Wake Windows for 11 Months Old
Eleven-month-olds stretch to 3–3.75-hour wake windows, and the morning nap begins shrinking on its own — the first quiet signal of the one-nap future. The classic 11-month mistake is dropping to one nap during a temporary strike; nearly all babies this age still need two.
Wake windows
3–3.75 hours
Naps per day
2 naps
Day sleep
2–3 hours
Night sleep
11–12 hours
Total sleep
13–14.5 hours
Typical bedtime
7:00–8:00 PM
Sample schedule for 11 months old
Built on a 7:00 AM wake-up — shift every time by the same amount if your child wakes earlier or later. Or get today's exact times with the wake windows calculator.
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 7:00 AM | Wake; milk feed and breakfast |
| 10:00 AM | Nap 1 (often shortening to about 1 hour) |
| 11:00 AM | Wake; lunch |
| 2:45 PM | Nap 2 |
| 4:15 PM | Wake; snack and play |
| 5:45 PM | Dinner |
| 6:45 PM | Bath and quiet play |
| 7:45 PM | Bedtime |
Tips for this age
- ✓Cap the morning nap at 45–60 minutes; the afternoon nap is the one that survives the coming transition, so protect it now.
- ✓Refuse the false transition: an 11-month nap strike almost always resolves within one to two weeks of calm consistency — do not restructure the day around it.
- ✓Push the first wake window toward 3–3.25 hours so nap 1 starts at 10:00–10:15 AM.
- ✓First steps and first words are brewing; expect a few nights of crib rehearsal and keep your responses brief and unexciting.
- ✓If nap 2 is refused, offer 45 minutes of quiet crib time anyway, then bail out with a bedtime as early as 6:30 PM.
11 Months Old sleep questions
My 11-month-old refuses the second nap. Should we switch to one nap?
Not yet. At 11 months, second-nap refusal is usually caused by a morning nap that ran too long or an afternoon window that is too short. Cap nap 1 at an hour and hold nap 2 around 2:45–3:00 PM. Babies moved to one nap this early typically become chronically overtired within weeks.
Why did the morning nap suddenly get short?
It is aging out. Between 11 and 14 months the morning nap naturally shrinks and eventually disappears — that is the 2-to-1 transition announcing itself early. A 45–60 minute morning nap at 11 months is developmentally right on schedule, not a problem to solve.
What time should an 11-month-old go to bed?
Between 7:00 and 8:00 PM for most, landing about 3.5–3.75 hours after the afternoon nap ends. On days when a nap was skipped or cut short, shift bedtime as early as 6:30 PM — protecting the 11–12 hour night matters more than a consistent clock time.
Will learning to walk ruin my baby's sleep?
Usually just briefly. Major gross-motor leaps like standing and first steps commonly cause one to two weeks of extra night waking and crib practice. Give abundant daytime walking practice, keep night responses minimal, and avoid adding new sleep habits you will have to unwind later.
Ranges reflect widely published pediatric sleep guidance; every child varies. This is behavioral information, not medical advice — talk to your pediatrician about your child's health.
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