The Right (and Wrong) Time To Drop a Nap
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- Опубліковано 27 лип 2024
- If your baby’s sleep has suddenly changed - maybe they’re waking more often, waking earlier, or taking shorter naps during the day - there may be a very specific reason why.
Baby sleep patterns change as they get older. Often just as we feel like our baby has a good sleep routine that’s actually predictable, they go ahead and change it.
One of the most common reasons for a change in your baby’s naps or their sleep schedule is because they are ready to drop one of their naps.
But here’s the thing…
If you try to drop a nap before your baby is ready, it can completely throw their sleep schedule out of rhythm. And when that happens it’s hard to get back on track.
So you want to make sure that when you do drop that nap, your baby is actually ready for it.
But how do you know when your baby is ready to remove one of their naps from their sleep schedule?
That’s exactly what you’ll learn in this video!
You’ll learn 5 key signs that will help you identify whether your baby’s sleep is changing in a way that means they no longer need one of their naps.
If you’re struggling getting your baby to sleep like they used to, check out this video and see if it’s because they are ready to drop a nap.
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00:00 - 00:41 : Intro
00:42 - 02:34 : 1st Sign
02:35 - 03:20 : 2nd Sign
03:21 - 03:52 : 3rd Sign
03:53 - 04:43 : 4th Sign
04:44 - 05:52 : 5th Sign
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Hi Emma I would love to see a video of your input on what you think of sleeping training for a baby. There are is a lot of YT information out there. My partner wants me to start sleep training at night with our 7 month old, I am old schooled my parents and their parents didn't have the internet nor milestones when they were raising kids, nor were told to sleep train their babies. Yet all us turned out perfectly.
thanks for the vidoe big fan will take it into action :)
My daughter turned 9 months old a week ago and stopped having her second nap 3 weeks ago. Nothing I did would make her go to sleep and both of us were getting upset trying so I stopped. I'm worried it's too early to drop to 1 nap.
Hi @@andrewenglish3810 this is a great question!
For some people sleep training is great and for other people it just isn't for them. It really depends on if you want change your little ones current sleep. For example if your little is waking during the night multiple times and you are happy to feed and rock them back to sleep then that is great. But if you want your little one settle to sleep at night independently and wake up less during the night then you might want to try some sleep training. It is important to remember though that at 7 months of age it is completely normal if your little one is waking up for a feed (the feed usually is in the early hours of the morning). If it is a long breastfeed or large formula feed then your little one still needs a feed during the night.
@@MrEbrethil hope it helps!
Some babies has short nap all the time. If they are happy and well rested after it, there is nothing to fix. Expecially, when they get 9 to 10 hours at night.
Oh she’s a clever lady, just love her videos, just no nonsense and straight forward. As a mum of 6m twins I just need sensible sound bites like this. Thank you Emma, keep those videos coming xx
Hi everyone, I work in childcare and see a lot of questions on which naps to drop. In most childcare settings there are routines in regards to naptime.
Baby's who still take 3 naps, will go to bed around 9.30, 12.30 and 15.30 (3.30pm), but it might change a little depending on how long they slept for.
Baby's taking 2 naps will go to bed around 10.00 after a fruit snack, have lunch after waking up, and have a snack around 14.30 and go back to bed around 15.00(3pm).
Baby's and toddlers taking 1 nap will have a fruit snack around 9.30, lunch around 11.30, naptime between 12.30/13.00(1pm), and a snack when they wake up around 15.00/15.30(3pm/3.30pm).
Hope this helps.
This video came at the right time for our 5 month old, as lots are happening, such as readiness to switch to solids, maturing sleep cycles, dropping that final 4th nap, and babbling back and forth conversations 😀
Hi @Kiet sounds like very exciting times ahead. Hope this video was helpful!
How do you always seem to post a new video literally within a day or two of me needing it!? My girl is 15 months and we just got back from a long haul trip to visit family. What I thought was jet lag was still happening a week later so I tried your tips and condensed her two daytime naps into one and hey ho she's much more settled now. Thank you!!!
This video just popped up for me as I’ve been trying all morning to get my 9 month old to sleep! He’s been fighting sleep for a few weeks now and doesn’t want his morning nap anymore, now after lunch he’s finally asleep.
Now I know why!!
