https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 13 Apr 2026 09:34:01 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thirty-minute-naps#post-1371193 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 16:25:48 +0000 dolphin 1371193@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mammabare: any luck on longer naps?? :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thirty-minute-naps#post-1291761 Thu, 19 Dec 2013 14:14:29 +0000 Mammabare 1291761@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks again all! I started trying the earlier bedtime and eliminating the last catnap. His afternoon nap seems to go longer but his wake up time was really early this am, 530, ouch. But I'll stick it with it for a while and post an update in a week or so to see if there is any improvement! @greentea I know what you mean about the holding. Little bare used to be the same but eventually he got better at letting me put him down. He did much better with letting me out him down when he was swaddled. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thirty-minute-naps#post-1286762 Tue, 17 Dec 2013 14:27:54 +0000 Greentea 1286762@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD only takes a 20 minute nap and that is if I am holding her :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thirty-minute-naps#post-1286728 Tue, 17 Dec 2013 14:19:03 +0000 pizzacat 1286728@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our nine-month-old rarely naps during the day. He's at daycare during the week and manages no nap anywhere from 20 minutes to an hour. He often falls asleep on our way home, naps for 20 minutes, then wakes up to play until bedtime. He is sleeping through the night, though. He tends to nap more on weekends when we can be in the same room with him. We either nap with him in our bed or sit next to him and read while he naps. I wouldn't worry too much, but see if you can get him down earlier. He may wake up earlier, which will be a bit rough on you, but he may start napping when his day starts earlier.</p> <p>Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thirty-minute-naps#post-1286594 Tue, 17 Dec 2013 13:12:09 +0000 NovBaby1112 1286594@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mammabare: I would try for a very early bedtime (6pm) based on your schedule. He is up kinda early so that is a very long day, and his short naps are probably making him overtired by bedtime. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thirty-minute-naps#post-1286590 Tue, 17 Dec 2013 13:09:22 +0000 Mammabare 1286590@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks ladies at least I'm alone :-( @scg00387 our schedule is usually:</p> <p>530-630 wakes up<br /> 7-730 breakfast/cup of breastmilk (depending on what time he wakes up)<br /> 900-930 nap<br /> 930-1000 dressed/brush teeth<br /> 10-1200 lunch/out of house activity<br /> 1230 nurse<br /> 100-200(230) nap (most days, but this can be as short as 30 minutes or as long as 90 minutes, all over the map.<br /> 3-500 activity/walk<br /> 5-700 nurse/bath/dinner/bed</p> <p>Bedtime is difficult because if he wakes up early from afternoon nap he wants to go down again for another nap and 6. When he does this then bedtime is usually closer to 8. But maybe I should just keep him up until 7 and then skip that third catnap.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thirty-minute-naps#post-1285604 Tue, 17 Dec 2013 03:27:41 +0000 shopaholic 1285604@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup. 9.5 months and she tends to wake up exactly at 29 min. way more often than I care to admit. Today's naps looked like this: 29 min., 28 min., 38 min. I've been getting some better stretches ~ 1hr most days (but the first one is ALWAYS short). </p> <p>We've had some periods of real STTN, but it seems like some form of teething or milestone is always happening every other week to mess sleep up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thirty-minute-naps#post-1285599 Tue, 17 Dec 2013 03:15:28 +0000 immabeetoo 1285599@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mammabare: what does your schedule look like?</p> <p>Sorry :( that sounds frustrating! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thirty-minute-naps#post-1285549 Tue, 17 Dec 2013 00:17:06 +0000 dolphin 1285549@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Same here. She's turning one in a few days and she takes two 30-45 minute naps a day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thirty-minute-naps#post-1285334 Mon, 16 Dec 2013 20:55:14 +0000 Tidybee 1285334@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This.is.me.<br /> It's scary how she awakes from her naps at 40 minutes on the nose. I'm at a loss.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thirty-minute-naps#post-1285323 Mon, 16 Dec 2013 20:34:06 +0000 Smurfette 1285323@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 9 month still does all the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thirty-minute-naps#post-1285313 Mon, 16 Dec 2013 20:24:23 +0000 regberadaisy 1285313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO didn't stop taking 30 minute naps till she was on one nap at day at around a year! She didn't 'start STTN till 7.5 months and even then it's not consistent. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thirty-minute-naps#post-1285310 Mon, 16 Dec 2013 20:23:05 +0000 Mammabare 1285310@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Anyone else have a ten+ month old taking thirty minute naps? My son wakes after 30-45 minutes most days. Some days after an hour. In either case he doesn't STTN and my attempts to no cry sleep train haven't been effective. I'm constantly getting frustrated with the short naps and spend half my day rocking him to sleep or back to sleep. But maybe I'm trying to force a nap on him that he doesn't want. Just looking for support advice or both :-/ </p>