Chaya is now an amazing sleeper, sleeping through the night on her own and having two
solid naps a day.
6 - 9 Months By six to nine months your baby's likely to take two
solid naps a day, morning and afternoon.
Is it strange for kids to kind of skip this like four or five whatever, I mean, nap schedule because I feel like my kids never really... Well, maybe my twins a little bit did the two but I'll tell you, my boys, they were always like one
solid nap a day.
Not exact matches
Begin to establish patterns around key events in baby's
day: breastfeeding,
solid foods,
naps, bath time, story time, play time, even mom - needs - to - get - out - of - the - house time.
Here's what we have going thus far: 7 am nurse 7:30 / 8
solids (doesn't eat much) 8:30
nap 9:30 wakes 10 nurse (Sometimes he is so tired he
naps earlier, but I try to get him to at least 12:30) This is the part of the
day that tends to be so inconsistent.
My baby has been very challenging with colic like symptoms since
day one but since seeing a chiropractor he is a new baby and so we are ready to get better at
naps and getting a more
solid schedule.
8 month old boy (who's in transition from nursing to formula &
solids) 8 am - wake, diaper, nurse for 5 - ish minutes 8:30 am - breakfast in high chair (4 oz bottle +
solids) 9:00 - 9:45 ish - play time (independent play then reading books & getting ready for
nap) 10am - 11:30 am - morning
nap 11:30 - 12 pm - wake up from
nap, diaper, get dressed for
day, etc ** if we go out to run errands this is the time we leave, and and we will stop to eat lunch while out 12 pm - lunch (8oz bottle +
solids) 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm - play time 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm - afternoon
nap 3:30 - 4 pm - play time 4 pm - eat (8oz bottle + snack such as cheerios) 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm - play time (if he woke up early from afternoon
nap, then sometimes he still takes a short cat
nap during this timeframe 6:30 pm - dinner with family (
solids in high chair) 7:00 pm - outdoor play time (baby swing, take a walk, etc) 8:00 pm - start of an 8oz bottle 8:30 pm - bath time, read books, finish rest of bottle 9:00 pm - bedtime.
If you notice the signs that your toddler is ready to drop his
nap count to one, you should begin by pushing your morning
nap by 15 minutes each
day until you get to one
solid afternoon
nap time.
Then by 4.5 or 5 months or so the bedtime routine is
solid for them and they may even be taking
solid naps during the
day, and it all seems to make sense.
The habits I put into place with my two breastfed babies, allowing for us to enjoy three
solid, regular
naps a
day along with eight plus hours of sleep before either woke for their middle of the night feeding.
Since older preschoolers often no longer
nap, keeping a
solid bedtime routine with 10 - 12 hours of sleep per night will help your child have stamina for a more challenging
day.
The long, long
day would begin to unfold: the walk, the end of the Today show, the morning
nap, lunch, another walk, the afternoon
nap, two
solid hours of MSNBC (sometimes more), and then, at five or so, the last walk of the
day.
Unless your baby is doing excessive
day time sleeping (which is rare) you would be far better to focus on
solid naps and get baby used to resettling from one sleep cycle to another rather than shortening this sleep time.
I also find that babies who sleep well on their own and take good
solid naps tends to be happier and less clingy during the
day.
Yesterday was a dream as he took 3
solid 2 hour
naps but other
days he fights it like crazy!
Now they each get 2
solid hours of
naps a
day and are much more happy and alert when awake.
Perhaps luckily for us, the highly anticipated art week wraps up just before the Easter holidays — perfect for that
solid four -
day nap we're all going to need after all the festivities.