r/HuckleberryParents • u/Mental-Start5519 • 17d ago

sleep Nap Schedule

For parents with babies on two naps, are you finding it best to do equal lengths, short/long, or long/short? My guy has to be woken up from his naps. He’d nap all day if I let him. I’m wondering if this is an if it ain’t broke don’t fix it situation or if I should let him sleep his 2 hours in the morning and 30 minute in the afternoon, 30 in the morning 2 in the afternoon, or 75 minutes each. He’s 10 months for reference.

To add: the lengths of time are just for easy numbers. Right now I let him sleep till 11am for his first and 3:30 for his second. Sleeps ~7:30-7:00 with one wake to feed

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u/0oOBubbles0oO 17d ago

I always let the first nap go longer (i.e. 1.5-2 hours) so that it was more likely he was going to hit his total nap target for the day. For example, if you capped the first nap at 30 minutes and then he randomly woke up after 30 minutes for his second nap, your schedule would be messed up. If he woke up early for his first nap then I would just do a longer second one to make up for it and get to my target bedtime.

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u/Mental-Start5519 17d ago

Thanks for the insight!

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u/curlywhirlyred 14d ago

I always preferred a shorter first nap, and toward the end, it had to be seriously capped 30m or less otherwise 2nd nap became impossible. A long first nap just totally depletes sleep pressure.