Is napping important for baby and child?

hi vingyan06 I am now way past those days but I do think if you just watch your children you will soon know how much nap time they need. as for when you will soon see that if they are starting to become fussy and cranky,they are tired. put them down for a nap. No two kids are alike so you learn through
watching them how long they need to nap and how many hours of
'sleep at night they may need. also seek help from your child's doctor regarding hours of sleep.

proper sleep for the baby, i dnt have an idea but the proper sleep we needed when we sleep at night 6hours the less or enough for our body....and for taking a nap for kids and baby they need it bcoz they are in the process of growing up ....and yah the mother of the baby she did right let her baby play at day that during at night in her sleep for sure she have long sleep bcoz shes tired ....

I observe that most babies like to nap, and they seems sleep a lot most of the days. I would like to play with babies or those toddlers. But they seems sleep more during the day time, especially the afternoon time. I have less chance to play with them. Well, maybe you are right, sleepy baby is a happy baby.

I believe naps are vital to a child's development. I still remember not liking to be made to nap when I was a little one myself, but after making a BIG fuss, I would nevertheless always fall asleep and wake up the better for it. I think getting regular sleep and good nutrition were very big factors in my having been healthy both as a child and now as an adult. Where I grew up we had hot wet summers and cold winters with ice and snow and wind, but aside from a day and a half of chicken pox when I was 8 and the measles, I was never sick and never missed school.

In those days when one child in the community got measles, all the other mothers brought their children to visit to expose them to the illness because it was believed that if they had measles young it was largely harmless but if they got it as adults, then it could be fatal, especially for women. So when my brother got the measles, my mum was extremely happy and took me right in to sit with him. I remember that it was his birthday and his present was our first puppy, so we had quite a good time being "sick" together.

I think that babies and small children do need to take naps. Their little bodies are still growing. They need that extra rest to aid in their growing process. Children who don't take naps sometimes lose their momentum and energy through the day. They may not like going to sleep before bedtime, but they really do need it.

I have 14 month old baby. When he was born he was allready sleeping on daytime a lot and full night. Around year he was sleeping 2 times like 1 hour before lunch and 1 hour after lunch + night sleeping. Now we went over to 2 hour sleeping after 12 o`clock in midday. I think its good coz he gets so tired and cranky when hes not sleeping at all in daytime.

I think that all young children as well as a baby needs alot of sleep as this helps it to grow as well as if they are ill they seem to get better quicker.I do not think it makes any difference if you stop the nap during the day as they still seem to have that problem for a while at night.

New born will be napping for more than 10 hrs and that is what my children, when they were in that stage did. After growing upto 7 - 8 months old, they napped for 3 hrs. Now they are grown ups and will nap for 2 - 3 hrs and not every day but when they are tired and exhausted

Yes. Children need at least 14 hours of sleep - most of it at night. But when they have a full day of preschool, playing, growing, learning, etc. They need the rest. Everyone, no matter what their age, needs "downtime". I used to do quiet time while my son napped. It gave me a chance to take a break (or nap, or clean, or read)

I never had any child yet but mother told me that the only thing a baby that young does in his or her lifetime is to eat and sleep so I don't think it's the right idea to control what time she does what. I think you should just follow the baby's own time. If he/she cries, then feed him or check the diaper. If he/she is satisfied, then he/she would play or take a nap. Crying is the best, if not the only, indication of schedule the baby has. The baby does not really care if it's day or it's night because he/she is dependent on his/her needs. I think it's not a good idea to change the baby's onw schedule just so it would be convenient for you to sleep at night, at least not now that the baby is too young.