How old was your baby when she started to take regular morning naps?

Some kids do not take naps. My son who is almost five now has never been a nap taker. I would make him lay down to rest during the day even as an infant, but I never forced him to sleep. If he was tired I would tell him it was rest time and it really worked for us. Normally 30 minutes of him in bed would give him enough time to regroup.

At about 5 months my daughter started taking a morning nap. She sleeps from 8pm to 8am so I have never felt the need to put her down for two naps. It wasn't easy though. I don't think napping comes naturally to all babies. I didn't want to leave her crying forever either so what I did was put her in bed, sing, and read to her. If she was still crying, I left and let her cry for no more than fifteen minutes before I would come back. Eventually she got to the point where she would go down for a nap without a peep. And that's what she does now. If you do it that way, the babies have a chance to self soothe but at the same time they know their mommy is still there for them.

My daughter has had a pretty consistent sleep/nap schedule since she was around 2 or 3 months.

A nice solid nap from about 10-12 or 1-3, an evening nap from 7-8, in bed at 11 and up at about 8 with about 2 nursing sessions during the night. Sometimes the morning/afternoon nap is shorter, usually if it is she'll take a mini-nap about an hour after she wakes up from the main nap.

She put herself into that schedule, I never did anything to force her or keep her into any sort of sleep groove.

My little one is almost 3 months and we started to take a nap in the morning just couple weeks ago. She would wake up around 6 a.m., eat, play for about an hour and a half and goes back to sleep. She won't sleep for more than a few min. sometimes which really frustrates me! But the best sleep she gets is outside, in the park or even on the balcony in her bassinet. The fresh air is the answer! :)

At 6 months my son slept through the night and took a morning and afternoon nap for about 45 minutes each. At 10 months my son dropped the morning nap and took one mid-morning nap for 1 hour. Now, at 13 months, he takes a 2 hour nap from 12-2 and sleeps from 8PM to 6AM straight through.

My pediatrician said that once the baby sleeps for most of the night then naps start 10 to 12 and then again from 2 to 4. Babys need to learn to settle themselves, so let him fuss for a little bit. check on him, pat his back and make sure he is fine, then let him fuss again. do this every 10 minutes or so till he falls asleep. He will be reassured by your coming in and also learn the sleep patterns. good luck

My 4 month old girlie will fall asleep about 2 hours after waking, but she never really wakes at a set time, so if she wakes at 7, she will nap from 9-10:30 or so... if she wakes at 9 she will nap from 11 to 12:30 or so... etc.

while my daughter grow to be youthful she did the comparable component, she naped for approximately ten minutes that grow to be it. It made it quite confusing to get something finished. Your toddler isn't hyper. She is busy and a extreme power toddler. As she gets older it would exchange, yet probable no longer. My daughter is a twelve months previous now and he or she sleeps between 4-6 hours and then she naps approximately an hour at midday time and that's it. After the 4-6 hours at nighttime after a bottle she can bypass to sleep for approximately 2-3 extra hours and that's it. yet to me that's heaven. while she grow to be 4 months she might awaken each and every 2 hours and this grow to be torture. i'm delighted for the wreck. take exhilaration in the toddler they improve up so quickly.

4-5 mos for me. just put them down for a nap same time everyday. eventually got use to it

First he would take often naps, until I found out from my doctor he was actually dying. So we made sure he didn't take many naps from there on in. We then began feeding him regular meals of raw eggs, protein shakes, and 5 hour energy to prevent these naps, and he's never been better. Just beware: if he gets an erection during sleep, check his blood pressure