The Myth That Naps Must Be Long to 'Count'
Someone told you a 30-minute nap isn't restorative. That your baby needs 60+ minutes to get real benefit. That short naps are ruining their development. The evidence says otherwise.
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Short naps, missed naps, catnaps — most of it is developmentally normal. Here's what the research actually says.
Someone told you a 30-minute nap isn't restorative. That your baby needs 60+ minutes to get real benefit. That short naps are ruining their development. The evidence says otherwise.
Other babies nap for two hours. Yours naps for 30 minutes and wakes up like an alarm went off. You've tried everything. Nothing works. Here's what nobody told you: your baby's naps are normal.
Baby naps exactly 30 minutes and you have no idea why. The answer is in the biology of how daytime sleep actually works — and it's not what most nap advice tells you.