Hey moms!
So I have a quick question, my baby just turned 6 months and she usually takes two naps a day. Each lasting about 1 hour to 2 hours. Anyway, the last 5 or so days her morning nap has only been about 30-45 min. Her afternoon nap is 2 hours. Is this enough sleep during thr day?? Also, at night she does sleeps about 11 hours. Thanks!!
It is fine. I have three kids and none of them were great nappers at that age. My 3rd is 6 months old too. She takes just one 1 hour nap a day and sometimes a shorter catnap between 5-30 minutes. She typically sleeps between 10-12 hours at night. It will change again as they get older and hit developmental spurts.
she sounds fine.
At this age, they do take 2 naps a day.
My son however was taking 3 naps.... until about 1 year old.
Then 2 naps from 1-2 years old.
Then now he is 3.5 years old and he takes, 1 nap a day. And that was from when he was about 3 years old.
His naps are 2 hours at the least.
He sleeps well and fine at night.
Here is a link on how much sleep a baby needs:
http://www.babycenter.com/0_how-much-sleep-does-your-chil...
Keep in mind, that 6 months old is a growth-spurt time... and intake increases. It is ALSO a time where the hit many milestones and/or change a lot developmentally and this can tweak their sleep. But in these cases, it is a phase.
Keep to a nap routine... consistency is key.
After waking, a baby usually gets tired after about 2-3 hours of being "awake." And for a baby, even a bath is an activity.
all the best,
Susan
At 6-months of age most babies need about 14 1/4 hours of sleep. Sounds like your baby is right up there.
Like SH below, my kids took 3 naps until about 9 months old, 2 naps until about 15 months old and then one nap a day until age 4. As long as your baby is happy and healthy and getting close to the recommendation, she'll be fine.
There's a great chart on sleep amounts here: http://www.babycenter.com/0_how-much-sleep-does-your-chil...
She sounds like she is right on track.
That's about the age many kids go to one LONG nap. Try to keep her up in the a.m. and put her down after lunch for about 3-4hrs.
