Plan Around an Estimated Wake-Up Time

Find the estimate on Sleep time

Open Home > Sleep for the selected child. In Current phase, the center dial or headline names the next useful check. An asleep child may show Check for wake around a time; an awake child may show a likely next sleep window.

1. Confirm the selected child and current phase are correct.
2. Read the time in the center dial or headline.
3. Look for Estimated and read the detail line underneath.

Use it for the adult's next move

The estimate cannot make sleep happen, but it can stop you from spending the whole nap deciding what to do. If the baby is safely asleep and you need rest, lie down early rather than waiting for certainty. If another caregiver is taking over, tell them the approximate window and let the off-duty person disconnect.

1. Choose rest first when that is the most urgent need and it is safe to do so.
2. Prepare only the one or two things the next wake is likely to require.
3. Treat an early or late wake as normal variation, not a failed plan.

Check the inputs when the estimate repeatedly feels wrong

One surprising wake does not require a settings change. If the guidance is repeatedly out of step, first make sure Sleep and Wake were logged with the right times. Then check whether Nap schedule still matches the child's usual number of naps.

1. Review recent Sleep and Wake events in Calendar.
2. Correct a missing or wrong start or end time.
3. If the nap pattern has genuinely changed, open Settings > Children > child > Sleep schedule > Nap schedule.
4. Review Sleep time after another complete sleep and wake event.

What to remember

• When the child is asleep, Current phase may say Check for wake around a time.
• The time is a planning hint based on available logs, not a promise and not an instruction to wake the child.
• Its best use is choosing one realistic next step: rest, prepare, or arrange a handoff.