The nap range for babies is wide, anywhere from 1.5 – 4.5 hours a day, shrinking just slightly to 0-2.5 hours per day by age 3.īut the problem inherent with any survey of infant sleep is that you’re simply capturing how much they actually sleep vs. And the reality is that there is huge variability in the actual amount of nap sleep kids are getting. How long should naps actually be? It’s a hard question as never in the history of time has the medical community agreed on the ideal amount of sleep for children. So let’s assume your baby does in fact need sleep and focus instead on how much nap sleep they should be getting and how you can ensure they get it. Getting babies to take long naps is challenging which is why it’s unsurprising to hear some people come to the conclusion, “My baby must not need that much sleep!” Which while technically this could be true, it’s highly unlikely. ![]() Short naps tends to result in a lot of sleep obsession (furiously tracking everything, looking for patterns, trying to recreate the magic juju of that one time he took a long nap, self-flagellation, etc.).Short naps = frequent naps = challenging to leave the house because it’s almost always “time for the next nap” = isolating.You never get any breathing room during the day. ![]()
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