Naps

I genuinely don’t understand how some 6 month old are on 2 naps. I can’t even get off 4 most days… wake at 6:00/6:30 and bed usually 7:30ish. Naps are to short

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Same... my LO doesn't nap well during the day either 😕 maybe 45 minute naps every now and then and doesn't sleep all through the night..

My girl is taking 2 1hr+ naps and then little 15 minute dozes. She wakes at 5a sleeps from 8-9ish and then 12-1:30ish and goes to bed at 6:30-7

lol yeah no way. My baby’s nighttime schedule is very consistent but his naps are still just whenever he is sleepy 🤷🏽‍♀️ sometimes it’s a solid 1 hr+ but usually more like 20-30 min!

Same. We finally have a solid bedtime/nighttime routine but the naps are inconsistent and usually 30mins are less. Every now and then we will get a solid hour, but that’s every blue moon.

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I caved and gave into paying for the premium membership on huckleberry and their suggested nap times are spot on for my girl. Before she was just taking 20 minute cat naps here and there but now she’ll go down for 1.5 hours 3x a day.

Thanks everyone for normalizing the sleep trends of our 6 month olds! My baby is the same.. cat naps about 4 times. I’m lucky if I get 45 mins. Doesn’t sleep through the night. When will we sleep? Lol

Yea my baby takes decent length naps but there is no way we are getting 3 hour wake windows until the last one before bed. First wake window I can barely get 2 hours

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