Nap times and party times

[heylottie]

DD, 8m, and the youngest in my group of mum chums and babies. We have been invited to three first birthday parties in the next few weeks. Good. We both like a party.

But all three parties are 1pm to 3pm. The first time I thought - hmmm, that's a funny time, surely most babies have a post lunchtime nap? Then when I got another two I thought... maybe they don't?

DD isn't the most reliable sleeper but does tend to have lunch at 12/1230 and then have a nap from about 1pm for a good hour and a quarter. I thought a lot of babies, especially at this age, had a big sleep then (all those who have read the books, of course) I know, I know, all babies are not the same but imagined there was some conformity...

So - why the party time at nap time? Am I wrong? Or when babies get to a year does it all change?

DD isn't the sort to fall asleep mid party either so I guess I have to keep her awake...

My babies were still having one nap mid morning and another mid afternoon at 8 months, so those party times would have been fine. We dropped the morning nap and moved to one post-lunchtime nap at about 16-18 months, IIRC. Maybe some of the babies you know do that pattern instead.

my 2 had dropped to 1 nap by 11 months and had a nap from 11am/12pm for a couple of hours so yes those times would have been inconvenient for me too.