Nap Log

Baby’s Name: ________________________________________

Age: _______________________________________________
Date: _______________________________________________

Time baby How baby Where baby Where baby How long?
fell asleep fell asleep fell asleep slept

1. Review Table 2.1 on page 48:

How many naps shouldyour baby be getting? ________________
How many naps is your baby getting now? ___________________
How many hours shouldyour baby be napping? _______________
How many hours is your baby napping now? _________________
2. Do you have a formal nap routine? _________________________
3. Are your baby’s naptimes/lengths consistent every day? _________
Prebedtime Routine Log

Baby’s Name: ________________________________________

Age: _______________________________________________
Date: _______________________________________________
Key:
Activity: active, moderate, or calm
Noise: loud, moderate, or quiet
Light: bright, dim, or dark

Time What we did Activity level Noise level Light level

1. Do you have a formal, consistent bedtime routine? ______________

2. Is the hour prior to bedtime mostly peaceful, quiet, and dimly lit? ___
3. Does your bedtime routine help both you and your baby relax and
get sleepy? _______________________________________________
4. Any other observations about your current bedtime routine? ______
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Night-Waking Log

Baby’s Name: ________________________________________

Age: _______________________________________________
Date: _______________________________________________

Time How baby How long Time baby How baby How long
woke me awake; fell back to fell back to of a sleep
what we sleep sleep stretch
did since fell
asleep (sleeping
span)
Asleep time:

Awake time:

Total number of awakenings:

Longest sleep span:

Total hours of sleep:

Sleep Questions

1. Review Table 2.1 on page 48:

How many hours of nighttime sleep shouldyour baby be getting? ___
How many hours of nighttime sleep is your baby getting now? _____
How many total hours of nighttime and naptime sleep shouldyour
baby be getting? ______________________________________
How many total hours of nighttime and naptime sleep is your baby
getting now? ________________________________________
How do the suggested hours of sleep compare to your baby’s actual
hours of sleep?
Gets __________hours too little sleep
Gets __________hours too much sleep
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2. Is your baby’s bedtime consistent (within /2 hour) every night? ______
3. Do you “help” your baby to go back to sleep every time, or nearly
every time he or she awakens? ___________________________
How do you do this? ____________________________________
4. What have you learned about your baby’s sleep by doing this log?
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Age Number of Total lenth of Nighttime Nighttime
naps naptime sleep hours and naptime
hours sleep
Newborn**

Brief awakening
Light sleep
Brief awakening
REM (dreaming sleep)
Brief awakening
Toward morning: another period of deep sleep
Brief awakening
REM (dreaming sleep)
Brief awakening
Light sleep
Awake for the day