Spin-off to bedtime.. when do scheduled naps start?

First I want to apologize for asking more questions on this board than I'm answering, I feel like a moocher

So many Moms with babies/toddler say "she takes a nap at 9:30 and 2:30" <insert different times for different babies >

When does that start? Right now DD just eats, plays, sleeps over and over and over. Will she naturally fall into a habit of two solid naps a day? Will I notice it? Or do you kind of steer them in that direction?

Re: Spin-off to bedtime.. when do scheduled naps start?

my DD is developing that now at 4 months. i kept logs of her sleep times. i put her down no more than 2 hours after being awake and she sort of developed them on her own. each day was different, but then slowly a pattern started. she is now on a 9 am, and 12ish nap time and her evening one is still working itself out.

her naps also started lengthening at this time. she was an awful catnapper.

Message edited 10/27/2010 8:43:26 AM.

Re: Spin-off to bedtime.. when do scheduled naps start?

haha its okay!!!

you will start to notice a pattern to the day. this happened for us around 3.5 to 4mos. i noticed that she typically woke at 7-730, would nap around 9-930, nap again around 12-1230 and then around 3-330. bedtime has always been at 8.

her schedule is starting to change now, she is starting to drop that third nap so now i am following her sleeep cues and will establish another nap schedule.

Re: Spin-off to bedtime.. when do scheduled naps start?

I think she just sort of fell into it. I followed the "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Baby" book and that helped me.