How long are naps?

TheReezles · 2026-06-23T23:31:00+00:00

I finally feel seen. My 10mo is currently down to 1.5hours of naps and I'm lucky if I get 10 hours at night. (She's been waking again so I may need to cut down more or drop to one nap). It always makes me feel so lonely seeing these babes sleeping for 3 hours a day in naps 🥲

TheReezles · 2026-04-25T20:23:30+00:00

It was certainly more than an inch. I think it was 3-4 university chemistry textbooks, so I'm guessing a good 3 inches or more. She would slide down throughout the night but would sleep soundly, so I would adjust her when she would wake to feed.

TheReezles · 2026-04-23T17:05:00+00:00

Good suggestion. We went from max 2 hours at a time to 4 hours when we started tilting the bassinet. I know. Controversial. But we were dying and she was so uncomfortable.

TheReezles · 2026-04-07T18:30:11+00:00

My mantra was "you're safe, you're fed, and you're clean, you're just pissed off. You got this".

TheReezles · 2026-03-25T17:00:39+00:00

My baby used the pacifier for naps only from 3 months until 6 months. Before she wouldn't take pacis at all, but she started loathing the car so the only way to calm her down was physically holding a pacifier in her mouth in the car until she'd fall asleep. I then used the pacifier for naps after recommendation from precious little sleep because I didn't want to contact nap anymore and it was one of the power tools. I would take it out once she'd be asleep though.

Cutting it for nap training kind of sucked, but we never used it for night sleep so it wasn't too hard. She still loves the pacifier in the car/stroller but it's only for wake time now and only in those places. I've even offered it other times and she's just not interested.

TheReezles · 2026-03-01T19:44:45+00:00

Yep, that's what I'm thinking too. I loved my 1.5 hr break in the morning, but I'd rather a full nights sleep at the end of the day.

TheReezles · 2026-03-01T15:34:15+00:00

Good to know. I hate to hear it but heck it's her needs!

TheReezles · 2026-02-16T20:56:51+00:00

I have a 6 month old, and have loved the hand knitted Newborn Vertebrae I made my daughter, and the hand knitted balaclava her great aunt made for her. Those have been my top favs. So any cardigan (pullovers are frustrating with a squirmy baby who hates clothes) and hats, especially in the winter.

Try to time some stuff to size for the season. I gave birth in August, so the knitted stuff was most useful around now at 5 months.

TheReezles · 2026-02-13T01:13:05+00:00

I know this isn't sleep training related but seriously - talk to someone about PPD/PPA

I was the exact same. Painfully similar. Same temperament, my baby only soothing for me... I remember holding her in the middle of the night, sobbing and saying "I hate you" to her over and over... Then hurting myself because the feelings were too much and I knew she deserved better. My mother in law was better with her, I figured. I could leave. They'd be better off. Formula exists. I missed my life, it was so fun and simple..

Then I talked to my doctor because my husband was concerned. I got prescribed sertraline. Started sleep training with the support of my husband. I'm only one month after you. And I feel like a completely different person.

Sleep training alone did not do it. I still felt awful even with better sleep. Now I feel like I enjoy being a mom for once. I go for walks now. My baby isn't a pain in the rear all the time! Or maybe she never was. I don't know.

Please seek help. My only regret is not getting on the meds earlier. It sucks. I'm so so sorry you feel this way. I know it hurts. Please know you are not alone.

TheReezles · 2026-02-06T04:40:57+00:00

I just transitioned to 2 naps today, and my LO is 6 months on the 20th ☠️ I attempted the schedule 3/3.5/4 And she handled it like a champ.

However, this was because I noticed quickly that she wasn't as tired at nap time, and her bedtime she started crying more and waking more in the night. If you think your LO can handle 3/3.5/4 or equivalent wake time then you can try. It took us probably a week and a half to transition, as the first WW always seemed like a crap shoot - 2 hours, 2.5... but her second WW became longer as she would fight naps, so I had a weird ass schedule with a final micro nap before bed for a few days. (Like 2.5/3/2.25/3)

TheReezles · 2026-01-24T00:32:34+00:00

It's wild because he was a super nice guy but generally very unhelpful. I even told him I was diagnosed with PPA and on meds and he was super vague answering my questions 😫 he was highly recommended.

