Naps

Hi everyone! I came here to ask or find someone with similar case. My little one goes to sleep at around 9 at night and waking up in the morning between 6-7. That's all good but with naps it's a bit weird. She's awake for 2 hours then naps for 1 or 1.5 hour most of the times then again awake for 2 asleep for 1.5 . And that's how it goes the whole day. So she has 3 naps each mosty around 1.5h. Sometimes she naps even for 2 hours in those naps after being awake just for two hours. I'm trying to slowly make her wake windows longer but when the time hits 2 hours awake she's really sleepy and sometimes upset. Her last wake window is usually around 3 hours when I keep her entertained enough. Is here anyone with similar pattern? Is it healthy or shoud I try and change something more? Thank you!

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That’s just like us but she sleeps at 10.30 and wakes at about 8.30. I guess some babies just like their sleep?🥺🤣

Oh I'm happy to see someone else like that as well! It's not bad at all honestly I can get stuff done through the day or rest more I was just wondering cause I always see that wake windows shoud be much longer, naps shorter and less of them. But I guess it's just guidance and the end

yes I’m sure it’s normal but I know what you mean, I worry about every little thing 🤣 yesterday morning my baby woke up and stayed awake for just half hour before sleeping for another two 🤣

My baby’s wake windows are 3 hours now but he definitely got to that stage later than other babies his age. He’s also still on 3 naps most days, 2 normal naps and a power nap before bed. Some babies are just higher sleep needs than others.

My baby likes sleep too 😂 sleeps from 8pm - 6:30 (roughly) but on 3 naps a a day! The last one is typically the shortest and 3-4 hours before bed x

Sounds like she’s replacing a bit of night sleep with daytime naps? 9pm is pretty late as a bedtime (mine are in bed 7:15pm- 7:30am and have 2 naps ( first is 40 mins, second is 1h45).
If it’s working for your family though I’d assume it’s fine 🤷🏼‍♀️ sounds like Spanish style living! 💃

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