I really needed this THANK YOUUUUUU!!!!!! My third baby has been my most challenging and really made me realise that I’m not super mum. My ten month old appears tired for his three naps… but fights them and then his afternoon naps he will sleep for three hours which is so close to his bedtime and then he plays in his cut for two hours and will fall asleep at like9-9:30!! And he is also now waking up 6-6:20 in the morning which isn’t too bad but he WAS waking at 7:30… so def need to drop a nap…. Might be that morning one or high is typically two hours after he wakes…. I’ll push that one because that one is usually a cat nap
This would explain ALOT with my 15 month old. Thank you so much your always so informative!!
It's my pleasure!
Your videos are so helpful!
Thanks so much!
Hello from Mother Russia! Thanks for the video. I have an interesting situation, about tummy time. Our pediatrist recommend us to do Tummy time 30 min before feed and/or after 90 min after feeding. But feeding time takes a really lot of time. So the situation is: baby sleep through all this recommended time window. She sleeps before feed and after. Or wake up before 90 mins lasts. We dont think that it is good idea to force baby to wake up to make a tummy time. I dont know what to do, I fear that we have lack of tummy time. Baby is only 1 month, and she held her head only for 3-6 sec.
Hi Emma, really loving all your videos!
My daughter is 4 months old and she doesn’t sleep before 2-3 am ..she gets tired and takes a 10 min power nap and wakes up extremely fresh! What can b done to change her cycle?
Hi Emma thanks for sharing dis ... Ma darling just completed 3 months and since 3-4 days she is doing the same like waking up long and not sleeping properly but as I watched ur video feeling little relaxed
So glad this video helped to make you feel a little relaxed!
Thanks for the video. What do you recommend for a toddler who refuses to nap but still really needs one? He'll be 3 in February, so he falls in the age range of not needing a nap. If he doesn't nap, though, he's super cranky and doesn't eat dinner well because he's too tired to eat. He'll almost always fall asleep in the car if we take him somewhere around his nap time. He just will not nap in his room no matter how consistent we are with the routine.
Nap have become more difficult for my nearly 14-month-old! Last weekend it took nearly 30 minutes of playing in her crib before she fell asleep… I noticed she tends to want to drop her morning nap (she wakes up at 7:30/8, so it makes sense), but she is way too tired to wait until 2 or 3 for her afternoon nap. We’re trying a midday nap, just after lunch, and it’s been working so far! I’m thankful, because the first six months of sleep were complicated but since then she’d been such a good sleeper, I’m not ready to struggle with sleep again ahahah!
Hi Veronique so glad you worked out to move the 1 nap to the middle of the day. When bub's go from 2 to 1 nap a day we aim to move the nap to the middle of the day, because you're right the afternoon nap is simply too late in the late and results in lots of tears!
Yes we went through sleep regression at 3 months and again at the end of 4 months. Now that the holidays are over we are finally getting back to a routine, and his wake windows at 5 months is at about 2hrs 15 min. Any less and he will have cat naps, any more and he fights sleep.
Hi Brenda thanks for sharing! Hopefully now that you have gotten back into a routine life settles down a bit. Holidays are lovely but they can be stressful with a little one!
Do you have tips about best “how to” bathing or bath equips (bathtub vs. stall stand showers vs floor tubs, etc.)? We’re about to have ours and this is something we’re totally lost.
Your videos are by far the best tips we’ve found so far. Thanks!
Hi! So glad you find these video helpful. Unfortunately, I don't have a video on that topic.
@TriGrutt It is very important to start with a small tub. For babies to feel comfortable in the water they need to feel the walls of the tub. I also recommend using a towel in the water while bathing your baby at the beginig. For babies to feel comfortable in the water they must not be completely uncovered. Use a towel to cover the baby's feet while washing his hands and then the other way round.
Good morning! Thanks for all your videos. My 8 month old baby who’s already spending must of the time standing and cruising around the playpen had been doing fine with 3 naps during the day but sometimes he is so tired that he takes very long naps and pushes his bedtime by himself
Or he wakes up in the middle of the night and stays awake for a couple of hours
I don’t see him dropping a nap he seems very tired and wants to sleep
I really need your help trying to figure this out
Hi there! I now understand how important it is to get the timing right and what things to look out for- but how do you actually drop a nap? What are the steps involved?
Aaaaa I was waiting for this
Hope it was helpful!
@@EmmaHubbard of course what should I do my has lot of irritating in teething
Thank you so much for your help. I have a 5 month old and she has 3 x 30min naps during the day and a 1.5-2 hour nap about 4pm (this one always in our arms). She goes down to be about 8pm and is a great sleeper (7-9 hours). I’m too scared to change anything which might upset her sleep during the night.
