During the 6th month, babies will begin to either take shorter naps or skip naps sometimes. At this time, babies should be averaging a total of 14 hours of total sleep in a 24 hour period. It can range from 11-12 hours during the night and 2-3 hours during the day. If you find that your baby is skipping naps or taking shorter ones, it probably is that you need to extend play time, to take care of that problem. This is my Baby’s current schedule: 7:30 a.m.- Diaper change, gets dressed and drinks milk.
We have 2 hours of awake time before the first nap.
8:00-8:30 a.m. – Eats solids and change of clothes, if needed.
8:30 – 9:30 Play time and floor exercises.
9:30 – Nap time.
11:00 a.m. – Wakes up, diaper change, drinks milk.
There are 2.5 hours of awake time before the second nap.
11:10- 12:00 p.m.- 15 minutes in swing, then floor time exercises.
12:00 p.m. – 12:25 p.m. Eats solids, gets cleaned up.
12:30 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Floor time exercises.
1:30 p.m.- Takes Second nap. 3:00 p.m. – Wakes up, diaper change, drinks milk and gets burped.
There are 2.5 hours of awake time before the 3rd nap.
3:30 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. is playtime, floor exercises, open for shopping or running errands
5:30 p.m. Takes 3rd nap. 6:45 p.m.- Wakes up, diaper change, drinks milk & gets burped.
7:00 p.m. – Eats solids.
7:30 p.m. – Takes a bath (only twice a week). 8:00 p.m. – Gets clean diaper and Pajamas on.
8:15 p.m. – Drinks milk, gets burped and goes to bed for the night.
