Comments on: Should You Wake A Sleeping Baby?

By: Janelle Reid

Janelle Reid — Fri, 19 Apr 2019 13:12:37 +0000

In reply to Brittany.

Hi @Brittany, thank you for writing to us. I’m going to be in your situation very soon as my oldest will be starting kindergarten and I’ll have a 2 month old at that point, to be honest – I am totally dreading it! It can definitely be tricky navigating through this and may take some trial and error. Here is a link to a sample schedule for a 4 month old and what an ideal day would typically look like: https://www.babysleepsite.com/schedules/4-month-old-schedule/
I’d suggest seeing if you can make some tweaks to that schedule for him to make it work better with the school drop off/pick up, and if it’s a possibility see if there are other parents in your older child’s class that would be open to carpooling a few days a week (no clue if that would be a possibility, but just throwing it out there!). If you need more specific help with this, our sleep consultants are very use to helping families create a schedule that can work and evolve with their changing family needs. If you’re interested in that, please visit our website here to find out more information: https://www.babysleepsite.com/baby-toddler-sleep-consulting- services/
Feel free to let us know if you have any more questions. Hang in there!

By: Brittany

Brittany — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 14:15:01 +0000

How do you manage naps when you have other children to care for? For example, my 4 month old wants to nap about two hours after his morning feeding. This is the time that I have to take my children to preschool. He sometimes will fall asleep before us having to leave or will fall asleep in the car. The school is 20 min one way. During spring break, his naps were completely uninterrupted and it made such a difference especially getting him down for bedtime. He wasn’t fighting sleep. I hate that their pick ups and drop off for preschool is negatively impacting his sleep schedule. Any suggestions?

By: Danielle

Danielle — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 03:48:24 +0000

In reply to Aida. Hi Aida, Thank you for visiting The Baby Sleep Site! Generally, you can shorten the nap a little bit, but your baby may need to go to bed a little earlier that evening to make up the sleep. I hope this helps!

By: Aida

Aida — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 19:18:00 +0000

If a 3 yr old toddler is use to napping about 2 hrs at a time is it ok to wake him up before the 2 hrs?

By: Neosha

Neosha — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 02:27:15 +0000

In reply to Beth. @Beth - Thank you for reading! This is definitely a more general guideline and all babies are quite different from each other and will vary in their day time sleep needs as they go through milestones and ages. 3 hours total generally refers to all day sleep combined vs total sleep for one particular nap. I hope this helps, Beth. Please keep reading!

By: Beth

Beth — Sun, 26 Aug 2018 22:42:40 +0000

Under #2 Naps are too long, it states that “baby should not nap longer than 3 hours total for a day…” does that mean not longer than 3 hours at once or for all naps combined? So if baby sleeps 1.5 hours, then 45 minutes, they should only take one more 45 minute nap to not exceed 3 hours? For instance, I have a 4-month old, he’s finally starting to take longer naps (like over 40 minutes), but he’s definitely starting to sleep more than 3 hours during the whole day in naps combined.

By: Janelle Reid

Janelle Reid — Wed, 18 Apr 2018 20:04:48 +0000

In reply to J.

@J – Thanks for writing to us! It is tough to answer that question without seeing a full schedule for your daughter. Here is a link to a sample schedule for a 6 month old to give you an idea of a good guideline for sleep and food consumption at that age: https://www.babysleepsite.com/schedules/6-month-old-baby-schedule/
If you want more specific advise on this, you may want to consider joining our Members Area where you can receive access to more in-depth information and also have the opportunity to join a weekly chat with one of our sleep consultants. You can read about this here: https://www.babysleepsite.com/diy/?utm_source=menu&utm_medium=membership#membership
I hope this helps!

By: J

Sun, 15 Apr 2018 19:55:48 +0000

I usually have to wake my 6 month old from 2 of her 3 naps it’s she will nap longer then an 1 1/2 each nap and wake too much at night. Not sure if I should just let her take long naps or keep waking her, or is she trying to transition to 2 naps??

By: Jessica Diller

Jessica Diller — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 02:31:52 +0000

In reply to Katie.

@Katie That is great to hear that your son is sleeping so well at night. If he is experiencing night wakings, or other sleep issues, then you may want to consider waking him to prevent too much nighttime sleep. However, if he is sleeping well, with no wakings or behavioral problems, then he may just be one of those children who needs a little extra sleep. You can use this chart as a generalization to help you determine how much sleep he should be getting at this age: https://www.babysleepsite.com/sleep-training/baby-and-toddler-bedtime-chart/

By: Katie

Katie — Sun, 05 Nov 2017 11:50:50 +0000

My son is 9 months and can sleep over 12 hours straight. I’m just wondering if I should wake him up at the 12 hour mark or will he be getting too much sleep? He has two naps a day that usually total somewhere between 2-2.5 hours.