How much sleep should a baby between the age of 8 to 12 months be getting?

Описание: You wanted to know how much your baby should sleep, and she's 8 1/2 months old. And at this point, babies are sleeping about 12 to 15 hours out of each 24 hour period, and this usually consists of 9 to 12 hours of solid sleep at night, and a couple of naps during the day. And the naps can range anywhere from 30 minutes to a couple of hours. So you were specifically wondering if your baby should be taking 2 naps at this point, or if it's okay that she's taking 3. And whatever she's doing, if it's working for both of you, then it's fine and there's no need to adjust it. There's not a "one-size-fits-all" nap and sleeping schedule for babies.

But if you're wanting to take her 3 naps and consolidate them into 2, like 1 in the morning and 1 in the afternoon, then you can adjust nap times a little bit, experiment with it for a few days, find something that works for you and works for her, and anything that you persistently and consistently enforce for about a week will become a new norm for her. So if you're wanting to combine the nap times, then just try shifting the time you put her down, follow the same routines that you normally do when you put her down so that she knows it's time for sleep, and do what you can to maybe keep her up a little bit longer so that she'll take a good second nap in the afternoon. It really just depends on what is going to work well for you. And what works well for you may not work well for someone else and vice versa. So again, the key is just finding out what is going to work well for you and your baby. If you have more questions for me in the future, feel free to ask them on our Facebook page at   / intermountainmoms  , and recommend us to your friends and family too.