*** 3 hours is a great rule of thumb for the maximum amount of time your baby should stay awake at this age (give or take). In the meantime, just sit back and observe. By 12 weeks, you should definitely see these patterns emerging. Your baby is only 8 weeks old and probably still sleeps very unpredictably. Remember also, this won’t happen overnight. Alice, on the other hand, was awake for almost 2 hours before her morning nap. For example, Lucie used to take her morning nap about 45 minutes after she woke up in the morning. *Every baby is different, and your baby’s intervals will be unique to her. Developing a night time routine now will serve you well going forward into the future. This is a great time to have a warm bath, a boob (or a bottle), and some snuggle time before going down for bed. In that last hour before bedtime, she will probably be at her crankiest. “Bedtime” will occur roughly 2-3 hours after she woke up from her afternoon nap. Your baby will be most alert and playful during this afternoon stretch.īedtime: 2-3 hours. This is when you can run errands and do things with your baby that take a longer amount of time: grocery shopping, going to the mall, or having a play date. After her midday nap, this will be her longest stretch of being awake: about 3 hours. Meaning… 2.5 hours after she wakes from her morning nap, she’ll be ready for her midday nap. The Midday Interval: This varies from baby to baby, but it’s roughly about 2.5 hours. Stay in your jammies, hold off on the coffee, and get some extra shut-eye. If you’ve been up a lot the night before, this is a great time for you to go back to sleep too, yo. Starting when she wakes up in the morning (the first wake up after sunrise, that is), she will only be awake for a short while before taking her morning nap, typically only 1-2 hours, but it could be as short as 45 minutes.Įxample, if your baby wakes up at 7 am, you can expect her to go down again sometime between 8 and 9 am. It’s still very early! Start paying attention in the next few weeks to see these natural patterns emerging. Some of you may have already noticed this pattern emerging, but if you haven’t, don’t stress. If this is the case (and believe me, you WANT this to be the case), he will take about 3 naps during the day, each of which can range from 45 minutes to 2 hours. Infant Sleep Schedule: A Rough Guide to Naps 1.5 – 3 MonthsĪfter the first 6 weeks have passed (or fairly soon thereafter), hopefully your baby will be sleeping a lot (more) at night. Over time, this helps build a child’s self confidence by making it clear what to do and what will happen in a given situation. Routines create stability, structure, and predictability. A routine is doing certain things in a certain order at about the same time. You see, when infants grow up in a predictable world, they learn that they can trust us to meet their basic needs. Don’t confuse your own personal hectic/stressful work situation or daily schedule with the concept of having your baby on a routine. But you are not doing your child (or yourself) any favors by having him on a schedule of chaos. I can’t tell you how many moms tell me they don’t want their babies on a sleep schedule because they want them to be able to enjoy the freedom and whimsy that comes with being a child, blah blah blah. Why? Because, much like adults, babies thrive on predictability. I believe in a loose sleep “schedule” - of sorts. “Put my baby on a schedule? Like an Army cadet at boot camp?”
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