Have you had success with a 2-3-4 schedule or do you maintain consistent wake times during the day? If you used 2-3-4 when did you start and when did your baby outgrow it?
I'm thinking of trying this because LO (almost 8 months) is ready to nap 2hrs after waking, but it's a struggle to get him to take the next two naps after 2hrs of wake time.
admin / watermelon / 14210 posts
i don't think i ever stretched to 2-3-4. they just couldn't make it 4 hours until the 3rd nap. only when they were napping twice a day were they able to go 4 hours.
clementine / 927 posts
@Mrs. Bee: ok. After the four hours it would be bedtime. So that makes sense.
pear / 1699 posts
Yup! My almost 8 month old's schedule is pretty close to this everyday. Oh and we're only taking 2 naps that usually last an hour and a half each.
7 am wake
9 am nap
130 pm nap #2 - this nap moves up or back depending on how long the first nap is.
7 pm bed time
persimmon / 1129 posts
We do a loose version of 2-3-4 and it works great. I think we started it around 8 months. Wake up around 6, first nap between 8 and 9, usually lasts an hour. Second nap at 1, usually lasts an hour, bedtime starts at 6:30 and asleep by 7.
pomelo / 5469 posts
We went down to 2 naps at 6 months, but it was more like 3-3-(whatever was left before bed, usually 3-4hrs).
blogger / pomelo / 5400 posts
We did this from roughly 8 months - maybe 12 months with both boys. DS2 just turned 1 and I still kind of follow this but with longer intervals: 3-3.5-4. So, for example, up at 6, nap at 9, up at 1030, nap at 2, up at 330, bed at 7:30.
pomegranate / 3983 posts
For some reason my boys were always more awake first thing but then got super tired later, so we ended up doing 3-2-4 for several months.
apricot / 490 posts
When my 7.5 month old made the transition from 3 to 2 naps, the 2-3-4 schedule really started to make sense! When it was 3 naps it was still like 2.75-3.0 hours wake time.
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
It worked for us starting around six months. She would go down for the second nap sooner, but then not nap again before bed and it would w too long for her, so when I switched to this the naps were spread out a lot better. But she always needed that morning nap to be pretty early.
persimmon / 1339 posts
We are solidly on 2 naps, but follow more of a 3-2-3 type schedule, or 3-3-3 mostly because of me having to wake him up to feed in the morning before work. Naps are usually 2 hrs each. He's never really awake more than 3 or 3.5hrs before bedtime. I think 4 is still too much for him at 7.5 months.
cantaloupe / 6669 posts
We loosely follow this but it is more like 3-3.5-3.5/4 at 12 months. When we first went to 2 naps at 5.5 months it was 2-2.5-3. (So bedtime was much earlier months ago than it is now.) Her wake times have gradually lengthened & she can go longer between naps and before bed than she can in the morning.
nectarine / 2521 posts
I didn't enforce it, but I noticed around 7 months that he started to fall into that pattern. Now, at 10 months, it's pretty much spot on, and I love the predictability of it! The only portion of it that fluctuates is between last nap and bedtime - sometimes it's more like 3 hours instead of 4, but I stick firm with the bedtime.
pear / 1531 posts
@Mrsjets: We have the exact same schedule, even down to the variable 1:30ish nap, except sometimes LO (9 months) wakes up before 7.
coconut / 8483 posts
I want to try but my baby stillllllll only naps 30 mins 95% of the time.
So if he's up at 7 the 2-3-4 schedule would be..
Nap 9-930
Nap 1230-1
Bedtime 5
Doesn't work! Lol 
Right now he's napping every 3 hours or so.
pomelo / 5326 posts
Yes we did this and it worked awesome! We started implementing it around 6-7 months. We still loosely follow at 15 months. I will say that ours was more a 2-3-3. It's hard for her to hit a 4 hour mark.
blogger / eggplant / 11551 posts
We did this starting at 6-7 months with Jaren. It really worked well for us! Sometimes that last 4 hour stretch can be tough, but we made it for the most part.
clementine / 927 posts
Thank you so much ladies! I am going to try this. Not sure if we will make four hours though.
persimmon / 1273 posts
We are semi- doing this with my 7 month old, but the four-hour stretch can be a little sticky. Sometimes we do a little more of a 2-3-3.5. Or if his naps are too short or early, I'll try to force a third nap so he's not overtired at bedtime.
honeydew / 7091 posts
We did 2-3-4 for a loooong time. From about 4 months to almost 14 months. It took a couple weeks to get her used to only have 2 naps (instead of 3 wildly unpredictable naps). That was also the same exact time frame where she stopped STTN and started waking up 1-2 times per night. Interesting...
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