Nap schedule

Infant Sleep

TL:DR baby been skipping 2nd nap since 10 1/2 m, stays awake for 7-8 hours before bedtime.

My son turns 1 year next week, and he’s already shifted to 1 nap a day. (He did this on his own-) and he’s been doing it since he was 10 1/2 months. He wakes up at 7-8 am, and takes a nap at 10:30-11 depending on when he wakes up. Then my husband (he watches our baby while I’m at work) fights him to take another nap at 4:30-5. I get home around 5 and if he hasn’t taken a nap before i get home, he wont go to bed until 8:30-9 pm. His original nap schedule was a nap at 10 am and a nap at 2 pm. But then he started napping from 10-12 and just skips his second nap. Am i doing something wrong? Is it normal for babies to take a nap after being awake for 3 hours and then waiting until bed time 8 hours later?
He does still wake up throughout the night kinda, he mostly wakes up at 4, and nurses back to sleep. But some nights its every 2 hours. It really depends on whether or not he gets a second nap.

Posted May 24, 2026, 2:48 AM UTC

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