Nap lengths

My boy is 3 months old. Some days he has naps that at 30 mins. Some are 3 hours. I tend to let him have what he needs unless we need to be somewhere. Does anyone else let their baby sleep or wake them up?

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For me it would depend on the duration and when in the day. 30 mins is completely normal for a nap length but so can 3 hours be. My 4 month old is having 30 mins in a morning then 3 hours in an afternoon and then a power nap after that.

If their long nap is too close to bedtime, it is better to wake them so they have enough sleep pressure to be able to go to bed at the time you start the bedtime routine or else they'll be undertired.

Getting sleep schedules right or consistent has been so hard for me this time around!

My 3 month old is exactly the same. He will have 1 long nap and the rest power naps. Some days he might have all long naps I just let him have what he needs and work around that, on those days he will go to bed at 11pm but most around 8/9

I just left my baby to it at that age because I found the more I tried to control her naps the worse I made it for myself. My baby was the same at that age x

At that age I just let my baby sleep as much and often as she wanted to x

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