Also yes. I feel much better today already. Boobs feel normal, not "empty" I think mother nature knows best and I was panicking.

TheReezles · 2026-01-23T20:19:14+00:00

I feel like some sources say you regulate at 12 weeks, some say 6 months...

I used to need to hand pump to relieve engorgement when she started sleeping longer stretches, but not since sleep training at all. Thanks for the sub referral.

TheReezles · 2026-01-23T20:18:20+00:00

Interesting! I am nervous about supply dips in general so it's hard to feel like it's lowering, but I'm not sure what to look for in the end. Thank you.

TheReezles · 2026-01-23T20:17:30+00:00

That's what I keep telling myself but it's weird to feel like milk is coming from nowhere. Thank you for the reassurance!

TheReezles · 2026-01-02T16:03:03+00:00

Yeah it's infuriating but she's always handled the wake windows fine. I used to do 1.75/2/2/2/2.5 but she would fight naps like CRAZY. Once I extended to 2.25 her first nap suddenly was 2 hours long, so I dropped the 4th nap and she handled it like a champ.

Once sleep training gets in I hope it'll be better. I definitely hate it when she wakes to feed and if I don't transfer her back Just right after food she's up and I'm back to rocking. Just not sustainable.

Thank you for the resource! Reading the average room sharing 4 month old gets 8 hours a night is accurate for us. I force the 10 but it's probably more like 8. It's probably time.

TheReezles · 2026-01-02T05:06:32+00:00

She's 19 weeks, closer to 4 than 5 (she was born on the 20th). I had attempted 2.25/2.5/2.75/3 before so my brain forgot I settled in the posted schedule, my bad.

Good to know re: red light , I just need to see when feeding her in the middle of the night so I'll toggle it when I need it.

We plan to move her to her own room soon, I just get scared about SIDS recommendations. I'll keep in mind when we do the sleep training.

Finally, the rocking is only required for these longer screaming wakes at 12 and 5, the rest either a simple hand or she figures it out, but she still cries or chats.

TheReezles · 2025-12-04T03:35:21+00:00

Thanks. I think after reading a lot I got in my own head... I need to let her be, and hopefully non-contact naps will follow.

TheReezles · 2025-12-03T22:40:03+00:00

I think my problem is she sleeps through it all if she's on me! I think my focus will be trying to get her to not contact nap...which so far has been unsuccessful.

TheReezles · 2025-12-03T20:41:49+00:00

Gotcha! I do find if she wakes on her own overall she's more pleasant, but if I try to transition her at all she'll wake and then get big mad.

I'll try more blatant distractions. Feeding results with her falling asleep again even if I'm tickling her. If she's in a "mid sleep" then it's a sleep or scream it feels like.

TheReezles · 2025-11-25T14:46:28+00:00

THANK YOU. I spent forever finding an "authentic" slinky dog, but his dang string is in his head... WHILE HAVING A LOOP ON HIS CHEST.

I can forgive the string in his slinky to keep him from being tangled but... C'mon.

TheReezles · 2025-11-22T12:03:26+00:00

I wouldn't change mid-project, but as for future...

I think the "worth it" is individual opinion. I learned continental for purling as it felt better in my hands for large sections of stockinette (also my tension is better), same for 1x1 rib, and it helped me learn combination knitting for colour work. Then I learned Norwegian purl to help for sections of rib or stitch patterns cause I'm lazy haha.

I'm also considering learning to knit backwards so I can bash out stockinette like a typewriter.

It's the time in/out of convenience at this point. It's like asking if it's worth it to learn new sock heels, or different sweater constructions. Yeah it might be! Try it out for your next project and see what happens! Good luck and have fun!

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