22-Month-Old Sleep Schedule

At 22 months, wake windows hold steady at 6 hours, the single nap remains the anchor of the day, and total sleep runs 11–13 hours. Developmentally, it's a delightful month: sorting shapes by color and size, vocabulary growing fast, and sentences getting longer every week. Sleep is usually uneventful now — which is exactly why it's worth protecting the routine that produces it.

The steady 6-hour rhythm

Wake at 7 AM, nap around 1 PM, bedtime around 8 PM — the same skeleton as last month, because it works. Some 22-month-olds stretch the morning window toward 6.25 hours; that's fine as long as the nap doesn't start later than about 1:30 PM. Consistency is doing the heavy lifting now: same wake time, same nap time, same bedtime, and nights mostly take care of themselves. When life disrupts the schedule — travel, illness, visitors — return to the familiar times as quickly as you can; toddlers this age rebound fastest to routines they recognize.

Vocabulary explosion vs. bedtime

With vocabulary growing fast, bedtime can turn into a talk show — your toddler finally has the words to negotiate, narrate, and delay. Enjoy the language during the day; at night, keep responses warm but brief and boring. A “tell me about it tomorrow” placeholder, repeated calmly, works better than engaging with the content of the chatter. The toddler bedtime calculator can re-anchor bedtime if the schedule has drifted.

Milestones: sorting, stacking, sentences

Shape sorters, simple puzzles, and multi-word sentences (“I want more juice please”) are the highlights. Fine-motor practice and language work are cognitively demanding — another reason the midday nap still earns its keep. You'll also notice memory improving: your 22-month-old may reference things that happened days ago, which makes consistent routines even more reassuring. Next up is the 23-month schedule, the last stop before the big 2-year-old birthday.