How many naps do you let your little one take during the day and for how long?

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Trying to figure out if I should maybe try letting my little one take one nap during the day for just an hour so that by 8 or 9 PM he can sleep through the night without waking up.

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Sleep promotes sleep. I always let my daughter sleep when she is tired. She’s 16 months and she takes one nap a day from 11-1 usually and goes to bed at 8 every night. When she was younger I let her take a nap whenever she was tired. Now she’s on a pretty set schedule

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How old is your baby?

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My son is nearly 10 months and he takes two naps. He wakes twice to eat at night still. I would never we take away a daytime nap if my son still needed it, every time he’s dropped a nap has been on his time and his terms.

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If baby needs a nap. They should nap. I wake my son up when its our scheduled time to eat / other things

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Depends on the age. My son is 3 and he has been on 1 nap a day since age 1. They have gotten shorter though. Even when he doesn’t seem tired, I take him up for nap. Otherwise I’ll have 1 cranky dude later.

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If you keep a baby awake longer than they want to be, they’ll get overtired, they’ll be fussy and restless at bedtime, and they will likely not sleep through the night. 
My son is 10 months and he does anywhere from 9-12 hours overnight, sometimes one stretch, sometimes not, and a total of 3-3 1/2 hours between two daily naps. Bedtime is usually around 7:30-8:30.

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How old is he? Don’t try to keep him up if he’s tired, it will backfire. Follow his cues and if he’s ready for a nap then let him nap. It’s not going to magically make him sleep thru the might if he’s not ready. My daughter has 2 naps a day, each are 1.5-2 hours per nap, and she has slept thru the night since 8 months old. Before that I tried the whole concept of keeping her up more during the day so she’d be tired at bedtime, it actually has the opposite affect and makes them get worse sleep if they’re overtired.

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My guy is 8 mo.  Has two naps first is 1hr to 2 hrs, 2nd is 30 min to an hour depending on how long the first was.  Usually last nap is done by 3 and he has bedtime at 6.  He wakes up once in the night around 4.

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How old are they? 
From birth till about 6 months he slept whenever he wanted to.
From 6 months till 10 months he had 3 naps a day
From 10 months till 14 months 2 naps a day
Trying to drop a nap soon...but we ll see. 
He slept through the night from 3 months.

How many naps do you let your little one take during the day and for how long?

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