https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:56:26 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-drop-the-evening-nap#post-1786142 Mon, 28 Jul 2014 23:58:21 +0000 Skadi 1786142@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lion So you think it'd be better to keep her earlier two naps at 1.5 hours, then just move bedtime back an hour early to 7:30? Or even earlier? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-drop-the-evening-nap#post-1785742 Mon, 28 Jul 2014 18:48:16 +0000 californiadreams 1785742@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it was around 6 or 7 months. Hard to remember exactly. He dropped it on his own and then we just started putting him to bed earlier </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-drop-the-evening-nap#post-1785720 Mon, 28 Jul 2014 18:33:41 +0000 lawbee11 1785720@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She went to 2 naps right around 6 months. We also moved up her bedtime because of it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-drop-the-evening-nap#post-1785715 Mon, 28 Jul 2014 18:32:13 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1785715@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think if you drop the evening nap you will need to move bedtime back. My lo still has a hard time going 4.5 hours at 16 months.... He is a pretty high sleep needs kid, but that is a really long time for a 6 month old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-drop-the-evening-nap#post-1785703 Mon, 28 Jul 2014 18:21:32 +0000 Turd Ferguson 1785703@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How the heck do you get 2 hour naps outta your babes?! Jealous! I have a catnapper...sigh.</p> <p>/threadjack </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-drop-the-evening-nap#post-1785678 Mon, 28 Jul 2014 17:54:05 +0000 Adira 1785678@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Xander dropped to 2 naps around 9 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-drop-the-evening-nap#post-1785674 Mon, 28 Jul 2014 17:50:21 +0000 Smurfette 1785674@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Between 8-9 months she moved to 2. Sometimes still a cat nap in the car on the way home from day care. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-drop-the-evening-nap#post-1785673 Mon, 28 Jul 2014 17:48:42 +0000 Tanjowen 1785673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our LO dropped his 3rd nap before 6 months, but he also started going to bed at 6:30 p.m. after the whole 4 month sleep regression. So our daily schedule since 5.5 months has been:</p> <p>Wake: 7 am<br /> Nap: 9am - 11am<br /> Nap: 1pm - 3 pm<br /> Bed: 6:30 (start bed process around 5:45 pm)</p> <p>That last hour before bed is tough, but he loves his little swimming pool, so he's lived in it before bedtime this summer! Keeps everyone happy :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-drop-the-evening-nap#post-1785633 Mon, 28 Jul 2014 17:06:36 +0000 illumina 1785633@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Between 5-6mths she alternated between 2 and 3 naps. At 6mths it was gone. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-drop-the-evening-nap#post-1785632 Mon, 28 Jul 2014 17:04:33 +0000 Purpledaisy 1785632@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it was around 7-8 months. She just kind of naturally dropped it on her own. It just kept moving back later and later until it was too close to bedtime so we just started keeping her up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-drop-the-evening-nap#post-1785630 Mon, 28 Jul 2014 17:04:08 +0000 birdofafeather 1785630@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 7.5 months she dropped it on her own. She spread her awake time to accommodate.</p> <p>ETA: I remembered that's when we went to a 2-3-3 routine. She couldn't be up 4 hours until she went to 1 nap but I know that's my typical. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-drop-the-evening-nap#post-1785626 Mon, 28 Jul 2014 17:02:11 +0000 swedishfish 1785626@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 6 months old R settled naturally into two naps a day. Her first nap is around 9 and the second is around 1:30. She goes to sleep at 7. Before that she didn't have a set nap schedule but napped whenever she felt like it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-drop-the-evening-nap#post-1785624 Mon, 28 Jul 2014 17:00:10 +0000 Skadi 1785624@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our LO is six months old, and we're considering dropping her third nap. From what I'm reading, that's a little on the young side. It seems like it's hard for her to get to sleep for her third nap, it's only 45 minutes to an hour, and it's completely disrupted when we meet with friends or visit grandparents (she doesn't sleep well at other people's houses).</p> <p>The books I'm reading recommend lengthening her earlier two naps to two hours each to make up for it. I'm a little nervous to eliminate her evening hour so early, though! Does anyone else have experience with it? Our schedule would look like this if we get rid of it:</p> <p>8 AM Wake and Feed<br /> 10:00 Nap<br /> 12:00 Feed<br /> 2:00 Nap<br /> 4:00 Feed<br /> 8:00 Feed<br /> 8:30 Bed</p> <p>I won't lie, entertaining her for 4.5 hours terrifies me, too. </p>