Any advice please
I love all of your videos! What about babies that do power naps of 30 minutes each?. If My baby is five months old and she takes 4 30 minute power naps during the day, is this normal? Do the the nap times in this video corresponds to babies that take power naps?
Thanks Emma! My baby is now 15 months and started creche 2 weeks ago, he doesn't nap well in the creche in the morning (45 minutes only where he'd normally nap 1.5 hours at home). He's ok to skip the second nap if he naps 1.5-2hours during the day (11.30am-1.30pm). Should I keep his second nap in the afternoon if he only nap 45 minutes during the day in the creche? I just worry he would be over tired without an afternoon nap if he doesn't have enough morning nap in the creche, but if I put him down for the afternoon nap he won't go to sleep until 10pm which I think is too late. Help please!
Thanks for the video Emma! Really helpfull. :) I have a 7,5 month old and from the information in this video I think he is ready to drop his 3rd nap (which is only a 20-30 minute nap anyway) However, he usually takes this nap in the car after I have picked him up from daycare. He almost always falls asleep in the car, even when it's not his usual nap time. Do you have any tips on how to keep a baby awake in the car?
Hi Kerry I usually find giving them food or a special toy for the car ride helpful in keeping them awake. It is very tricky though! Goodluck!
thank you for the movie, recently I have a problem with sleeping at night, what may be the cause of constant awakenings at night, even every hour in a 5-month-old child?
Same problem here. She wakes up like every 45 min or so.
Hi @Lucja Kordeczka it sounds like your little one may be going through the 4 month sleep regression (it's really a sleep progression because their sleep patterns have matured). I have a video on this topic and how to fix it which you might find helpful. Here is the link: ua-cam.com/video/9OrwbXU6FXk/v-deo.html
@@EmmaHubbard thank you very much:) it was very helpful:) greetings from Poland:)
Hi Emma, you videos are great. The best on youtube so far.
My baby is 9.5 months and we have problems whit her nap. What about 9-12 months sleep? You are taking in this video about 0-4, 4-6, 6-9 and then 12-18. But what about 9-12 month? How is the nap in this period of time. Thank you very much for your help.
As a lady said in a video babies around this age should have 2 naps a day. With my little one indicator for dropping a nap was extend time slept at night. When she started to wake up naturally at 7 am, she could happily play until 11.00 am. They she slept aroud 2 hours to 1 pm. Then she had anpower nap around 4 pm around 45 minutes, before bed time at 8.30 pm.
Hi Emma. My 11 mo. still takes 3 naps a day (2 1hr and 1 30 min) and sleeps all night (7 to 7). Should I still try to push to eliminate that 3rd nap? Is too much sleep bad?
Thanks Emma. Helpful as usual. I have 11 months old baby girl and now she takes only 1 nap ( 1 hour long) but she is also going through a big growth leap and she tries to stand up all the time. Shall I continue to offer two naps?
It all depends on your little one. If she is tired and unhappy when she is awake then she would probably benefit from having 2 naps a day. At this age they also have another sleep regression so daytime naps can be tricky!
Perfect time for this video! My son is almost 11 months and his sleep has recently changed. He is having trouble going down for naps and bedtime. He also has trouble with his afternoon nap, he tends to wake early and fight to go back down. Since he was very little he always woke up at 5-5:30 but now sleeps until 6 (he goes to bed at 7) I am trying to decide if he needs to lose the morning nap or of he just needs a shorter morning nap.
Same here!!! My daughter is also 11 months old and we're going through the exact same thing. I was guessing sleep regression first, but my gut feeling told me that she needs to drop down to one longer nap.
Thank you, Emma, for this video. I feel validated and I think this topic is very important for new moms!
@@evelinboerner2160 have you tried dropping the morning nap? How did it go?
@@evelinboerner2160 so glad I could help!
can you make a video about false start and how to deal with it? every time I put my baby (rocking) for bedtime she wakes up every 40 minutes for the first 4 hours because and never sleep more than 2h straight during the night 😩 She is 8 months old and I am exhausted!
Hello. I'm having trouble with my 3 and a half month baby. He's very irritated when I am trying to put him to sleep. He just cry himself out until he falls asleep. I tried to follow awake windows to put him down to sleep earlier and it still doesn't work. He just doesn't let me to give him any comfort. Please give me an advice.
With a 15 month old, which nap is better to drop? The before noon one or the afternoon one? If he goes to bed before noon, his afternoon sleep gets pushed very late, and if he does not take a nap in the morning, he is grumpy and yawning at lunchtime…I have given up and just let him nap whenever he feels like, one day it is mornings, another day it is right after lunch, sometimes he also does both a morning and a late afternoon nap…
Would a midday/early afternoon nap make most sense?
