Though the typical baby in the fifth month takes 3 or 4 pretty regular naps of an hour or so each during the day, some babies thrive on 5 or 6 naps of about 20 minutes each, and others on two longer ones of 1½ or 2 hours. The number and length of naps your baby takes, however, are less important than the total amount of shut-eye he gets (about 14½ to 15 hours a day on average during the fifth month, with wide variations from baby to baby),
