What time should my 6 weeks old baby have her afternoon nap if I want her to sleep after her 7-8pm feed?

Question

What time should my 6 weeks old baby have her afternoon nap if I want her to sleep after her 7-8pm feed?

Answer 1

when my babies were 6 weeks old, they still weren't on a schedule.  But they napped at least two times after lunch before they went down for the night.

Answer 2

6 weeks is really early to start up a sched. but about 2 hrs b4 the last feeding is a good idea - so when you feed her that bottle she should pass out afterward.

Answer 3

Hi,

I think the most important thing to start with is to get your baby into a good sleep routine.  I had massive problems with getting my 4 month old son to sleep.  He would just lie awake and cry for hours, then when he finally went to sleep he would wake every hour or two hours through the night and cry again!  Talk about pulling our hair out .... we were absolutely desperate for sleep!

It was a baby sleep audio program recommended by a friend that finally saved us. We followed the advice and began by creating a baby sleep routine which included bathtime, dimming of the lights, putting James into his crib, final nappy change and then lullabies. We also made recommended changes to his naps during the day and used some of the other recommended techniques. Within two weeks he was sleeping through the night most nights with just the odd night where he would just wake once!

Definitely start by creating a good baby sleep routine though and you could find that solves most of your baby sleep problems.

Good luck!

If you want to take a look, the audio program is at http://www.babysleepsolution.com

Answer 4

my son has his afternoon nap around 2 or 3 and goes to bed around 8

at 6 weeks old it'd be a miracle to acctually regulate a nap. at that age i let my son sleep whenever he wanted to but he usually didnt go to sleep for the night until 9 or 10 back then...

Answer 5

5...only because its best to have then baby awake for an hour or 2 before bedtime, we have done that with my son from day 1 and he sleeps great! sleeping through the night or just waking once.