No naps after 5pm? Huh???

My best friend told me her Ped. said this to her in order for a decent bedtime....

Alyson is a short napper and catnaps in the car on the way home from work (somewheres around 5:15-5:20) for about 15-20 min.

Once in a blue moon she'll nap (only at home or my friends house, NEVER at work) for up to 2 1/2 hrs. and then it's only 2 naps for the day.

Bedtime as of right now is USUALLY between 7-8pm, but for example today, she ate her cereal at 4:30ish, she got her bath, took her bottle (as she rubbed her eyes) and by the time she was done fussing it out, it was only 6pm!!!

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Go with Aly's flow.

Alex catnaps all day too (usual nap is 20 min)
She is napping right now (7:30pm) and will wake in a bit, watch a little Einstein, read a book w/ me & just have some downtime, then go to bed around 9ish. Lots of times she'll even fall asleep watching Einstein at 8:30, then wake, have a bottle, then go right to bed for 9 hours.
Do what works for the two of you.

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I think Aly is too young for that rule. I remember Alex would take a late afternoon nap until he was about 8 months old. Once he was older I wouldn't let him nap after 4pm. But then again he goes to bed for the night at 6:30.

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Emily used to always nap at around 5:30 pm in the car on the way home and used to sleep until about 7:30! This was around 6 months old. Now she has cut that nap out and doesn't nap after around 4pm but I say if your girl needs it then she needs it! You are mom and you know what your baby needs. I get annoyed when people make "rules" because every baby is different and usually the only one who knows BEST is mommy.

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DD always naps anytime between 4-7 pm. I found that if I skip this nap and try to sneek her to bed early she ends up taking the nap in the evening. So if I put her to bed at 7 pm she will nap from 7-9pm. I always give her the late nap, she wakes up in a great mood and we have a great night. It works for us.

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We personally don't do naps after 5pm but no because anyone told us not to. Her bedtime is 7pm and for us we need to stick to a routine in order for that to work.

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My daughter quite often takes a nap around 5:30 and will sleep for an hour. She still goes to bed between 8:30-9 and sleeps until around 7:30 the next day. She is almost 14 months old. But I think in her case- her morning nap would normally be 2- 2 1/2 hours but sadly it's right about the time that DH needs to take her to daycare so she may still need it. But then again she still does a lot on the weekends when she can nap as longs as she wants.

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Emma always falls asleep around 5:00 - 5:30 -she'll sleep for about an hour and still goes to bed at 7:30 - She sleeps all night.

On the days that I go to work - Emma will fall alseep on the car ride home at about 6:30ish and again she still goes to bed at 7:30.