Naps
My little girl is 5 months old tomorrow and I have read that they only meant to have so many hours of daytime sleep but I kinda wanna hear people’s thoughts on capping naps or letting them sleep as and when they want to and for how long they want to?
The last nap before bed I completely understand capping that and not letting their last nap go past a certain time to protect the nighttime but I kinda feel like if she’s sleeping during the day however long she wants to even if it’s 2 hours at a time it’s because she wants the rest?
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My little boy is 5 months on Saturday and I don’t cap his naps, he doesn’t tend to nap more than 30/40 mins during the day so if he does happen to do a long one I feel he must need it so leave him to it!
I try not to cap naps but I will if it’s going to affect feeding times and the rest of the days schedule. I try and do it as nicely as possible 🫣
We always let ours sleep, tried capping a few times and it was just awful! If we knew the last nap needed to be short we’d do it in the pram or carrier as he was more liable to wake up naturally when movement stopped c
I let my baby girl sleep when she wants to sleep. She also sleeps right through the night. Wakes about 6am every morning x
Id say it depends on how baby sleeps at night. My daughter wouldnt sleep at night sonwe had to cap her naps. Whereas my son sleeps v well n i just let him nap when he wants
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