when do babies have predictable naps?

[zarapipe]

Why is it so hard to remember things?


Anyway, when do babies start to have a somewhat loose nap routine? 2/3 months? Dd is almost 4 weeks and just within the past week I've been able to do the EASY method during the day, but not really any set times. When does that happen?

[carolinagirl831]

Mine didn't until 5-6 months. I don't know if that is the norm though

[jeaniebueller]

Mine is almost 5 months and still waiting.

[Deleted]

My 10 week old just started doing 3 big naps most days last week. The times aren't always the same but close. I'll bet if I actually tracked his naps I'd see they were pretty close every day.

[ssmjlm]

Around 5ish months she settled into her version of 2-3-4.

[zarapipe]

Woah, that's a long time to wait!

So 5 or 6 months till the 2-3-4 awake time starts?

[rbp]

I put M on a schedule at 10 weeks. That doesn't seem to be very popular around here, but he is much more pleasant now that he's getting sufficient sleep. Also, Mama is no longer teetering on the edge of insanity.

[bowies]

Nap schedule, bwahahahaha! That's a good one.

(FML)

[Deleted]

LOL

14+ months?

[Deleted]

Oct 26, 2014 20:58:49 GMT -5 bowies said:

Nap schedule, bwahahahaha! That's a good one.

(FML)

I'm on this bench too.

[speckledfrog]

6-ish months.

[sent]

10.5 Months, still waiting.

Took 1 hr and 2 hr naps today for daddy.

Taking bets for how little she sleeps tomorrow for mommy.

[deo]

DS2 started around 4 months with the 2-3-4 schedule. I can't remember when it was with DS1 but I think it was around 5 or 6 months.

[kategm]

Predictable-ish around 7 months after we sleep trained.

[jinxy]

5-6 months and even then it was more like a guideline, not an exact schedule.

[stretchad]

6-7 months, and that was really really a rough guideline. I actually never let that dictate our plans or anything. He sort of naturally fell into that rhythm at daycare in the infant room, although they did not schedule it there, they just let it happen whenever he was tired. Now that he's in the toddler room, we TRY to stick to that schedule, and for the most part he's reliably taking 1 nap a day at around noon.

[eav2c]

9 months and still waiting With my first it was around 10-11 months that naps really became a thing. Before that it was cat naps in my arms.

[missbella]

He'll be 5 months tomorrow and I'm still waiting. See my post from earlier today lol. Although these replies give me hope that it might be soon!

[dcn]

Yeah, 6-7 months. I tried hard before that but no dice until later.

[niq]

I think he was consistently taking 3 naps a day by around 3.5 months. 2 naps a day a little after 6 months. At 14 months he still takes 2 naps on days he's home. But really baby sleep is like:

[auntie]

We worked on a semi-schedule around 3 months.

DS never took 3 naps a day. He did one late morning and late afternoon until he was about a year and then went to one after lunch. He'd routinely do a 2-5pm nap and be asleep by 8:15.

[changedname]

I put her on a rough schedule which didn't always work around 4 months. She has been very predictable since 6 months.

[dulcemariamar]

Around 4 months for 3 naps and then around 6.5 months for the 2-3-4 schedule.

[chickadee77]

Oct 26, 2014 20:54:16 GMT -5 rbp said:

I put M on a schedule at 10 weeks. That doesn't seem to be very popular around here, but he is much more pleasant now that he's getting sufficient sleep. Also, Mama is no longer teetering on the edge of insanity.

This is us. Granted, around 2 months, she was taking three naps a day fairly reliably. The times vary a little, but are generally around the same times daily. 

[Velar Fricative]

Oct 26, 2014 19:44:52 GMT -5 @this said:

Six or seven months for us.

Sorry.

Yeah, 7 months for us. She was nice and predictable at daycare much sooner though!

[gibbinator]

Ds1 started to be relatively predictable around 4 months. Ds2 practically exited the womb on a schedule.

[humpforfree]

6 months for a schedule with actual nap times. Maybe 3 or 4 months for a nap "routine" with general spacing, but no real scheduling to it.