24-month-old sleep schedule
How much does a baby sleep at 24 months, how many naps are usual and how long is it awake in between? Guideline values with sources and an example day – not a plan to follow.
At a glance
| Sleep per 24 hours | 11–14 hr |
|---|---|
| Night | 11 hr |
| Naps | 1 nap |
| Awake time in between | 5 hr – 6 hr |
Sleep in 24 hours: consensus of the American sleep physicians (AASM, Paruthi 2016) – a value for groups, not for an individual child.
Night: this is what Moon Hour starts out with and then learns your child’s night length.
An example day
This is how Moon Hour might calculate on the first day if a child at 24 months wakes at 7 am and has no entries yet. It is an example, not a plan to follow: children are different, and the app adjusts the times to your child with every entry. Sleep schedule calculator: an example day for your wake-up time
Sleep schedule as a printable PDF (A4)
| Time | What |
|---|---|
| 7:00 AM | Waking up |
| 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM | Nap 1 |
| 7:30 PM | To bed for the night |
What often changes at 24 months
Fewer than 2.5% of children stop napping altogether before their second birthday (Staton 2020). In Finnish cohorts, night-time sleep consolidated mainly in the second year of life (Paavonen 2020). In an American study, even children who still woke almost every night at six months woke their mothers at two years mostly only about once a week (Weinraub 2012).
If you are worried
Experts recommend contacting your paediatrician or your local out-of-hours medical service if you are worried.
Sources
- Paruthi et al. 2016: Recommended amount of sleep for children (AASM consensus)
- Staton et al. 2020: Many naps, one nap, none (review)
- Paavonen et al. 2020: Normal sleep development in two large Finnish birth cohorts
- Weinraub et al. 2012: Night waking from 6 to 36 months
- Canapari: Wake windows – what a sleep physician says about them
General information, not a substitute for medical advice.
Sources checked: November 2026