Do you wake your baby up if they have more than a 3 hour nap?

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My son sleeps normally from 12pm-3/4pm but I was told recently never to let them nap over 3hrs? That it'll effect his night sleeping? It isn't his only nap during the day but it's the longest usually.

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I have never and will never wake a sleeping baby unless it's an emergency.

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HELLLL NO! Well, it depends what time of the day it is. If it’s early in the day then it’s OK.

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If it ever happens, I'll let you know 😂

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As long as Night is okay then let baby sleep :)

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If I let my boy nap past 2pm, he'll be up WAY past his bedtime. If it doesn't interfere with bedtime scheduling, no need to worry.

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Let baby sleep. They will still sleep at night regardless. If baby doesn't get enough sleep at night and they are over tired they actually fight sleep instead. Unless you have a newborn, there's no reason to wake them. And a newborn can sleep up to 5 hours before waking for feedings.

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If you mess with their naps, you’ll mess up their night time sleeping. Let baby sleep.

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Depends on how old they are. When m daughter was a newborn, I never woke her. We then put her on a set nap time/day time schedule and since then, I absolutely wake her. Otherwise it throws off the entire day. Normally her morning nap, I let her go as long as she needs(ish...no longer than 2.5 hours) but her afternoon nap is always cut off at 4 o’clock because she goes to bed at 6:30.

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I started doing that at first and regretted it big time. My son seemed to have gotten very fussy because of this, so he didn't know how to sleep normally at any time of thr day or night. He started staying awake for HOURS on end kicking and screaming, not able to sleep, so once I stopped doing it he seemed to get his normal sleep flow back

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Let them sleep

Do you wake your baby up if they have more than a 3 hour nap?

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