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genkimom

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Just checking what's "average" or "normal". Can you tell me what time (usually):
1. Your 3-6 month old naps during the day
2. your 6-12 month old naps during the day
3. your 12-24 month old naps

At what age did he or she drop morning nap?

Thanks!
 
I have a 6 month old and she's in the process of dropping her third nap so her schedule is a bit unpredictable these days. Her awake period is usually 2.5-3 hours before a nap but sometimes she can go 3.5hrs on some off days. Each nap will last anywhere between 45 minutes to 1.5 hrs with the last nap usually lasting no more than 15-20minutes if it happens at all.
 
My 8 month old has two naps...for a total of 2-3hrs. The one in the morning is longer 2hrs (around 9am) ...he wakes up at 6am, then 2nd nap is around 5pm for 1 hr max. He sleeps at 8pm. my 21mth old has only one nap...can be anywhere from 1.5-2hours usually around 11am ...she wakes up at 7amamd sleeps at 8pm. She went from 2 naps to one nap at 14mths....started reducing the number of naps slowly when she turned one. She succeeded in consistently having only one nap at 14 mths.
 
Thanks for the info! To be very clear, I am interested in the specific time (generally) people's kids nap. 9:00ish, 1:00 ish, 2:00 ish etc. I know it's a weird question, but I'd appreciate knowing if I wanted to have a get together, what time in the morning or afternoon would least interfere with kids nap schedules. My kids have unusual sleep patterns so I cant go by them.
 
Each baby is different and everyday can be different for one child.

That being said, my daughter usually naps two hours after waking so around 9:00am. Then again after lunch 1:00pm-2:00pm. Bed by 7:00pm for the night. She's a short napper and only sleeps for about 30 minutes.
 
My 16-month-old son has only one nap a day (sigh!) at 12.30-1 pm for about 2 hours (or 3 if we're lucky). It's a really odd time because we're stuck if we have lunch plans but if we do, we make sure it's early lunch and are back by 2 pm which is the furthest he can stretch without having a meltdown.

Very occasionally, he'll have a morning nap for half an hour at 9 or 10 am. If that happens his afternoon nap may not happen till 3 or 4 pm and it's a real struggle to get him down for that nap.

From 12 -14 months he used to have two naps... In the morinng at 10 am for an hour and then again at 2.30-3 pm for a couple of hours. When he was even younger, he'd have 3 naps... one in the morning at 8.30 am (he'd wake at 5.30 or 6), then maybe 11.30 for an hour and 2.30-3 for a couple of hours.
 
Wake time between 6:30-7:30am
Morning nap at 9:00/9:30 for 45min
Midday nap at 12:30/1:00 for 1hr/1.5hr
Afternoon cat nap 4:00pm for 15-20min
Bedtime 7-7:30pm
 
When my son dropped his third nap at around 6/7months his schedule was:
6:00/6:30 wake up
9:00 nap (1-2 hours)
2:00/3:00 nap (1 hour)
7:00 bedtime

Now at 14 months:
7:00am wake up
Noon nap (2-3 hours)
8:00 bedtime
 
I have to say, I find it comforting to see I'm not the only one being woken up at 6:30 everyday by my youngest. ;-)
 
genkimom said:
Just checking what's "average" or "normal". Can you tell me what time (usually):
1. Your 3-6 month old naps during the day
2. your 6-12 month old naps during the day
3. your 12-24 month old naps

At what age did he or she drop morning nap?

Thanks!
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My first child wasn't a good nap taker until he was about 18-months-old. At that time he started taking one nap a day in the afternoon and he's still at it now at 4-years-old. But, we schedule the nap too--it's just a part of the day and has never been optional.

Our daughter wasn't a regular nap taker early on--she kind of slept off-and-on all day--cat naps. She settled into a more solid schedule around 6-8-months-old and she usually takes a nap in the mid-morning for about an hour (10 or 11 am) and then another nap for 2+ hours in the afternoon (2 pm on).

She goes to sleep about 9-10 pm every night and wakes up between 6:30-7:15 am every morning.
 
My 14 month old daughter had fairly regular naps, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, and then it was almost like over night, she dropped her morning nap after she turned 1, and now she only has one nap in the day, usually in the early afternoon, which is tricky to try and plan stuff to do around.
 
My daughter takes her nap at around 10 or 11 in the morning for 1.5 to 2 hours, then another one at 4 pm for an hour to 1.5. If her nap comes early in the morning, she even steals a cat nap at 2-ish.

Ah thanka, I'm glad to know my daughter isn't the only late sleeper for their age. In fact, mine sleeps between 10 and 11 some nights, which is probably why her naps are long. But maybe, she wants time with Daddy so she stays up late :-) Wake up time is 7am.

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My 15 month old sleeps 8pm-7am; naps for an hour around 10, and then 2 hours around 2pm. She dropped her morning nap for a bit a couple of weeks ago so I moved the afternoon nap to 1pm but as Irpolo said, tough to schedule things, particularly in the weekends so her schedule got all messed up that we're back to 2 naps.... Been trying to see how I can get her to sleep in till about 8am so that she can last until 1.30 or 2pm but no luck. Any ideas?
 
lost said:
My 15 month old sleeps 8pm-7am; naps for an hour around 10, and then 2 hours around 2pm. She dropped her morning nap for a bit a couple of weeks ago so I moved the afternoon nap to 1pm but as Irpolo said, tough to schedule things, particularly in the weekends so her schedule got all messed up that we're back to 2 naps.... Been trying to see how I can get her to sleep in till about 8am so that she can last until 1.30 or 2pm but no luck. Any ideas?
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It can be a bit hard with a 15-month-old but that's about the time we started to be more flexible with my son's naps. So, he must take a nap after he eats lunch (around 1-2 pm is when he starts his nap). But, on the weekends it really is impossible to keep to a fixed schedule. So, this is the compromise. Sometimes he doesn't get a nap at all on Saturday or Sunday. He might get a quick snooze on public transport or a 20-30-minute "cat nap" but he doesn't get a regular nap at all on the weekends usually. However, we "throw" :smile: him into bed as early as 6 pm on those days. He is already really tired-out from the day and he might be a bit more cranky toward the end of the day but it makes more sense than the struggle and inconvenience of a proper nap on the weekend.

We never really could enforce an early nap with my son (before noon)--especially once he was a year-and-a-half to two-years-old. Instead we focused on solid afternoon naps after lunch most of the time and early bedtimes when needed. I think it works if you stick to it.
 
Good to see most babies wake up around 6 am haha.

Mine (3 and a half months old):
currently:
7:30/8 pm - bedtime
6:30/7 am - wake up
8:30 - 10:30/11 - nap
3 - 4/5 - nap

I believe babies can be trained to take longer and more predictable naps if there is a consistent and predictable routine, which is what I'm trying to do now. In a few weeks I hope his sleep times will have two naps at 1.5-2 hour long and he will sleep from 8 to 8 at night!
 
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