Wake windows? Naps?

Can you tell me what your nap schedule looks like in a day?

And I say schedule lightly I don't mean it being the same every day I just mean what do most of your days look like.

When baby wakes up in the morning how long on average are they awake for before having a nap? After the first nap how long on average are they awake for before the second nap?

How long is each nap lasting?

How many naps a day are you having?

My health visitor has told me my baby should be awake 4-5 hours before her first nap... I don't feel this is developmentally appropriate for a 7 month old? My baby could never make it 4-5 hours without being extremely cranky and crying.

Please help?

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At the moment mines awake 6:30-7am then she will be napping at around 9:30-10 , she only naps for very short naps around 20 -30 mins , she will probably nap again around 2pm then sometimes at 4pm bed for 6:30pm waking at around 11:30pm for a bottle then she sleeps until 3:30am bottle and back to sleep. She just rubs her eyes and makes a funny sound when she is ready to be put in her cot. X

Every baby is different, try not to worry too much!
4/5hours does sound too long though!
My LO wakes around 7.30, 1st nap is between 9.30/10. Then I try do the next nap 3ish hours after. Then 3/4 hours before bedtime.
Since I've moved onto the two nap days shes been napping for about 1.5hrs. Before that it was 45 mins. Both naps aren't usually that long, the second bit shorter. Hope that helps! But again do what works for you xx

4-5 hours is absolute bs at this age, unless your baby is really showing signs that they can last that long but it technically shouldn’t be longer than 2-3 hours.

She wakes up around 7:30, first nap is at 9:45 this one is always about 40min. Next nap is at 12:45 this one is usually 1h20. Next nap is at 4:30 and this one is usually 40min. Bedtime is at 7:30/8

Also to add if you want to skip the whole wake window thing it’s good to look at cumulative sleep. It should be around 13-15 hours at this age, otherwise they will get overtired

Today my baby woke up at 7.45 and went back to sleep around 11am for 20 mins and then at 3pm for 2 hours..a few weeks back she was having 3 naps and could only last 2.5 hours before needing a nap but hwr first 2 naps are always 20-30 mins max

Every baby is different. My LO can go 4-4.5hrs sometimes before becoming tired. This is usually if she skips her morning nap.

Usual day:
Wake 6:30am
1st nap: 8:30/9am for 20-30mins
2nd nap: 12:00 for 1hr
3rd nap: 3:30 for 20-30mins
Bath: 7pm

Her bedtime is 7:30pm. I don't let her nap after 4pm.

All these comments are making me feel so validated. My hv made me feel like such a shite mom and I just cried after the call with her. My LO's days are so similar to all of the above so I don't think I'm doing anything "wrong" nap wise. I just can't understand why she's so upset every time she needs to nap..

Wakes at 7.30
First nap 9.30-10.30
Second nap 1-2.30
Third nap 4.45-5.15
Bedtime at 8

4-5 hours does seem long but that’s just based on my experience with my baby. I’m very aware there are many mums who do not have a baby who naps as well as mine - through no fault of their own!

Our current schedule is currently
7:00 am - wake naturally around this time
09:00 - first nap
12:00 - second nap
16:00 - third nap
19:00 - bed time
These are rough times. Most of my daughter’s naps are around 40 minutes each but sometimes she will do a longer stretch. She seems to have a sweet spot of around 2.5 hours for her wake window. This can stretch up to 3.25 hours at the end of the day but she never seems to go past that. I follow her cues and look for when she’s rubbing her eyes or getting grumpy. All of her naps are contact naps - usually me holding her or in the baby carrier.

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I’m a FTM to a beautiful baby boy, who will be 3 weeks old tomorrow but sleep, or lack of sleep in this case, is a source of anguish in our house at the moment and it got me thinking about the information we are given as new mamas.

I get there are rules about safe sleeping to prevent SIDS, and I understand why we have them BUT why is other information that were given on sleeping a little contradictory to this?

1) We are told to nap when baby naps
2) We are told it’s ok if the only way baby will sleep is on us/cuddling us
3) Safe sleeping rules tell us we cannot sleep with baby on us, on a sofa or in a bed

My point is, if the only way baby will sleep is on us, how are we supposed to nap when they nap, if the safe sleeping rules tell us we can’t sleep with baby in bed or on a sofa with us?

If I’m missing something then please someone point it out for me but it seems a bit contradictory and confusing, does it not?

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I am sick of my family telling me there’s something wrong with my baby.

She is almost 10 weeks old. She was born just under 1 month early.

She is my second child, my first born was a chilled baby. She is quite grumpy a lot of the time she does smile daily however. But she’s quite whiny and she has recently been really unsettled / fussy and been having some days where she has really bad crying episodes where she screams. For instance today she’s been fussy all day on her bottle, she did a poo mid way through one - so I stopped and placed her on her mat and noticed it had gone through the top of her nappy on to her sleep suit so I had to undress her and she literally screamed like I’ve never heard before to the point I wanted to cry! I proceeded to try and change her after picking her up to soothe her and again she screamed the place down and started sobbing. She’s quite a gassy baby she is always passing wind and has hiccups all the time also. But I am so sick of my family members telling me “she needs to be checked!” Or my mother saying “what’s wrong with her?” When she comes over and she cries. They said she’s more unsettled than settled always. And I can’t help but think why??? Is it something I’m doing? They are making me question everything and it’s making me feel like I’m heading in to a downward spiral. They make me question myself and my life. I’m just fed up.

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