Daytime naps

Hi everyone, where are your babies currently napping? And how long for? My little girls just turned 4 months

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My little boy has also just turned 4 months, and he mainly contact naps during the day, however we have bought a travel cot for downstairs that he’ll sometimes let me put him down in for an hour or so 😅

Mine is 14 weeks and she wakes at 5-6am has a bottle then an hr nap. Bottle at 10am and has a 30 min nap. Bottle at 1pm and sleeps 2.5hrs. Bottle at 5pm and stays awake. Bottle at 9pm before bed and sleeps all night x

Wherever she will 😆. She doesn't always follow the schedule and gets major FOMO these days 🫩. Lately her naps vary. Could be 10 minutes, could be an hour. If contact napping in the sling whilst walking, she will sleep for up to 2 hours or more.

So I keep naps down stairs so my children know bedroom is for bed. 1st slept through from 9 weeks and my second is now sleeping through for last 3 weeks 7-6. Either on me or as they get older it’s the sofa

Bedtime is 8:30pm-9:30 am no wake ups then nap at 1:30-3:30 then nap at 5:30-6 then bedtime 8:30🥰

My arms, a moses basket or on the bed! She sleeps longer in my arms otherwise it's like 30-40 mins in the basket. She doesn't follow a schedule yet tho, apart from going to bed around 9.30-10pm :)

My LB only naps on me, in the bouncer (rarely) or in the pram. Hates moses basket and only accepts crib for a part of the night 😅 we have 3 naps: 2x2h15 (i help him connect cycles every 30-40min) and 1x40min pram nap x

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Baby went underwater

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I’m worried about a few things;

1. Water in his lungs (and secondary drowning due to aspiration)
2. Bacterial infection from ingesting dirty bath water
3. Ear infection

Should I take him to the emergency room?

If this has ever happened to you please comment with your experience and if your baby was ok.

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Am pregnant with baby number 2 who is due in August 2026. My toddler will be 2 years 2 months when they're born.

By the time baby will need their own room with a monitor my toddler will be near-ish 3 years old.

Wondering when you stopped using the baby monitor to check on your toddler/child?

At this point I've accepted I'll need to buy another one but I'm curious when it seemed unnecessary for others!

Thanks :)

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