HI, yes the best thing to do is transition to a midday sleep, so put the little one to bed around 12.30 right after lunch. If that's too late in the beginning an early lunch and 12.00 bedtime and then slowly push is to 12.30/1pm
But what if your baby is to tired to stay awake for 2 hours? Even if she just slept for 2 hours. (She is almost 5 months) My mom said i also was very sleepy all the time and i took lots of naps when i was young.
Hi Emma!
My baby is 4.5 months old ......her nap routine was all well set until one day she suddenly started to sleep around 5-6 hours in afternoon and wakes up around 1 am at night and stays awake throughout! I dont know how to correct this plz help
Hi Emma , (or any moms out there) is there any way to get my baby back to breastfeeding? He had stopped latching on but I want to continue to breast feed. He was just tested positive for Covid and doctor said it’s best that he has as much breast milk as possible for antibodies. Thank you!
My three month old is not getting enough sleep. Specifically not sleeping enough during the day. Her naps average five minutes and then bam she is wide awake.
Hi Emma you are doing such a great job! Im a new mum and you are helping me Really a lot
Great timing for us! Baby will be 12 months in a couple of weeks. At 10 months we started getting split nights for a few weeks, then she got sick. When she got better, it took another couple of weeks to get back to her normal 2 nap timing. When she turned 11 months we started having trouble getting her to sleep, she resists sleep and still wants to play. But she goes to sleep easy for both naps. Bedtime after a 4 hour wake window takes 1-2 hours. Her last wake window ends up being 5-6 hours. But surely she's too young for one nap?
We have the exact same problem with our 12 month old! She just wants to play and refuses to fall asleep at night. Naps are okay...
Hi, I work in childcare and there are plenty of 12 month old baby's who only take one nap a day. In childcare settings they will usually have an early lunch, around 11.30 and have them in bed around 12.30, and they often sleep untill 15.00(3pm). And then it's bedtime again at 7pm, with the hope they sleep untill 7am.
This means that her awake window in the morning (after a full nights sleep) is around 5/6 hours, and in the afternoon after her nap around 4 hours.
@@KristinaSandnes If she refuses to sleep at night, while taking multiple naps, she is most likely getting too much sleep. And it is okay to transition to 1 nap, from around 12.30pm to 3pm
My 5 month old is still doing 4 or 5 cat naps for about 20-40 minutes a day. How do you get naps to consolidate?
Try keeping your LO up a little longer, even if they fuss a bit. Mine is the same age and expanding his wake time or wake window to 2 hrs +-15 min vs 1.5hr has changed the game! Took about a week to 2 weeks but he's got the hang of it now.
Hi Emma! I've really connected with your videos. I have an 11 week old baby boy who just seems to be constantly fussy and tearful. If I offer him one thing, he will either not want it or only be distracted for all of a few minutes, and then it's back to the tears. I don't think he's teething...possibly a growth spurt? But he's been like this for over a week now. Getting him to settle for bed at night has got harder too. Just don't know what to do to make him happy, as I feel like I've tried everything.
Hi @Tom Kins thanks so much for watching and your lovely comment. So glad these videos are helpful.
There could be a few things leading to your little one's tears. A few things to rule out is hunger (is he feeding well?), sickness, and over-tiredness, plus others. Like you said it could be teething but generally this happens 6 months of age (some bubs do get their first teeth earlier though).
He could also be going through the 4 month sleep regression (which can start at 3 months of age). Here is a link to the video I have made on the 4 month sleep regression which you might find helpful: ua-cam.com/video/9OrwbXU6FXk/v-deo.html
It might be helpful to watch my video on 3 month old milestones because I cover what generally happens at 3 months in regards to sleep and the recommended wake windows. Once you know this information you can keep an eye on your little one's early tired signs and awake time to ensure he is not getting overtired. Here is the link to this video - ua-cam.com/video/NT71VUpWYCY/v-deo.html
Also at this age catnapping (short daytime naps) become extremely common. I also have a video on this topic which you might find helpful:ua-cam.com/video/v5qQVkOtpX4/v-deo.html
Hopefully this information helps!
@@EmmaHubbard thank you so much for your response. I took your advice by offering more feeds and naps, and it seems to be working. He's also going down much better at night, too. He is a real cat-napper in the day, so naps can be a bit all over the place. But already we seem to be getting into a good system at bedtimes, and he is able to sleep for larger chunks of time. Thanks again for all your helpful content - I've recommended you to my sister-in-law, who is expecting in June!
