https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 26 May 2026 15:38:30 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-transition-to-2-naps#post-394636 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 10:26:50 +0000 NerdBee 394636@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sammyfab: Oh no! Poor you! </p> <p>Baby Nerd to Baby Sammyfab: psssst! More sleep is awesome! I'm much happier and mommy is happier too. You should try it too :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-transition-to-2-naps#post-394576 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 09:58:52 +0000 Sammyfab 394576@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NerdBee: yay!!! That is excellent news!!!! Can your LO have a word with my LO who has been waking up at 5:30 to sit up and stare at the video monitor/camera for the past two mornings? :-p </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-transition-to-2-naps#post-394509 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 09:34:22 +0000 NerdBee 394509@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sammyfab: I just wanted thank you again for your advice. DS woke up at 4am on Saturday and would not go back to sleep! So I kept him up until 8am and he had a huge 2 hour nap which got us on track for a 1pm second nap. Since then he has been waking up later and later in the morning. Yesterday he woke up at 7am and today he woke up at 6:30am. I am so happy that the early morning wake up cycle has been broken! Because of all that I've read about shorter awake time before the first nap, I would not have had the courage to keep him awake so long for the first nap if it were not for your encouragement, so THANK YOU!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-transition-to-2-naps#post-389554 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:53:28 +0000 winniebee 389554@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NerdBee: he does ok at night so i'm just trying to wait it out and see what happens - usually sleeps 7-5 with one wake (or straight through). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-transition-to-2-naps#post-389482 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:16:47 +0000 NerdBee 389482@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Yoyo: my LO poops himself awake all the time too! While I'm happy that he has regular bowel movements, I just wish he would have them during non-napping times :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-transition-to-2-naps#post-389474 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:15:13 +0000 NerdBee 389474@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sammyfab: thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-transition-to-2-naps#post-389471 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:14:53 +0000 NerdBee 389471@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: aw, I hope your LO sorts out his sleep soon. The time change has not been a friend to us either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-transition-to-2-naps#post-389427 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:04:59 +0000 winniebee 389427@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Yoyo: Eeew yikes! Poop is the culprit for many of our wakes, too. He's 6 months next week and I'm just holding my breath! He has taken at least one nap of an hour's length (or more) for the last 10 days. But he's also had a drippy nose that whole time so I'm not sure what to think. Only time will tell ; ) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-transition-to-2-naps#post-389401 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:52:59 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 389401@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: Ugh, hang in there. I know it sucks. Now our occasional issue is him pooping himself awake during his one and only nap of the day. Fun! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-transition-to-2-naps#post-389361 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:41:02 +0000 winniebee 389361@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Yoyo: I can't.wait.for.this.day.to.come. Hahah you know I complain of the 30 minute nap. He's taken some longer naps lately becuase he has been sick, but I'm not holding my breath! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-transition-to-2-naps#post-389349 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:38:16 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 389349@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Right at 7 months. For a couple of weeks I would often drive him in the late afternoon to get him to take a short catnap if one or both of his other naps were too short. Soon, they were both 1.5-2 hours and we didn't need to do that anymore, thankfully. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-transition-to-2-naps#post-389343 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:36:29 +0000 Sammyfab 389343@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NerdBee: definitely try and keep him in bed until 6am. That quiet, stimulus-free time in the crib will help him get to a 9am nap if he wakes early. I've also read to aim for 9am and 2pm naps to get to a post-6 bedtime. Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-transition-to-2-naps#post-389316 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:27:21 +0000 winniebee 389316@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NerdBee: it's only the first nap that he's so tired for (because um he's only sleeping 10 hours at night...!) Otherwise he naps roughly every 2 hours and sometimes 2.5. I do get longer naps when I stretch his awake time but it's not substantial enough to justify a longer awake time (45 mins instead of 30). However, he has taken SOME longer naps since starting daycare a few weeks ago. But then there was the time change. His bedtime is 7 p.m.and sometimes it's 3 hours before bedtime (if he is up from the last nap at 4....) Basically things are a mess right now....I was just hoping that things would settle following the time change and we could get into a better routine. Blah. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-transition-to-2-naps#post-389296 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:16:17 +0000 NerdBee 389296@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sammyfab: thanks for the tips. I'll aim for a 9am first nap tomorrow regardless of when he wakes up. I was worried that it would screw up his entire day if he started his first nap overtired but he seems to be ok with longish awake times so we'll see! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-transition-to-2-naps#post-389291 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:13:52 +0000 NerdBee 389291@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: have you tried pushing his awake time? At 6 months, my LO could stay awake for 2 to 2.5 hours. I had him on 2 hours for a while and his naps went back to 30 minutes. It was only when I lengthened his awake time to 2.5 hours did his naps get longer. He just got up from a 1h 45mjn nap after a 3h awake time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-transition-to-2-naps#post-389251 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 13:59:04 +0000 Sammyfab 389251@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NerdBee: forcing a catnap never worked for us (my LO would fall asleep in the car) because a later bedtime =\= a later wake up. Doing the 3rd catnap with such high waketimes also may cause you to have too much total waketime during the day which may lead to overtiredness. It's tricky stuff!