Baby sleep schedules by age
Wake windows, nap counts, and bedtimes for each stage — with a full sample day you can actually follow. Every schedule is generated by the same engine that builds Dormeli's personalized plans, so the numbers here match the guidance parents get in the app.
Pick your baby's stage
Sleep needs change fast in the first two years. Start with the age closest to your baby's.
A realistic 4 month old sleep schedule with wake windows, nap timings, and total sleep needs — plus what is actually happening during the 4 month sleep regression.
6 months3 napsA realistic 6 month old sleep schedule built around three naps, with wake windows, nap lengths, bedtime timing, and how much total sleep a 6 month old actually needs.
12 months2 napsA realistic 12 month old sleep schedule with two naps, wake windows, and clear signs for whether your baby is genuinely ready to drop to one nap.
What's going wrong right now?
Start from the problem instead of the age: why it happens, what to try tonight, and when to talk to your pediatrician.
Why babies wake every 2 hours — how they fall asleep at bedtime, schedule timing, hunger, development and the room — and what to try tonight, with wake windows by age.
Sleep problemBaby waking up at 5amWhy babies wake at 5am — dawn light, overtiredness, a first nap that comes too early, too much day sleep — and the step-by-step way to move wake-up time later.
Sleep problemBaby only naps 30 minutesWhy 30–45 minute naps happen — sleep cycles, wake windows, the room and how naps start — what's normal by age, and practical ways to help naps get longer.
Sleep problemBaby won't sleep unless heldWhy babies only sleep in your arms, how to get a sleeping baby into the crib without waking them, how to make the change gradually — and how to keep contact sleep safe.
Sleep problemThe 8 month sleep regressionWhy sleep falls apart around 8–10 months — crawling, standing, separation anxiety and the move to two naps — how long it usually lasts, and a sample 2-nap schedule.
A schedule is a starting point, not a plan
These guides give you the age-typical shape. Dormeli builds the schedule around your baby's actual naps, bedtime, and the things going wrong right now — then adjusts as those change.