I hate when an article states a question making you expect an answer.
This article ends with exactly the same question it starts out with.
This article ends with exactly the same question it starts out with.
The answer
- 20-minute naps are arguably too short for a restorative nap
- 30 minutes a time would be better, but 90 minutes allows a full sleep cycle
Though to be fair, that only lasts a few months until it's 2x90 min, 3x90 min, etc.
I really loved the weekends when my son was younger and would still have an afternoon nap and we ended up napping at the same time.... But I did certainly not enjoy when he was a baby and woke up around 4:30am full of energy and I had to offload his mom and keep him busy until it was time for me to get ready for work just as he decided it was nap-time again.
If I got to go down for a nap again whenever he did I think I could have quite enjoyed it. Unfortunately I doubt work would have agreed.