> <p>She is now 7.5 months old, and her awake times have increased to about 2-3 hours, depending on what she's doing. She will always take two naps in the crib, and will take one short nap in the Ergo. I find that she sometimes won't take long enough naps and i end up having to put her to bed really early (which i hate). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-routine#post-425130 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:15:05 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 425130@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Combined with Weissbluth, I've always found this chart helpful:</p> <p><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/11GHo4keUb2TVJUlSL1kD6HQcEgaNFBmzoQoOzcpcyas/edit?hl=en&#038;authkey=CPXE1bsO&#038;pli=1#" rel="nofollow">https://docs.google.com/document/d/11GHo4keUb2TVJUlSL1kD6HQcEgaNFBmzoQoOzcpcyas/edit?hl=en&#038;authkey=CPXE1bsO&#038;pli=1#</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-routine#post-424844 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:51:19 +0000 stiffaknee 424844@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is 7 months old...Her routine looks something like this:</p> <p>8:00 am: wake up, bottle<br /> 9:00 am: breakfast<br /> 9:30 am: nap #1, 1.5 hours<br /> 12:00 pm: bottle<br /> 12:30 pm: nap #2, 30 minutes<br /> 1:30 pm: lunch<br /> 3:00 pm: nap #3, 1.5 hours<br /> 4:00 pm: bottle<br /> 5:30 pm: dinner<br /> 8:00 pm: bath, bottle, bed </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-routine#post-424798 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:31:35 +0000 littlecasita1122 424798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been trying to get him into a 2-3-4 routine. This is a typical day:<br /> Wakes between 5-6am for a quick nursing session. Back to sleep until 8am.<br /> Nurse at 9am.<br /> First nap at 10am (2 hours after he's woken up for the day). Usually sleeps for 45-60 minutes.<br /> Solids around 11:30ish, bottle at 12:30pm.<br /> Second nap at 2pm (or 3 hours after he woke up from first nap). Usually sleeps for 45-60 mins.<br /> Bottle at 4pm.<br /> Nighttime routines start at 6:45, he's usually asleep no later than 7:30pm after one last bottle.</p> <p>This has worked really well the past couple weeks because I noticed his max awake time was increasing and he no longer needed a 3rd nap in the late afternoon. My LO is 5.5 months old. This will probably be re-adjusted when he finally starts sleeping straight through until 7am or when he takes longer naps than 45 mins. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-routine#post-424766 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:21:30 +0000 cheesetomywhine 424766@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: Yes, she gets tired very quickly! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-routine#post-424757 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:17:54 +0000 BananaPancakes 424757@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: Oh, he'd play all morning and be happy as a clam. I just know he's tired because if I put him in his crib, he'll fall asleep. So, just experience, I guess. He gives clues in the afternoon that he's tired, but not much in the morning. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-routine#post-424748 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:13:05 +0000 pastemoo 424748@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bree72: This is the best way for me also to get him to take his afternoon naps. For some reason I just can't tell in the morning because he is so happy.<br /> @cheesetomywhine: Such an early first nap! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-routine#post-424741 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:09:55 +0000 cheesetomywhine 424741@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is 5 months. This is her schedule.<br /> 7-7:15 up<br /> ~8:20/8:45-10:30 nap. I put her down when sleepy<br /> 12:10/12:15-2 nap<br /> 3:30/3:45-4:30 (i wake her)-nap<br /> 7-bed</p> <p>I wake her if needed since I feed upon awakening. I will also rock her if she wakes early. Your LO may ve ready for a 2hr stretch between naps </p> <p>Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-routine#post-424737 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:09:13 +0000 BananaPancakes 424737@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He really put himself on a nap schedule. Like @littlek, they are somewhat based on his bottle times. He doesn't fall asleep on the bottle, but he's typically ready for a nap with 15 minutes afterwards. This has been our routine for the past month, so 6.5 months 'til now. </p> <p>7 am - Wake<br /> 7:30 - breakfast (usually some banana slices and egg yolk) Since we do a lot of BLW this can take a half an hour+.<br /> 9:45 - 7 oz bottle<br /> Asleep by 10 am<br /> He'll nap for 45 min- 2 hours, usually<br /> 12pm - lunch (usually some veggies, or whatever I'm eating)<br /> 1:45 - 7 oz bottle<br /> Asleep by 2 pm - and another 45 min - 2 hour nap.<br /> 6:45 last bottle of the day, then asleep for the night by 7 pm.</p> <p>I didn't sleep train, but am lucky that, for naps at least, he likes to put himself to sleep. If he cries at all, I know he's not ready for his nap and play with him for another 15 min or so. Nighttime is a whole 'nother story. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-routine#post-424708 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:55:39 +0000 pastemoo 424708@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: Oh! That is surprising! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-routine#post-424684 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:47:32 +0000 Mrs. Bee 424684@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: they are most tired before their first nap of the day. i put olive down after she was awake an hour and a half for her first nap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-routine#post-424660 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:41:04 +0000 pastemoo 424660@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: In that case, how did you decide on the first nap? Little G stays up all morning at least 6 of 7 days of the week.<br /> I think it is time for me to at least attempt a morning nap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-routine#post-424646 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:36:41 +0000 Mrs. Bee 424646@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This was Olive's nap schedule at 6 months:</p> <p>8:20am – Wake up<br /> 9:45am – Nap 1 (30 min)<br /> 12:00pm – Nap 2 (1 1/2 hours)<br /> 3:15pm – Nap 3 (30 min)<br /> 5:45pm – Asleep </p> <p>I based her schedule on when she woke up from her last nap.</p> <p>This was pre-sleep training, so her naps weren't consistent. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-routine#post-424643 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:35:24 +0000 pastemoo 424643@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: Oh. That makes sense. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-routine#post-424636 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:33:01 +0000 littlek 424636@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I based the nap times on when he normally takes his bottle. He always falls asleep after the bottle or on the bottle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-routine#post-424619 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:24:13 +0000 pastemoo 424619@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: Didn't realize there was a 6 month thing! He is a little grumpier than usual though.</p> <p>My problem is not that anything has changed but that I suddenly want schedule in my own life so I can do some things--in the past I just went with the flow as a SAHM.<br /> With the impending move, I'd like to be able to schedule various things so the move goes smoothly. Plus I might go back to work...<br /> How did you decide on 10am, 11am and 2pm?</p> <p>So far he usually takes no nap in the morning (wake up at 7am), and then takes mini naps in the carrier in the afternoon and his real nap is usually in the late afternoon (4 30 or 5 30), and sometimes a really short nap 6 45 to 7. Bedtime is 8.<br /> Honestly I don't even know how many naps he takes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-routine#post-424582 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:12:21 +0000 littlek 424582@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are struggling with naps too. Must be some kind of 6 month issue because my LO is 6 months too. I'm going to try for 2 naps in the morning and 1 in the afternoon. So firstshort nap around 10 a.m., then another short nap around 11 a.m. and then a longer nap around 2 p.m. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-routine#post-424578 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:10:10 +0000 pastemoo 424578@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How did you go about starting a nap routine for your LO?</p> <p>I have been going completely unscheduled for naps--I let him sleep when he gives me his sleepy cues. Or I go do things with him in the carrier and he naps on and off. (I am a SAHM so I can be more flexible.)</p> <p>If possible, I would like to start up a more regular routine based on the clock but I don't even know where to start.</p> <p>His night time sleep in based on the clock, with a little wiggle room depending on his sleepy cues.</p> <p>He is 6 months old.</p> <p>When did you implement a nap schedule? How did you do it? </p>