Morning nap

What times do your little ones wake up in the morning and when is their first nap of the day.
My boy wakes up anytime between 6-7 and his first nap is around 8:30/9am. I feel like his wake window should be longer in the morning but he is so tired atm!

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Mines the same, sometimes he’s fast off after his bottle in the morning! I think every baby is different and as long as he’s happy, enjoy your coffee/tea whilst it’s hot 😂

Yeah mine too! Tbf he’s always been a sleep boy, and it’s even worse atm. I’m going to put it down to a growth spurt lol. But yes, gotta take advantage whilst you can lol

Mine little one is the same. Then after that he tends to cat nap if we're out and about, or if we're staying in the house I'll pop him down to nap again midday-ish and then again in the afternoon but won't let him sleep past 5pm as we sort bedtime for between 6:30/7:30pm.

My little girl is exactly the same, sometimes struggles with 2 hours!

My little girl is the same it’s a struggle to stretch her to 2 hours, usually up for an hour and a half then has her first nap

Mine gets up at 6am at the moment and is napping at 7.30-8 cause she gets so tired and then is overtired if I leave her!

Exactly the same for us! Always struggle to make the first wake window longer than 1.5/2h but he’s quite happy to stay up for 3h+ for the rest of the day x

Oh good to know! I thought his first wake window of the day would’ve been the longest after a long stint of sleep but good to know we’re all in the same boat

first one is max 2 hours... usually up between 6-6:30 and he starts getting clingy at 1.5 hr mark, then I know it's time to wind down ~ his first nap is also usually the longest, so the rest of the day he can stretch his wake windows with no problems

I feel like I won the lottery because my little girl wakes up between half 9 and 10 usually and this morning was 11am. She loves her sleep just like her mum 🤣 she normally goes for a nap around 2 hours after she’s up

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