https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 09 Jun 2026 02:27:02 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-cues#post-1814452 Wed, 13 Aug 2014 15:30:46 +0000 merbaby14 1814452@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Naps are so hard at this age! I have what I would consider a good sleeper (at night) and naps still give me so much anxiety!</p> <p>That said, we have success finally with his first morning nap. So although I'm afraid I can't help you identify sleep cues bc I can't do that either, or get them to take long naps, I can share what worked for nap #1 which like you said, may help you guys get off to a good start. </p> <p>Basically, we wake up at the same time every morning (6) and I put him down every day at 8 (with a 5 sometimes 10 min cushion if needed). 2 hours is his wake time so after a few days of trial and error maybe you can also find you LO's sweet spot and then just stick to that time religiously. </p> <p>For us, having a consistent wake time made a huge diff. This means we try not to get him until as close to six as possible even if he wakes up early and we wake him if he's still sleeping.</p> <p>You are not alone at all though! I'm trying to just stress less about naps as much as I can... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-cues#post-1814031 Wed, 13 Aug 2014 12:59:24 +0000 ellewoods84 1814031@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was searching the boards and I am totally sucking at reading my daughters sleep cues!! She is 15 weeks old now and I aim for 60-70 minutes of awake time. But sometimes she yawns like 40 min after her nap! Should I really attempt to put her back to sleep that early? I kept her awake for around 70 min, even though she yawned at like 45 min and it took me 30 minutes to get her to sleep! And now she's awake! She only slept 35 minutes! This happens everyday, I feel like I am living in groundhogs day. I suck. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-cues#post-1639534 Fri, 16 May 2014 10:40:03 +0000 abbydabbydoodlebug 1639534@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thank you all for the advice! I think I will try starting the nap routine at 1hr 15min. It still takes her so long to eat though. It takes her about 40-50 min to eat because she dozes off. Maybe I should cut her off when she starts doing that and switch sides? I just worry about her getting enough. </p> <p>Her sleep cues really are all over the place, sometimes she yawns, sometimes not. If she doesn't yawn, she'll get cranky and then it's too late. I try to watch for her "slowing down activity" but what the heck does that look like?? Sometimes she'll start kicking a lot, but she does that when she's playing, so I'm unsure if that's a cue or not. </p> <p>She slept 1.5 hours! She started waking at 35 minutes in and I ran up, snuck in her room and put her paci back in and she was able to settle down and go back to sleep. It's the first time I've tried that, so maybe that's the key! </p> <p>...Or maybe it's because I wrote this post and then she finally decided to sleep. Lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-cues#post-1639456 Fri, 16 May 2014 10:18:05 +0000 hilsy85 1639456@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At that age LO could only last about 45 minutes before a nap. Maybe try putting LO down 10 minutes earlier each day and see if you can catch the sweet spot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-cues#post-1639398 Fri, 16 May 2014 10:01:52 +0000 Foodnerd81 1639398@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At that age, I had to put C down for her first nap like an hour after she woke up or she would be over tired. The rest of the day it was probably 1.5 hours of awake time? We were still nursing to sleep so it was hard to time it right, and I completely obsessed over it, and thought if she was having a bad sleep day, it was obviously because I was doing something wrong-- either putting her down too soon or not soon enough! It's so hard to figure out at that age and I really believe it wasn't anything I was doing wrong-- and it's not something YOU are doing wrong. </p> <p>C didn't seem to have strong sleep cues then, so I was better off just watching the clock. Good luck. It will get better eventually. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-cues#post-1639395 Fri, 16 May 2014 10:00:56 +0000 Smurfette 1639395@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would try putting her down early. I know I would have start getting R to sleep/nap after an hour of awake time cause it would take 30-45 mins to get her to sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-cues#post-1639381 Fri, 16 May 2014 09:57:15 +0000 NovBaby1112 1639381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>it is soooo hard to understand babies sleep, and the fact that no two babies are alike complicates things even further! some babies that age probably cannot go longer than 45 minutes awake time, while others can handle 2 hours! i think the first sleep cue is catching her first yawn- start your nap routine immediately. I think around 14 weeks my LO was doing 1 hour 15 minutes awake time. also, if she had a short nap (45 minutes or so), her awake time would be even shorter. it was sooo hard at that age, so don't beat yourself up! it really does get easier as they can stay awake for longer periods. </p> <p>also, at that age 45 minute naps are sooo common- no matter how good you timed it! around 6 months they tend to consolidate their naps and stretch them into 2 longer naps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-cues#post-1639243 Fri, 16 May 2014 09:18:38 +0000 abbydabbydoodlebug 1639243@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ok, I know this is like my 1000th post on sleep...</p> <p>I cannot figure out DD's sleep cues! I always put her to sleep by 1hr30min of awake time, but I feel like sometimes it's too late. I was reading Weissbluth's HSH,HC and I feel like I let her get overtired and she's not getting enough sleep! She is 14 weeks. Last night she didn't go to sleep until 9 because she had wonky nap from 1120-250. An hour of that was her stirring and crying but not waking up. It totally messed up her other naps and she was completely over tired at bed time and woke every 3 hours last night which he says is her being over tired.</p> <p>I feel like if she took an ok morning nap, that would set things up for the rest of the day. But she almost never does. I'm just driving myself crazy analyzing this! Dr W's book is so confusing and hard to understand what I should be doing. I get some of the concepts of no more than 2 hours awake and stuff like that, but I don't know how to fix my problem. I feel like if I could read her sleep cues better, i'd put her to bed before she's over tired and it would let her sleep longer than 45 min. </p> <p>I never knew I'd be so paranoid and crazy over this kids sleep! Man, parenting is so much harder then I'd thought it would be. :( </p>