https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 03 May 2026 13:50:30 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/short-naps-make-me-feel-better#post-1139511 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 07:53:06 +0000 NovBaby1112 1139511@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>it is def a phase!! i think around 6/7 months was when she started taking consistent long naps and consolidated her naps into 2 big ones. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/short-naps-make-me-feel-better#post-1139372 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 01:23:08 +0000 shopaholic 1139372@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just wanted to chime in and say this is us too. 7 months and the past 2+ months I've been trying to get longer nap stretches. Sometimes it's a hit, sometimes it's a miss. We had a 5 min. nap yesterday. :( I'm hoping it's a phase, even though she has always been a catnapper. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/short-naps-make-me-feel-better#post-1131357 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 08:33:25 +0000 photojane 1131357@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mjane: it's so exhausting! But now I can actually get a nap in on some days! Just remind yourself that it's just a phase. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/short-naps-make-me-feel-better#post-1131355 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 08:32:57 +0000 yoursilverlining 1131355@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh, been there. For us (hope I don't scare you!) naps didn't get better until LO was moved into the toddler room at daycare at 13 months. Before around 13 months, she took ONE 25-40 minute nap a day. One freaking nap, a day. On weekends, sometimes I could get her to take a longer nap but only if I slept with her the entire time.</p> <p>At 13 months she suddenly switched to an afternoon nap of 1-2 hours. Glorious! At home, she'll usually also still take a morning nap of about 30 minutes, in addition to the good afternoon nap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/short-naps-make-me-feel-better#post-1131342 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 08:30:14 +0000 photojane 1131342@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sslm: girl, been there. Feel your pain! Does she take a paci? If Sadie would wake up after a ridiculous nap &amp; I knew she was still tired I would just pop her paci back in &amp; give her her blankie &amp; leave the room. Sometimes she would play until she fell back asleep, sometimes she would scream until she fell back asleep, &amp; sometimes she just wouldn't sleep. It's worth a try though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/short-naps-make-me-feel-better#post-1131323 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 08:25:22 +0000 Revel 1131323@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sslm: :( to the five minute nap. Just offering solidarity, sadly no good advice. This is exactly my LO and at four months I'm wondering if we'll ever get longer naps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/short-naps-make-me-feel-better#post-1131300 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 08:14:59 +0000 sslm 1131300@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm at the end of my rope! She just took a 5 minute nap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/short-naps-make-me-feel-better#post-1131269 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 08:03:03 +0000 mjane 1131269@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@photojane: best news I've head all day. My girl is 4 mos and also queen of the crap nap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/short-naps-make-me-feel-better#post-1131181 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 07:29:58 +0000 photojane 1131181@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sslm: Sadie was the queen of cat-naps for the first few months of her life! All of a sudden one day she just sort of got into her own little routine, and she's an awesome napper now. If we're home for the day, she takes three very predictable naps: 1 hour morning nap, 1 hour early afternoon nap, 2-3 hour late afternoon nap (she still cat naps while we're out and about - she can't help but fall asleep in the car!). I didn't change anything, she just started doing it around 6 months! There's hope for you!! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/short-naps-make-me-feel-better#post-1131159 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 07:16:55 +0000 SleepyMonkey 1131159@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my LO is 11 months now and her naps were just like your LO's...3-4 30-45 minute naps per day and she was happy when she woke up. now she is down to 2 naps, one is still short, but one is usually longer (1-2 hours). she is still pretty happy even though she gets less sleep than the average baby (according to what i've read). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/short-naps-make-me-feel-better#post-1131057 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 06:11:11 +0000 sslm 1131057@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: thanks! That thread is helpful :)</p> <p>I'm trying to work on accepting this... It's so hard! But I can't keep getting upset every day, it's draining. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/short-naps-make-me-feel-better#post-1130538 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 20:58:18 +0000 hilsy85 1130538@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sslm: here's the post I started about it! </p> <p><a href="http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/howwhen-did-your-lo-get-past-40-minute-naps" rel="nofollow">http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/howwhen-did-your-lo-get-past-40-minute-naps</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/short-naps-make-me-feel-better#post-1130536 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 20:56:49 +0000 dolphin 1130536@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm sorry. 9 months and still doing three 30-45 minute naps. Once in awhile she will gift me a 1.5 hour nap. That happened a total of 3x so far in the past few weeks. I was skipping in glee! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/short-naps-make-me-feel-better#post-1130534 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 20:56:38 +0000 MrsStar 1130534@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It does get better! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/short-naps-make-me-feel-better#post-1130486 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 20:43:10 +0000 autumn865 1130486@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It got better for us with at least one long nap (1.5 hours) when we transitioned to two naps around 7 months. But I've found baby sleep is always unreliable! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/short-naps-make-me-feel-better#post-1130473 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 20:41:21 +0000 hilsy85 1130473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sslm: yup unfortunately it was just a phase we had to get thru. But we did! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/short-naps-make-me-feel-better#post-1130470 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 20:40:51 +0000 immabeetoo 1130470@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sslm: Yep we tried everything and he was happy when he woke too. It was a phase, 5.5 m was a changing point for us. He still isn't a sleepy kid but naps DID get longer :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/short-naps-make-me-feel-better#post-1130464 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 20:39:48 +0000 sslm 1130464@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: I just read that! Made me feel a bit better. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/short-naps-make-me-feel-better#post-1130460 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 20:39:12 +0000 sslm 1130460@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rubies: she's been doing this about 2 months. </p> <p>I've tried everything. White noise, keeping her up longer, keeping her up less time, quiet house... Letting her fuss when she wakes... The "problem" is she wakes up totally happy and ready to go! I'm not so ready to go though... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/short-naps-make-me-feel-better#post-1130451 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 20:38:20 +0000 hilsy85 1130451@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It got better for us around 7 mos I think? Before that it was 4 30-40 min naps, it sucked! Mrs yo yo wrote a good post on i! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/short-naps-make-me-feel-better#post-1130440 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 20:35:26 +0000 Rubies 1130440@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Did she nap longer before? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/short-naps-make-me-feel-better#post-1130437 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 20:34:41 +0000 sslm 1130437@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Please tell me your stories of short naps being a phase... I'm at my wits end! M is 5 months and takes three 30 min naps a day. Mama needs a break!!! </p>