Naps

What are your naps looking like at the moment?

She’s fighting every single nap and I feel like maybe I’ve got the timing off or should be getting her to push through tiredness. Feeling a bit clueless atm

Her fighting naps is delaying everything so it’s leading to her bedtime edging later and later

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My baby naps are quite random, but I always wait for cues. If I see that he’s tired, he doesn’t fight it, and I use a baby sling to put him asleep. If I don’t use a sling it’s really hard for me because of its weight. The slight tho helps him staying still and I don’t have to keep adjusting my grip! Works like a charm

Morning nap is getting easier, afternoon is a fight but honestly I’ve found if she fights it, I put her down, wait 10 minutes and try again and I repeat like 3 times. If that doesn’t work it’s 6.30 pm bedtime 🤣🤣 I refuse to let myself get stressed out anymore and makes nap times a lot easier x

Awake 6-6:45, first nap 9:30 (capped to 45min), second nap 1 (1-1.5 hours), asleep by 7

We try to follow rough wake windows of 3/3.5/4, at the moment this is usually working out as a morning nap from approx 9.30-11 then afternoon nap 2.30- 3.30 then bed by 7.30. Can very tho e.g. today she woke up after 45 mins in the morning so ended up having her longer nap in the afternoon (still only an hour tho 🫠 so will do bed a bit earlier)

Today we are running on no naps as i believe she has fomo over some noise brothers

Our baby wakes up between 5:30-6:30 and will go down for a nap at 8:45-9:30 then wakes up about 10:30-11. Second nap is usually between 1:30-2 and wakes up at 3ish. Bedtime at 6:30/7 but this change daily. Doesn’t usually fight his naps but have had occasions where he just refuses and has no afternoon nap at all 🫠🤣xx

My baby’s sleep has been horrendous last few weeks, resists second nap, then sleeps for ages, then is awake half the night. Total nightmare. I’ve just decided to drop the second nap because the first nap has started being 2+ hours, she seems much happier for it. she gets a little tired around 3pm but we just have a chill on the sofa and then she perks back up again

No sets times. I hope that she'll have a morning nap at 11.30 that's capped at 30-45 mins, but if it's later and more like 12 I wake her up pretty soon after as she had to nap at 2 for my eldests to nap! So if she didn't reallyget much of a morning nap she cab occasionally fall asleep in the carrier while I'm making dinner too!

Roughly first nap between 9-9.30 and second nap between 2-2.30 and bedtime between 6.45-7.30. she's at nursery for 2 full days so that messes with the schedule a bit

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