Nap Guide: 6 Months to 2.5 Years – Get Naps On Track
Nap Guide: 6 Months to 2.5 Years – Get Naps On Track
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From three naps a day to just one—your little one’s sleep needs evolve quickly, and nap time can feel like a moving target. The Nap Guide: 6 Months to 2.5 Years by Primrose Sleep helps you navigate every stage with clarity, confidence, and calm.
Note: This guide doesn’t cover sleep training. That's because for most families, it works best to begin sleep training with bedtime and overnight sleep (using one of our night sleep guides). If you would like further tips on sleep training—you can reach us at info@primrosesleep.com.
What’s Inside:
✅ Wake windows and sample daily schedules (6 to 30 months).
✅ Tips to handle short naps, nap resistance, and tricky transitions.
✅ Gentle guidance for extending naps with or without sleep training.
✅ Sleep environment setup and nap-friendly routines.
✅ Step-by-step support through 3-to-2 and 2-to-1 nap transitions.
✅ Options for families navigating daycare, siblings, or busy schedules.
Whether you’re supporting a 7-month-old who still needs three naps or a toddler down to one, this guide helps make nap time easier for everyone.
🍼 Ideal for: Parents of babies and toddlers aged 6 months to 2.5 years, who already have one of our night sleep guides.
💤 Format: Digital PDF (instant download).
🕓 Length: 45+ pages of expert-backed, practical advice.
This guide saved us during the 2-to-1 nap transition. I was so unsure of what was normal, and this gave me a clear plan. The wake windows, sample schedules, and flexibility it offers made it all feel doable. We used to dread nap time, but now we actually feel confident and calm going into it. The part about transitional phases was spot on—it explained exactly what we were seeing with our daughter and helped us get through the rough patch.
I’ve read other sleep resources, and most are either too vague or too rigid. This guide struck the perfect balance. It gave me both structure and flexibility, and I now understand my son’s nap needs so much better. The charts for wake windows and sample days were especially helpful. This was the first time I didn’t finish a guide feeling more confused than when I started!
I didn’t want to do strict sleep training, so I appreciated the alternative strategies like supporting through naps and gradually adjusting routines. It helped us lengthen naps without tears. I also liked that it clearly laid out how to transition from 2 to 1 nap, which we’re right in the middle of.
With two kids and a hectic schedule, this guide helped me structure naps without stressing over every detail. I appreciated the realistic advice about daycare routines and the reminder that off days are okay. The flexibility of using either wake windows or fixed schedules made it work with our life instead of against it. It helped me be more consistent without being rigid.
Clear advice, helpful visuals, and very supportive tone. A short read but packed with info.