Naptime - When and for how long?

Bamamom wrote: When do your kids go down for a nap and how long do they usually sleep?

MyLuvBugs replied: lorelei usually goes down for her nap around 1 or 2 and I always get her up at 5pm. Then she goes down for bed around 10:30pm.

luvmykids replied: I think at Tripps age they were sleeping from 7p-7a, 10a-noon, 2p-4p. That lasted until they were about 1 or 1 and a half, then it was just one nap a day from noon-3p.

msoulz replied: Mine is a power napper. She usually falls asleep while eating then stays asleep until I set her down so as long as I sit in one place she sleeps. But I get bored.

If she does nap for an extended time it is usually around 1 or 2 pm for 2 - 3 hours. Sometimes when I set her down she stays asleep (but not usually!)

siblingtooolivia replied: Mine is going to be 4 in June but she still naps for the most part unless we are out and about, but I try not to do that too much cause she really still needs to nap. She goes down between 1-2 and still naps for 2-3 hours!

AlexsPajamaMama replied: I put Alex to bed for a nap at 12:30 and he is asleep by 1 until 3ish
and at night he sleeps 8pm-6:30am

siblingtooolivia replied: Sorry just realized this is more of an infant forum!! I de recall though by 1 - 1 1/2 she was napping once a day from about noon-3, now it is the same but she just goes down a little later cause she sleeps longer in the am!

holley79 replied: I try and get Annika to take a nap around 2 on my days that I have had to work. Then I get her back up around 4 when I have to get up. There are plenty of times though she gets up before then though.

mom2tripp replied: Your little boy is TRIPP??? That's what we call my little one!!!

Is he a third by chance????

At that age I think Tripp was going down for two naps and they were both a couple of hours long--

ashtonsmama replied: My little guy still takes 3-4 naps a day, usually 2 hours long each time, but sometimes he takes a 30 minute or so nap in the late afternoon when he's had a long day...but usually he goes down around 10-11 for the first one, is up for an hour, then goes down from 12-2, and usually 2-3:30 or so...sometimes he takes the 5-5:30 one too...it really depends though, but he gets cranky if he doesn't get enough sleep...

Cece00 replied: Natalie sleeps whenever she wants. She *kind of* has a schedule, but not really..here's how it usually goes

Usually she'll sleep like 1.5-2 hrs after waking up & eating (nap @ around 8-9:30). Maybe for 1-2 hrs

Then she'll be up for about 3-4 hrs (til maybe like 1-2:30) and sleep for about 2-3 hrs

Then she'll be up for like 2 hrs (until around 4), sleep for about 1-2 hrs

Then up for like 3-4 hrs, sleep all night (around 8-9 pm)

NEWMOM05 replied: Kathryn's nap varies. She normally wakes up at 8am for the day , then goes down at around 10 or so and sleeps for abput an hr. She is then up for a few hours, then goes down at around 2 pm. She lseeps for about an 1- 2 hours depending on the day. Then small little cat napsd from then on.

Recently we started teething and her naps sometimes are only about a 1/2 hour- an hr. at most.

Bamamom replied:
Its been a grandparent infested weekend and I'm just now reading these - yep, Tripp is a "the third." It's nice to meet someone else who didn't think they were doing their child a terrible injustice to call him Tripp. People are constantly telling us that we'll regret calling him that, but I have some friends who were unable to have children whose last name was Tripp so its kind of a tribute to them too.

Bamamom replied: Tripp takes 4 naps a day but they rarely last longer than 30 minutes each. Any suggestions on how to make him nap longer. I'd give anything for naps that lasted an hour!!!!

mom2tripp replied:
I'm glad to finally meet someone that calls their son Tripp also

My inlaws are from New Jersey and they were like WHAT ARE YOU CALLING HIM THAT FOR??? I said well, he's Salvatore Luciano III and I'm not calling him that!!!
They had never heard of Tripp!!!

moped replied: At that age, Jack slept ALL the time - but I am the sleep nazi, so he slept for about 2 hours every 2 hours or less.............now he is one nap of about 2.5 hours

Bamamom replied:


With us it was that his grandfather is already called Charles and his dad is Gary and I just didn't want him being dubbed "little Charles" or "little Gary" for his whole life. Neither my husband or I are very tall and I just couldn't go the kid like that

Bamamom replied:
So if I UPS Tripp to you do you think you could get him to nap like that???????

I shouldn't complain. The kid has been sleeping all night since he was 8 weeks old.