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How is night time sleep? Does your LO seem tired after that short afternoon nap? Those factors would count in my decision to wake or not from a long morning nap. For my LO, having a long (2.5 hour) morning nap would still allow him to have a 1 hour -1 hour 15 min afternoon nap, and I don't think it would negatively affect his night sleep (but he's not great at night so who knows!). I would probably wake after 2.5 hours, but more so we can stay somewhat on schedule, and less because I worry he's sleeping too much. Unless he's sick, teething, or otherwise seemed like he just really needed to sleep--then I wouldn't wake.

I never wake her on purpose. I figure if she needs to sleep longer it must be for a good reason. She grows when she sleeps.

I only wake P if she's pushing 6 for her late nap.

i let LO sleep for as long as she wants for her morning nap, usually it doesn't exceed 2.5 hours though. the only time i wake her from naps is when her last nap is going on 6pm so she is tired enough for bedtime.

I never wake C unless she is sleeping past 4:30, because that messes up her bedtime. She is always super cranky if I wake her up.

Some babies need more sleep than others, thats why I say ignore the charts and how much he's "supposed" to sleep. The only thing I found useful from those was getting a guideline on how much awake time she needed between naps. She's 14 months old and I would say still sleeps 15-16 hours a day. She's a beast if she doesn't. She regularly took 2 2hr naps a day when she was an infant.

Yes, I always wake up my kids in order to keep them on schedule. They wake up happy so I feel ok about it!

I only wake him up if we have to be somewhere or if it will interfere with bedtime. He very rarely hits 2 hours, though, and (almost never goes over that, unless we're on a road trip, and then his schedule is wonked anyway, so I don't worry about it).