11 week old baby has 1, 3 hour nap

[emmajane7384]

Hi, my 11 week old daughter naps once during the day but for 3 hours. Usually between 1-4pm and her bedtime is 8pm. She wakes at 3am for a feed and change and wakes for the day about 8-9am. She feeds well, is approx 11lbs and had plenty of wet/dirty nappies. I've read that babies should have wake windows of approx an hour at this age.... my baby could nap in the morning if she wanted to but doesn't.... is this normal? Thanks

It’s certainly unusual, my 14 month old can have a 3 hour nap in the day! When you say she could nap in the morning, what are you doing to get her to sleep? 8am until 1pm is a long time without sleep at that age, but if she’s happy I suppose it won’t do her any harm!

That's very young to be going up to 5 hours without sleep. I'd be really trying to look out for her tired cues and add at least 1 more nap into her day, sleep is so important at such a young age.