@@tomkins7382 it is so nice to hear your little one is more settled and night time sleep is starting to get easier.
Honestly all the improvements you have noticed are because of you! Sounds like you are supporting and reading your little ones cues well!
Also huge congrats to your sister-in-law and thanks so much for passing my details on (that is the ultimate compliment).
Hi Emma ..is it possible for a baby to have only one nap routine after 9 months? My baby has been taking only 2 naps a day ever since she was 3 months old.
Hi Sana this isn’t typical but that doesn’t mean it is wrong. If your little one is happy and settled when awake (so isn’t tired and grumpy) then that is completely fine (and what we all want).
thank you for this question, same development here 🙋♀️😏
@@EmmaHubbard thanks for responding. It's so nice of you 😊
@@sanabaig5 no worries at all!
This is so timely for me, I had no idea we had to transition the baby, I thought she'd naturally drop a nap on her own. She's almost 15 months and her sleep has been really horrible for the past month. Her afternoon nap has gotten later pushing her bedtime back. However if she does not have that nap she wakes up maybe an hour after bedtime and is really difficult to resettle. Help! Should I try to drop the nap?
Hi @April T it does sound like she may be ready to drop the afternoon nap. Just make sure she is having the nap in the middle of her day (so you will need to push that morning nap back - you can do this slowly) and you may need to bring the bedtime a little bit earlier to avoid over-tiredness.
She might be waking an hour after bedtime because she is overtired or she has fallen asleep with you beside her (singing or reading a book) and then partially woken between cycles and noticed you're not there. This would be distressing for her (it's like if I removed your favourite pillow while you slept- you would wake to find it). Hope that helps!
We are having such a trouble to transition from 2 to 1 nap. She is 13 m old. The short naps and late bed time started right after the 1st birthday. I really don’t know what to do. Wake windows stopped working after the birthday
Hi Aysun this transition can be difficult.
It can be helpful to gradually move the morning nap later (with the aim that it will start to happen in the middle of the day) and move the bedtime a little bit earlier to ensure your little one is not too tired before bed. Then as your little one adjusts to having 1 nap a day you can move the bedtime back to its usual time.
Hope that helps!
Hi Emma, how can I get my breastfed 10 month old to sleep in his room?
How did it go? I’m the same. Will try the floor bed and rolling away method after winter
Are the naps same for normal versus prematurely born babies?
Hi @Preeti Verma! If a baby was born premature then what we are aiming for in regards to total sleep, wake window times, amount of naps etc is based on the little ones corrected age (original due date) not birth age. Hope that makes sense!
@@EmmaHubbard thank you dear. Your videos have really helped me as a first time mom and that too having a premature baby.
@@krishaskingdom so glad these videos have helped. Hope you and your little one are doing well!
@@EmmaHubbard yes dear, thank you for asking.
I wanna ask one more question if u don't mind me asking it
My baby is currently few days shy of 11 months and her corrected age is 9 month 6 days as of today. According to age milestones she should be recognising when someone calls her name, but some times she responds and sometimes doesn't, though she imitates actions that are easy for her to.
Are developmental milestones like recognising by name also are as per corrected age for prematurely born babies?
My baby (almost 3 months old) wakes up for his naps whenever he touches his bed... Only wants to sleep in our arms. He also catnaps a lot and on a good day we only manage for him to have 2 longer naps during the day. He's constantly fussy and overtired 😭😭 Some nights he sleeps really Well but not always... any ideas?
It might be a good idea to teach your baby to fall asleep in bed, so you don't have to transfer him.
Something that seems to work for almost all baby's (I work in childcare) is to use one arm to gently 'rock' your baby (put your hand on their belly and move side to side, some baby's like it when you hold their hands across their chest, makes them feel more secure) and with your other hand stroke your baby's head, while making sushing noises.
When he falls asleep let go slowly.
Once he is able to fall asleep on his own better, you can start getting into a stricter naptime routine, but it is okay if that doesn't happen right away. Plenty of 3 month olds we get in daycares still sleep on demand.
@@eeffiieejj thanks for the tip! We'll try it for sure 😊l
Hi Emma! Do you have a video, or any advice, on when and how to transition your little one from Moses basket to cot? My son is an inch away from outgrowing his and I'm so scared of moving him into his cot - I've seen so many horror stories about it.
I catnap deep sleep is dangerous for me
Everything is cat nap right
Hi Nitha! Not really sure what you mean... It can feel like all they do is catnap though!