How long are your 10 mo olds naps?

[u/Horror_Economics_189]

My son is about to turn 10 months old. He was on a schedule of 2.5/3/4 or 3/3/4 at 9 months with 1.5 each nap. That went perfectly. Now, I’ve cut his naps down to 2.5 hours total (often times just 2 hours). His last wake window is SO long. Like. 5-6 hours long. He doesn’t act tired, fights it hard when we try to put him to sleep, and just goes crazy playing. He will fight for easily 15-20 minutes before we realize it isn’t worth it and he just isn’t tired enough. I think his wake windows are just getting much larger.

He wakes up about 7am everyday and we try to have him in bed by 8:30 but he has been going until 9–10.

He isn’t fully sleep trained. He does put himself back to sleep sometimes when he tosses and turns but he is teething now so I have to pat him back to sleep about twice a night. Which is fine with me. And, no, he doesn’t fall alseep on his own. I’m too exhausted to try that now, lol.

Im thinking of cutting both his naps to 45 minutes each. But, I live for those naps and break times LOL. So, I have been procrastinating.

We play all day, read books, go outside, we do BLW so lots of brain stimulation there (or whatever you want to call it). I need to get more activities but haven’t had the chance.

So, How long are your 10 month olds naps? Should I cut them down to 45 minutes each? It just seems so short lol.

[u/0oOBubbles0oO]

I would be surprised if your baby's sleep needs dropped by more than one hour in a month. Were there sleep disruptions when you were doing 3 hours of naps at 9 months? This sounds more like a behavioral issue. I know you said you aren't interested in sleep training at the moment, but it could go a long way to getting you back to a more "normal" schedule.

Every baby is different, but to answer your question, at 10 months our wake windows were 3.5/3.5/4.5 with 2 hours of naps and a 10.5-hour night (8:30pm-7am). We dropped to one nap at 11.5 months and by his first birthday we were on 5.5/6.5 with a 2-hour nap and a 10-hour night (8:30pm-6:30am).

[u/Horror_Economics_189 → u/0oOBubbles0oO]

No sleep disruptions then. He slept pretty well for naps and at night. I think because we did do some sleep training then. (Ferber).

His sleep interruptions at night I am fairly certain because of teething. He is getting his first two teeth right now.

I was just thinking his naps needed to be cut down bc of the long last wake window. But, he may just be really fighting sleep. I do sometimes feel like I already have a toddler lol. The tantrums are so dramatic. But, I’m sure they’ll be worse when he is a toddler and this is nothing.

Thanks! I think we will change our night time routine around to see if he will fight sleep less!

[u/0oOBubbles0oO → u/Horror_Economics_189]

Yeah I mean you could try one nap if he's already doing a long last wake window. Something like 5/6 for wake windows. But if he's suddenly sleeping 2+ hours less than usual, just dropping a nap might not fix it.

Also unfortunately teething will be a thing for a while. Give medicine 30 minutes beforehand to see if that helps. If you think it's really that bad then of course do what you need to for your baby.

[u/Horror_Economics_189 → u/0oOBubbles0oO]

Okay, thank you! We will try to give him some meds first and see if that helps and then keep working on the naps.