My son is 8 months old and I am so fortunate to have a good sleeper on my hands! Usually his last nap is about 1:30 until 2:45ish. He has kinda pulled away, or I have pulled him away a little, from the 3rd nap. I usually put him to bed between 7:00- 7:30 but that makes it about 4 hours between the last nap and bed! It's just too long, I know it; he starts breaking down at about 6:30PM..During the day his routine is to go down for a nap after about 2 1/2 hours of wakefullness. Now, once he is down for the night he sleeps without waking until 6:30AM when he happily plays in his crib until about 7:00AM when Daddy goes and gets him. I am afraid to mess with a good thing, I have tried putting him down about 6:45PM and he sleeps until his normal wake up time of 6:30AM which is awesome- but then his naps the next day seem to be only about 45 mins instead of 1.5 hours.
Anyway- what is your child's sleep schedule and ages?- thank you.
We are night owls ;)
7.5 month old son is asleep:
10pm to 10am
naps about 1.5 hours starting anywhere from 12 to 2
another nap about 30 min to 1 hour anywhere from 5 to 7
He also recently just changed from having 3 naps to 2 naps. I am a SAHM and I have the luxury of letting my child "lead" when he wants to sleep. I don't over think it. When he's tired, he sleeps.
1yr old girl
8:30pm bedtime
5am-7:30 wakeup
10/11am - 12/1pm nap
3/4pm - 4/5pm nap
I didn't try changing sleep schedule until she was about 10month but I was also sleep deprived because she still wasn't sleeping through. My advice: don't mess with a good thing! :o)
One of the best things I read about sleep habits is this: if you are thinking about trying to change a sleep schedule, think about why you want to do it. Is it because baby isn't sleeping the way "he/she is supposed to" or is it truly disruptive to your life? In my case at 10mo I just couldn't take it anymore! That was when I did something about it.
My son is 10.5 months old, has a 30-45 min nap around 9am, then does his big nap from around 12:30 - 2:30 or 3pm. Bedtime between 6:30 and 7pm, depending how tired he is. He's teething, and waking up around 1am or an hour or so, then back to sleep until 6-6:30am.
Hope this helps!
when my daughter was that age here was her schedual-
6a-7a - she would wake up
10-10:30a - down for her first nap
(i usually put her down for her second nap about 2 hours after she wakes from the first one)
2:30-3:30p - down for her second nap
(i dont allow her to sleep past 5p)
6-6:15p - we do our whind down time to get ready for bed
7-7:30p she gets her bed cup and after she drinks it shes in bed (always in bed by 7:30)
her schedual is basically the same now only now she goes down for 1 nap at 12-12:30p (shes 16 months now)
maybe try to put your baby down for his second nap about an hour later. just watch his cues like you already do and im sure youll find your way!
Hi J.. Your schedules sounds great! I have 7 month old twin boys and they usually wake up somewhere in the 6am hour and I get them out of bed around 7am. We eat and play and then they go back to sleep around 830am until about 10am. We eat and then play until about 1230 and we go back down for a nap until 130-2pm. They then eat again and take yet another nap around 4 pm until 430-530. They get up play, take a bath at 645 and eat dinner at 7 and then go to bed at 730. Even though they have a late afternoon nap most days are still very cranky in the 6pm hour...I think its normal. Keep it up....I think you have things down!
Hi J., it sounds like your babies sleep habits are good and healthy ones, you really don't need to change it, it will probably change a couple times between now and a year old and then again a couple times between a year old and two year, reason is, as they get older they mover around more play more so they tire more, But right now I think what you are doing is perfect. When my kids were small 9:00 was their bed time, cause I figured they would slepa litle later, I was a SAHM and I would get up with my husband, and when he would leave for work I would get my house work done, while my little ones were still sleeping. In My daycare they all come in early and goback to sleep, so at 8:30 is breakfast, 10:00 is morning snack, 12:00 is lunch, 12:45 nap time until 2/3 oclock, and I start training babies around 8 1/2 to 9 months to go down when the older kids go down, then after nap time they have their afternoon snack. When you son gets older you won't want to puthim down so early cause it is very inportant even as a toddler to have the family table, I can't stress that enough, I always put the highchair at the table with us, Sorry I went on, I hope some of this helps. Yoi sound likea great mom. J.
10 months old.
*bed time 8ish pm (It used to be 7:30, but somehow migrated)
*wake up anytime btwn 6:30 and 8am
*morning nap usually about 2 - 2.5 hours later (around 9-10am) and last usually 1hr (although sometimes 45min or 2 hrs)
*afternoon nap around 2 or 3ish, although less predictable, and usually last about 1 to 1.5 hr
...if she's crabby, she goes to bed earlier (and take a long bath, which she enjoys...so I don't have to listen to her cry).
Another afternoon trick if he is getting crabby is to go for a walk or spend time outdoors--that seems to help us get baby in a good mood, while making her more sleepy when it's time.
*Caution: I think when we put her down later at night, she seems to wake up earlier in the morning!
My baby may have been about the age of your son when she was transitioning from 3 naps to 2 (at her doing, not mine), so it might just take a little time for him to work into a new routine.
I have two children-4yrs and 11 months. The sleep issue was a problem for me with my first daughter. With alot of trial and error, I now feel very good about both my daughters sleep routines. My only suggestion is to try a later second nap. Even a half hour would make a difference. My daughter has had a schedule of: waking at 7am, 7:30 eat breakfast (Cereal), 10am-11:30 or 12 first nap (bottle to go down), lunch when she wakes up, 2pm-3 or 3:30 bottle and nap, 5pm dinner,6pm bath, 7pm bottle and bedtime. Any change in this schedule really messes things up for her. She has had this schedule since she was 6 months old. I dont know where I heard it, but the nap rule of "10 and 2" is supposed to work for all babies. Good Luck!
Hello! :) My son just turned 9 months and he sometimes takes a third nap and sometimes doesn't so I know what you're going through. He wakes up between 6:30 and 7:15 am and then usually goes down about 1 1/2 or 2 hours later (depending on him-I try to watch and see when he starts acting funny or tired). Then he sleeps about an hour (sometimes a little less, sometimes a little more). Today he got up a little after 10 so I put him down after I fed him lunch about 12:30ish (I wait 2-2 1/2 hours for this one--if I put him down after 1-1 1/2 hours he doesn't sleep as long). For this second nap he sleeps about 1/1/2 - 2 hours, but if he's tired from going to bed late the night before he sometimes sleeps up to 3 hours! Then the third nap all depends on what time he wakes up from his 2nd nap. If he wakes up by 2:30 or 3 then I stick him back down at 4:30 or 5 and he takes a short 45 min or an hour nap. He's usually getting up at 5:30 or 6 so we play with his older brother, eat dinner, bathe and try to have him going back down by 7 or 7:30 depending on when he's tired and how fast I can get everyone fed, bathed, and dressed and ready for bed. Sometimes if he wakes up late in the morning or we're running errands and he goes down late for his 2nd nap and doesn't get up till 4ish then that last nap gets skipped! He then is usually tired at 6 or 6:30 but I try to keep him up till 7 and then stick him down... I hope that helps! :) - A.
