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Jen Varela

Jen Varela

San Diego-based certified pediatric gentle sleep coach and founder of Sugar Night Night, co-author of "Loved to Sleep" and a frequent guest on parenting podcasts.

Sep 9, 2026

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some
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kids that really only need one nap a day, even from the get-go? So how do we know? Well, first, one of the things that's fascinating to me about sleep is how the brain organizes sleep.
15:19
So as they get older, their ability to go from nap to bedtime stretches and stretches.
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So if we were to start at the beginning, like maybe it was an hour.
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Then at three months, it's about two hours.
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At six months, it's about three hours.
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At one year, it's about four hours, right, before cortisol kicks in.

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But if we could make it ideal, what are we aiming for? And

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