Nap Routines for Babies: The Importance of Daytime Sleep
In this post, we'll bring you up to date on daytime sleep hours and nap routines for babies. Just as with nighttime sleep, it's essential to establish routines for our little ones to nap: for young children, daytime rest has great benefits; daytime sleep plays a very important role!
Furthermore, the quality of their naps will also influence their nighttime rest: a baby who rests during the day will be much calmer at night, and therefore, will sleep better. Keep reading!
Nap routines for babies: how many hours are necessary?
When our little ones are born, they spend a large part of the day sleeping like little groundhogs: they need to save a lot of energy, and it also helps them to develop little by little!
In general, there is more knowledge about nighttime sleep, and it's completely normal for doubts to arise about how many hours of napping or the ideal number of naps our little ones should take.
Therefore, we provide you with a guide to total daytime sleep with its respective hours, which will be super useful to give you an idea of how many naps your little groundhog should take according to their age. As always, the data is approximate and based on estimations: every baby is unique!
The body calls for a nap: pay attention to sleep cues!
When your little groundhog starts to show signs of tiredness, it's naptime. It's important that we don't wait until they are too tired, because otherwise, they won't be able to sleep! A baby who is exhausted at bedtime will have difficulty falling asleep: when they are overtired, it is harder for them to relax.
Although at first it may be a bit complicated to manage and control these situations, it's a matter of time and routine: once you know your little one's sleep needs, you can start planning different routines!
Possible routines for your baby to nap
Now that we've explained the basics of daytime sleep, here are some routines for babies to nap. Once we have established a specific schedule for daytime sleep, we can start to create a specific routine different from the nighttime sleep routine. Do you want to know what works for us? We'll tell you!
First, we like to create a calm environment: no relaxing stimuli or screens! They say music soothes the savage beast, right? Try singing a lullaby, it never fails!
Then, once they are relaxed and drowsy (but awake), we put them in the sleep pod. Once they are in bed, they know it's naptime, and they couldn't be more comfortable in their sleep pod!
Finally, we leave them the Doudou, designed to help our little groundhogs fall asleep and sleep soundly. It's one of the most soothing elements that helps them fall asleep. Many babies need to touch something to sleep, and with this doudou, they can easily find their pacifier if it falls out. We also have them in different prints, discover them!
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