How long do you aim for wake time between the last nap and bedtime? It's a constantly shifting thing for me and I never feel like I got it right.
C is 5 months, I'm sure it changes based on age. Her sleep is crap right now because of teething anyway, poor kid. But in general what works best for your LO?
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
The last month 4 hours is the max. 5 months she would fall asleep on the way home from day, 30min nap, and would go to sleep an hour later.
pear / 1639 posts
We aim for the 2,3,4 schedule. 1st nap 2 hours after wake up, 2nd nap 3 hours from wake up of 1st, and bedtime 4 hours from the second nap.
*ideally* our day goes as follows:
7:30am-wake
9:30-10:30- nap
1:30-3:30-nap
7:30p-bed
ETA: R is almost 7 months
cherry / 138 posts
We, too, aim for the 2-3-4 schedule now at 6 months old. At 5 months, LO was still taking a 30 minute nap around 5:00-5:30, then awake for 1-1.5 hours until bedtime.
pomegranate / 3895 posts
I recommend the group Teaching Your Baby and Toddler to Sleep on babycenter.com: http://community.babycenter.com/groups/a199215/teaching_your_baby_and_toddler_to_sleep
If you click on the Acronym Buster link at the top of the page, it has a link to a google doc that includes wake times by age...I find it (and that group in general) SUPER helpful!
ETA: We did 2-3-4 - although it usually ended up being 2-3-3.5 -starting from around 5.5 months until recently (8 months), but now her wake times have lengthened and so we do 2.5/3.25/3.5-ish.
squash / 13764 posts
We now do about 3 hours between lat nap and bed time routine starting. And the he's asleep a half hour after that. For a long time it was about 2-2.5 hours, until we went to 2 naps. The it became 3.5-4.
GOLD / pomelo / 5737 posts
I think it was about three hrs? It's always longer in the evenings for us... At 15 months its up 3.5-4 hrs, nap, then up for about 6 or so hrs!
pomelo / 5820 posts
3 hours for us. He goes down for bed around 8, so I don't let him nap past 5.
cantaloupe / 6669 posts
LO is 10 weeks & we do EASY, but the last "round" I keep her up , give her a bath, feed her again & put her down. It usually ends up being 2.5 hours instead of her usual 1.5 hours between naps.
eggplant / 11716 posts
@Foodnerd81: 2 hours and LO will be 6 months this week. She can sometimes go 2.5 hours if bedtime routine takes a while. Any longer and meltdown city.
But she naps a lot/really well during the day-- 3 naps total.
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
@Anagram: that sounds a lot like C. Lately during the day she starts to give tired cues at the one hour mark.
pomelo / 5621 posts
When he was on three naps it was 2 hours. Now that he is on two naps it is usually about 3.5 hours. Some days though it will be 3 and others 4.
pomelo / 5326 posts
LO is 4.5 months and still takes 3-4 naps a day. She's usually only awake for 1.5-2 hours between naps. Every day is different! Last night she had a third nap from 4:15-5:15. I put her to bed around 7.
pomegranate / 3212 posts
This stuff confuses me endlessly. Our Ped told us that he should only be awake a MAX of 2 hours. Of course that doesn't always work out, but it's what we aim for, even before bed. But then I hear how great people are doing with the 2-3-4 system. Sigh.
Long story short: 2 hours.
GOLD / watermelon / 14076 posts
It's different for us every day. It's normally around 1.5-2 hours. Sometimes we can stretch it to 3. I actually find that she goes down easier and sleeps better when it's closer to 3 than 1.5....it's almost like she's not tired enough if it's 1.5.
pineapple / 12802 posts
Our last nap is at 4:00 - 5:00 and bedtime is at 7:00pm. I try to stay as strict about that last nap and bedtime as possible.
If we miss that nap and/or bedtime, our night is f'd!
Although, right now sleep is back to being nightmarish because of something... 6month sleep regression, teething, wonder week.....
pomelo / 5469 posts
@delight: @lawbee11: I'm glad you say every day is different--I thought it was just us and wondered if we should be seeing more consistent times, though I guess not for a while.
@Foodnerd81: it's usually around 1.5hrs between last nap and bedtime....same as with any naps during the day. She goes down between 6-7pm at the moment depending on when her last nap ends. S sometimes starts to get tired around the 1hr mark and everyone keeps commenting how she doesn't stay awake long enough for her age. Seeing C does the same is reassuring 
papaya / 10570 posts
E usually goes between 1.5hrs and 2 hrs after her last nap, including her bathtime/bedtime routine.
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
At that age it was 2.5/3
Now at 19.5 months it's usually 5.
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