at 12 weeks. “By 6 months, you can reasonably expect that the majority of babies will be sleeping a good, long chunk at night,” Posner says. “But other kids will not be great sleepers.” Posner encourages parents to be realistic about their expectations and to talk to your child’s pediatrician if you have questions.
is important too, Song says. “Keeping the place and time of the naps the same is strongly encouraged,” she says. “If naps are not consistent, it’s hard to develop a good night time sleep schedule.”vary by age, but babies only need so much sleep in a 24-hour period, Posner points out. “If they sleep all day, they won’t sleep as much at night,” she says. If a nap goes on for too long, you may need to wake baby up, so the rest of their sleep schedule isn’t thrown off.
and ensure they’re actually tired when the next sleep period rolls around, which will help baby get more solid sleep. And what parent doesn’t want that?MD, is a pediatrician at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital in Geneva, Illinois. She earned her medical degree from University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine in 1998.
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