11 months
11 month old sleep: schedule, naps & wake windows
Close to their first birthday, many 11 month olds fake-refuse the morning nap. Careful: it’s almost always a false alarm, not the real 1-nap transition, which usually arrives quite a bit later.
How much sleep does an 11 month old need?
Between 13–15 h in total across the day: about 10–12 h at night and 2–3 h during the day, spread over 2 naps. These are guide ranges: if your baby wakes rested and cheerful, they’re probably getting what they need. Compare all stages in the baby sleep chart by age.
Wake windows at 11 months
The wake window at 11 months is 3.5–4 h: the time they can comfortably stay awake before needing sleep again. Overshooting the window usually means overtiredness, crying and shorter naps; undershooting means bedtime resistance. The first window of the day is usually the shortest and the last one the longest.
Don’t feel like clock-watching? The wake windows calculator gives you the exact range for the next nap.
Naps at 11 months
Expect 2 naps of 45 min – 1.5 h each. Keep 2 naps even if one runs short. If they refuse the first, offer it a bit later rather than dropping it. Windows are now around 3.5–4 hours, with the longest at the end of the day. Nap transitions and lengths by age are in the baby naps guide.
Sample schedule for an 11 month old
Based on a 7:00 am wake-up. Shift the times to your baby’s real wake-up, keeping the windows.
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 7:00 | Wake up & breakfast |
| 10:15 | Nap 1 (about 1 h) |
| 11:15 | Awake, play & lunch |
| 15:00 | Nap 2 (about 1 h) |
| 16:00 | Awake, snack & walk |
| 18:45 | Dinner, bath & routine |
| 19:50 | Bedtime |
If they only manage one nap some day, bring bedtime forward to 7:00 pm: it’s the best safety net.
What time should bedtime be?
The usual range at 11 months is 7:00–8:00 pm. More than a fixed time, what matters is the window from the end of the last nap. A short, repeated bedtime routine (bath, pyjamas, story or song) helps them anticipate that sleep is coming.