</p> <p>And yes, I still do a 9:30 nap with a 5:30 wake up. My LO will wake up and play for the first bit then start whining/crying with about 10 minutes to go. But he's all smiles as soon as the lights turn on! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-transition-to-2-naps#post-389237 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 13:54:33 +0000 keiki_mama 389237@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO dropped his third nap at 6 months. Sometimes he will take a cat nap in the car as a third nap but that hardly ever happens. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-transition-to-2-naps#post-389228 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 13:51:09 +0000 winniebee 389228@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm trying to get out of the early wake time situation.....he's up at 5 most days and I put him down at 7 p.m. He takes naps at 6:30 and then roughly every 2 hours thereafter. I'm hoping that some schedule will start to emerge at daycare so that I can get him in a better routine.</p> <p> @NerdBee: I have the same problem - I want to give my son a 9 a.m. nap, but it only works if he wakes at 7. When he wakes at 5, he is ready fro a nap by 6:30! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-transition-to-2-naps#post-389173 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 13:28:27 +0000 NerdBee 389173@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sammyfab: yeah I figure that I need to figure out how to break the pattern. If I can force a cat nap using the carrier as suggested by caffeinated, I can push his bed time later to his normal time. </p> <p>What would you do if LO wakes up at 5:30am and cries until you get him at 6:30? Do you still put him down for his first nap at 9:30 even though he would be awake for 4 hours? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-transition-to-2-naps#post-389159 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 13:23:01 +0000 NerdBee 389159@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@caffeinated: I have a carrier that was a hand me down from my SIL. I don't use it much but it would be worth a try if it works. Thanks for the idea! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-transition-to-2-naps#post-389132 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 13:15:41 +0000 Sammyfab 389132@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO transitioned at 6.5 months. Well, I forced it on him because we were having weird nights. I too follow waketimes but our schedule is fairly consistent with a 9:30 and 2:30 nap and 6-6:30 bedtime. I've never pushed the waketime before bed because my LO is most sensitive to it. If I want to stretch him to a later bedtime I usually add 10-15 minutes to the waketime before his 2nd nap. I also have a do-not-get-up-before 6:30 rule so that we can do a 9:30 nap. As long as you're getting you lo up at 5am and doing an 8am first nap you will be stuck in that early bedtime - early wake up schedule. :/</p> <p>We do deal with early wake ups every now and then (5:30-5:45) but his sleep patterns are much more consistent now at 8 months so I'm trying to shift his schedule to a 7pm bedtime with a 6:30 wake up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-transition-to-2-naps#post-389117 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 13:09:53 +0000 Freckles 389117@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NerdBee: Have you ever tried putting him the Ergo/carrier? Sometimes when i know she won't go down for a nap i'll walk around the neighbourhood until she falls asleep and she'll have a short nap in there. That way i can push her bedtime if i know she'll be too tired. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-transition-to-2-naps#post-389105 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 13:05:34 +0000 NerdBee 389105@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@caffeinated: I've been able to push him to be awake for about 3.5 hours to get him a 5:30pm bedtime. He falls asleep easily by himself so I assume that he is ok with staying awake this long. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-transition-to-2-naps#post-389082 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 12:54:55 +0000 Freckles 389082@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NerdBee: She used to do that too, but it was only because she wasn't tired. She'll only allow "quiet crib time" if she's tired, but she'll start to fuss and yell for me after 20 minutes or so...for me, that's good enough to tide her over until bedtime. What's LO's max awake time right now? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-transition-to-2-naps#post-389011 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 12:34:31 +0000 Weagle 389011@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NerdBee: Sometimes 4-5.5 hours? It's not really me keeping her up. She's never been a great napper, so she just doesn't sleep a lot of times. Though she's not a great napper, she has always been a great sleeper at night. Her lack of sleep during the day has never really affected her nighttime sleep. It's rare that we don't get at least 8 hours straight at night and 10-11 overall. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-transition-to-2-naps#post-388997 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 12:31:04 +0000 NerdBee 388997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@caffeinated: ooh I wish my LO would do that. He screams his head off when I try to put him down for a third nap now. I'm talking tears, snot and hysterical screaming. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-transition-to-2-naps#post-388990 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 12:27:59 +0000 NerdBee 388990@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skibobrown: I don't have a nap schedule either. I just put him down for naps based on how long he has been awake. My LO used to be a cat napper too but since sleep training he started to sleep longer and would wake up at around the same time. But after the time change his sleep changed and he started to refuse the third nap. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-transition-to-2-naps#post-388982 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 12:25:03 +0000 Freckles 388982@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is almost 7 months and she will have 2 naps once in a while. If her second nap ends around 3-3:30, it's hard to get her down for a third nap! Yesterday she woke up at 3:30 from her last nap. I still put her down because she was sleepy and she had some "quiet" time for 20 minutes. I managed to have her stay awake until 6:50pm! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-transition-to-2-naps#post-388972 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 12:22:10 +0000 NerdBee 388972@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@c.sassy: what is the longest that you have ever kept your LO up for the 7-7:30 bedtime? Does it make her wake up more often in the middle of the night? I'm afraid to push LO's awake time too much because he is sleeping through the night finally and I don't want to mess that up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-transition-to-2-naps#post-388963 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 12:19:08 +0000 NerdBee 388963@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: My sympathies! My LO was taking mini naps not too long ago. I feel your pain. </p>