https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 04 May 2026 06:58:02 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-nap-times-organize#post-977191 Wed, 31 Jul 2013 07:10:14 +0000 Smurfette 977191@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Blue: I want longer naps as well. These 30 min cat naps are for the birds! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-nap-times-organize#post-977173 Wed, 31 Jul 2013 06:47:20 +0000 hilsy85 977173@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lo organized into 3 naps maybe around 8 weeks but then it all fell apart between 4 and 5 months And he was taking 3 to 4 naps a day. It improved around 5 months and he was consistent with 3 naps a day Then around 7 months He started to transition to two naps today. I would say around six months his Nap times were pretty consistent. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-nap-times-organize#post-977157 Wed, 31 Jul 2013 06:29:59 +0000 SleepyMonkey 977157@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO was a chronic catnapper until around 8 months. Now she usually has 2 naps, the morning one is long and the afternoon short. Occasionally she will still have 3 catnaps in a day. She is 9 months old. She has always been a bad mapper but it usually doesn't affect her moods all that much and her nighttime sleep is usually pretty good. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-nap-times-organize#post-976995 Tue, 30 Jul 2013 22:57:04 +0000 immabeetoo 976995@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep ours weren't consistently longer than 45 minute shorties until 5.5ish. No matter what. I just had to go with it! 2 naps now, which is awesome, but now I have to also work around nursing/solids meals and spacing those. If it's not one thing it's another :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-nap-times-organize#post-976984 Tue, 30 Jul 2013 22:46:38 +0000 skibobrown 976984@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours didn't organize for a *long* time. Maybe around 5 months our daughter started reliably taking 3 naps per day, but the times of naps were all over the place. Even when she dropped down to 2 naps, the naps were short, the timing wasn't the same from day to day, and it was always a fight. </p> <p>Now finally, starting a little after 1 year, she moved to a 1 nap per day schedule. Naptime begins right after lunch, and DD will actually ask for her nap if we don't get her down right away after lunch. </p> <p>Our daughter was never a napper though, and she always fought her naps from the very beginning. Hopefully your kiddos are a little easier! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-nap-times-organize#post-976983 Tue, 30 Jul 2013 22:46:31 +0000 blackbird 976983@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs blue, gotcha. I imagine that is something our ped will mention at her 4 month appt. yay more sleep training lol. Or I will do nothing for 2 more months and assume she works it out at daycare :p </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-nap-times-organize#post-976972 Tue, 30 Jul 2013 22:39:44 +0000 twinmama 976972@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Until 4 or 5 months, I was just constantly putting one down and picking one up. I think we were at 3 naps around 6 months, but only predictable by awake length of about 2-2.5 hrs. We hit 2 naps most days at 8/9 months and the timing got predictable around 10 months when their overnight sleep got more predictable. They also sleep at 9 and 2/2:30. They are 12 mo now and no sign of going to 1 nap yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-nap-times-organize#post-976966 Tue, 30 Jul 2013 22:36:40 +0000 Mrs. Blue 976966@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: Ours are predictable in the sense that they need a nap about an hour and a half-2 hours after they AT&amp;T eating, but I'm starting to long for. 2-3 longer naps rather than 5 or 6 short naps. :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-nap-times-organize#post-976962 Tue, 30 Jul 2013 22:35:19 +0000 googly-eyes 976962@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Only when I really focused on it. I usually just went by wake times and sleepy signals til about when she went to 2 naps. But even then I have a window I go by...if I try to force an exact schedule it does not usually go well! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-nap-times-organize#post-976961 Tue, 30 Jul 2013 22:34:44 +0000 Weagle 976961@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At least 6 months, but 10-11 before I knew we would get predictable lengths as well as times. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-nap-times-organize#post-976952 Tue, 30 Jul 2013 22:30:30 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 976952@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Daycare really set his nap schedule. It was "on demand", but around 6-7 months his teacher said she noticed 9 &amp; 2 was working for him and we started doing that at home too. He's 10 months and is still doing 2 naps for about 45 min to 1.5 hours. I think we're going to push his 2nd nap to 2pm though. He's not very tired at 1 these days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-nap-times-organize#post-976951 Tue, 30 Jul 2013 22:30:13 +0000 Mrs. Bee 976951@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>there is a swarm about this, but it focuses on 2 and 1 naps.</p> <p>for charlie, it was 4.5 months when we sleep trained. up to that point he was taking 4-5 short naps. after sleep training he took 3 naps until 9 months when he dropped to 2.</p> <p>olive was taking 4 (short) naps for a while until we sleep trained at 8 months, at which point she dropped to 2 naps.</p> <p>a lot of babies' naps improve naturally after 6 months. i know that sounds so far away! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-nap-times-organize#post-976950 Tue, 30 Jul 2013 22:30:01 +0000 blackbird 976950@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mines 16 weeks and while the times are predictable-two hours from last wake up-the length is hit and miss, anywhere from 30 min to 3 hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-nap-times-organize#post-976936 Tue, 30 Jul 2013 22:24:26 +0000 Mrs. Blue 976936@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LOs are 4 1/2 mo (3 1/2 adjusted), and they still need to nap for some amount of time in pretty much every 3 hour cycle. Their naps are all over the place in length still.</p> <p>When did your LO settle into set nap times and when did they go to 3, 2, &amp; 1 nap? </p>