https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 13 May 2026 12:10:55 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/naps-close-to-bedtime#post-1746765 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 22:24:47 +0000 coopsmama 1746765@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't worry about it at that age. I think at that age they sleep when they need it. I definitely agree with @septca: about the 2-3-4 schedule being helpful once LO makes the move to two naps. That worked well for us for almost 6 months! DS is now on one nap a day and usually goes to bed 4.5-5 hours after he wakes up from the nap. He's coming up on 13 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/naps-close-to-bedtime#post-1746759 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 22:21:14 +0000 fussygal 1746759@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: what time does she wake up in the morning? 6:30 is close to N's new schedule at night. She went down again tonight around 6:30 and is still asleep. I'm scared it's her new bedtime which will mean earlier wake ups!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/naps-close-to-bedtime#post-1744887 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 09:18:41 +0000 septca 1744887@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At that age, I wasn't worried about it - I let DD set her own schedule. Once she was on two naps a day, I found that the 2-3-4 schedule worked really well for us. Now that she takes one nap, she is usually awake for about 4 hours before bedtime. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/naps-close-to-bedtime#post-1744879 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 09:16:20 +0000 fussygal 1744879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ScarletBegonia: haha, yes please to splitting the difference! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/naps-close-to-bedtime#post-1744819 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 08:56:14 +0000 autumnlove 1744819@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Weekend Naps are at 1 or 1:30 and LO 2 usually sleeps until 4 or 5. Bedtime is at 6:30 or 7. She doesn't nap well at daycare. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/naps-close-to-bedtime#post-1744799 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 08:49:47 +0000 Pirouette 1744799@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we just let her sleep and figured she knew how much sleep she needed, and she definitely had her times when that nap turned into a really long nap and i got nervous, but it never seemed to impact her sleep. However, she's now almost 7 months and that's starting to change. So yes, there will come a time when you need to start spacing that last nap better, but I think you'll know pretty quickly when that's a problem! for us at least, she now makes it clear she needs playtime between every nap/sleep, whereas in the past, if she woke up from a nap at 6pm, she'd go back down shortly after for the night without an issue. now, later nap means later bedtime. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/naps-close-to-bedtime#post-1744497 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 05:12:09 +0000 ScarletBegonia 1744497@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No advice cause I'm having the opposite problem at 17 weeks - my son seems to have fallen into the pattern of taking two short-ish naps in the morning (an hour or less) and then a long nap in the afternoon (2-3 hours)...the past couple of days he's only just made it til 4 in his afternoon nap - and bedtime is 7...so he's got a long awake period. But, it seems to be working! The past 3/4 days he's been on this schedule he's slept 8-10 hour stretches and 12-13 hrs total overnight.<br /> Anyway - i wish I could give you some advice (or that our little ones could split the difference so we'd both be happy!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/naps-close-to-bedtime#post-1744494 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 05:02:26 +0000 illumina 1744494@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At that age I was making sure she was awake at least an hour before bedtime (7pm). Sometimes that meant the afternoon nap was a little shorter, but it worked for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/naps-close-to-bedtime#post-1744388 Mon, 07 Jul 2014 23:44:30 +0000 fussygal 1744388@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What age did you actively try to avoid naps close to bedtime? Also, how many hours before bedtime would you let the last nap end?</p> <p>We do the obvious thing and let our 14 week old LO sleep whenever she shows us she's tired (usually she can last 65-75 minutes awake) and her last nap ends about an hour before bedtime. I always assumed there would come a time that we need to be cautious of the timing though.</p> <p>Lately she's been having some super long naps. She usually takes five or six 40 minute naps a day (major catnapper!). The last nap is usually from 6:00-6:45, but the past week she's taken some two hour naps during that time. Yesterday and today she slept from 5:30-7:45, and she only woke up because something woke her. We normally put her down for bed around 8:00, so the late nap makes me nervous for night time, but she obviously wants/needs some sleep. I wonder if this is her moving her bedtime super early or just going through a growth spurt. Either way I'm happy for the long naps, but did anyone else experience this? </p>