https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 19 May 2026 04:57:20 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-and-nap-sleep-train-together-or-separately#post-649357 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:00:01 +0000 Running Elley 649357@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks ladies! I've read Healthy Sleep Habits but I completely forgot about that part regarding day and night sleep being in different parts of the brain.</p> <p>We had a rough night last night so I definitely see the threat of being overtired becoming an issue. It looks like we'll wait a little longer to nap train. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-and-nap-sleep-train-together-or-separately#post-649329 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 09:52:59 +0000 cascademom 649329@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NovBaby1112: This could be what happened to us last night. We've been sleep training and nap training at the same time. Sleep training has gone well until yesterday where he struggled to sleep for 1.5 hours. We didn't go in and rescue him, just let him CIO. Before that during the day, he was also CIO for naps. So, he spent a lot of his day CIO for naps and then bedtime. We were afraid that he wouldn't distinguish the two. Also, we only have the weekends to nap train as well since he's nap trained at daycare. We probably made it worse for ourselves yesterday, but we wanted to make sure it was consistent. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-and-nap-sleep-train-together-or-separately#post-649054 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 08:00:43 +0000 NovBaby1112 649054@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I also read what NerdBee said, the brain can distinguish day sleep and night sleep so you can train separately. I also read you may end up with a VERY overtired baby if you try to do both. I heard the best way to do is is get night time sleep down first, say it takes a week or 2, then start on naps so at least baby isn't an overtired mess! we also need to nap train but i am not ready to hear LO cry during the day :( she can be put down awake at night but for naps its a different story! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-and-nap-sleep-train-together-or-separately#post-648985 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 07:15:37 +0000 lovehoneybee 648985@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did them at the same time, and actually has a much easier time with naps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-and-nap-sleep-train-together-or-separately#post-648975 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 07:11:41 +0000 hilsy85 648975@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am finding nap training sooo much harder than night time sleep training, so I am mainly focusing on night time, and if I need to backtrack with naps (aka rock to sleep and hold him for the nap, or take him out in the stroller), then I'll do that. But I at least first attempt to put him down for a nap awake. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-and-nap-sleep-train-together-or-separately#post-648945 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 06:49:32 +0000 Thenetexan 648945@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We tried to do it separately. We did not have success until we did both at the same time. I did not want to mess with his nights. At the time I nursed him to sleep, but he would then STTN. Nap training alone did not work. I think consistency is the biggest thing and for us, that meant treating naps and bedtime the same. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-and-nap-sleep-train-together-or-separately#post-648919 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 06:26:16 +0000 BelugaBean 648919@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nap training is harder. Ours kind of overlapped but we did night training for about five days before starting on naps. For the most part, she was good at night with the occasional issue. It was easier on me because, since we did CIO, it gave me a break from having to listen to her crying, which made me feel terrible for her. </p> <p>I've also heard to get nights at least somewhat down before starting naps because then they can sleep during naps if the night was rough. I've heard that if you do both at the same time, it's possible that your LO could become way too overly tired. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-and-nap-sleep-train-together-or-separately#post-648895 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 04:53:05 +0000 NerdBee 648895@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>According to Dr. Weissbluth in Healthy Sleep Habits Happy Child, day sleep and night sleep are organized in different parts of the brain so theoretically you can nap and night train separately. I think this is true because LO didn't need to be rocked to sleep for naps, only for bedtime. So I only needed to night train. I have heard that nap training is harder though because babies are not as sleepy during the day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-and-nap-sleep-train-together-or-separately#post-648894 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 04:41:08 +0000 Running Elley 648894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What would/did you do?</p> <p>I've read that it's better to have night sleep training successfully completed before tackling nap training. To me it almost seems like that would be inconsistent and confusing for LO if you're expecting them to learn to fall asleep themselves at night but are then assisting them in falling asleep during the day. My LO specifically has until now been fed/rocked to sleep for each nap. </p>