6.5 months old - naps are 1 hour 15 minutes or 1.5 hours???

[BoxerBaby]

Hi ladies -

I have a 6 1/2 month old daughter, Ayda.
She is generally a good sleeper.
Her routine is typically that she goes to bed b/t 7pm and 7:30pm, sleeps until 5:30am, eats, back to bed until 6:45am, then up for the day.

After that she is pretty much up for 2 hours or 2 hours 15 minutes of activity time, and then naps.

This has her napping around 9am, 1pm, and 4pm.

Her naps rarely last more than 1.5 hours, usually she wakes arouund the one hour and 15 or 20 minutes mark.

Is this 'right' or 'typical' -
Any way to extend to two longer naps?
Is that about the right amount of activity time for her?

Thanks for your help!

Jessica

[NikkiSurrey]

Hi Jessica,

My LO is not yet 6 months but I have been doing a lot of reading as we have difficulty with short naps; so personally I am a little jealous that your LO sleeps so well during the day, as well as at night!

I found this FAQ post on the 3rd nap of the day which is usually a catnap, maybe this will help to get you started on how to adapt your LO's naps as she gets older?  https://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=64837.0

There is a great FAQ section on naps actually, which I've discovered.  It includes stuff on typical amounts of day sleep which you may find helpful. https://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?board=86.0

To me it looks like you are doing a good job of following your LO's cues and getting her down for her naps at the right times so she gets the sleep she needs.

Hope that helps; perhaps someone with an older LO with more experience can also comment...

Nikki