--- title: "Track sleep and naps, and how night vs nap is decided · Cami Help" description: "Tap Sleep on Home, then Start Sleep. Cami files each sleep as night sleep or a day nap by the time it starts, using the hours in More › Day & Night." url: https://camibaby.com/help/sleep-and-naps language: en updated: 2026-11-06 --- # Track sleep and naps, and how night vs nap is decided Tap Sleep on Home, then Start Sleep. Cami files each sleep as night sleep or a day nap by the time it starts, using the hours in More › Day & Night. ## Time a sleep 1. On Home, tap **Sleep** . 2. Tap **Start Sleep**. If your child fell asleep a few minutes ago, set **Start time** first. 3. When your child wakes, tap **Stop Sleep**. The timer stops and Cami shows the sleep for you to check. 4. Tap **Save Sleep**. ![The Sleep form with the timer running and the Stop Sleep button.](https://camibaby.com/help/sleep-and-naps/running.webp) After **Stop Sleep** you have two more choices: - **Resume** puts the same sleep back on the timer, with the same start time. Use it when your child only stirred. - **Save & start new** saves this sleep and starts a new one now. ![A stopped sleep with its start and end, and the Resume and Save & start new buttons.](https://camibaby.com/help/sleep-and-naps/review.webp) Anyone in your family can stop and save a sleep that someone else started. ## Add a sleep you did not time 1. Open **Home** , **Sleep** and tap the pencil button at the top right (**Enter manually**). 2. Set **Start** and **End**. To type how long it lasted instead, tap the switch on the **End** row. 3. Tap **Save Sleep**. You can also add a past sleep from the Timeline. See [Edit, reopen or delete an entry](https://camibaby.com/help/edit-delete-entries). ## Where your child slept After you stop the timer, or in manual entry, tap **Add details** and choose a place under **Where**: **Crib**, **Bed**, **Stroller**, **Carrier**, **Car** or **Other**. Tap the place again to clear it. A note field opens below it. ## Night sleep or day nap Every sleep is filed by the time it starts: - A sleep that starts inside the night window is **Night sleep**. - A sleep that starts outside it is a **Day nap**, even when it runs past the start of the night. - One exception: a sleep that starts a little before the night window and keeps going well into it counts as night. To see or change the night window, open **More** , **Day & Night**. ![The Day & Night screen: Automatic selected, the Night starts and Day starts times, and a strip with day and night sleep.](https://camibaby.com/help/sleep-and-naps/day-night.webp) - **Automatic** sets the window from your child’s age and moves it as your child grows. Sleeps you already logged keep the label they had. - **Manual** lets you drag the handles, or tap a time to set it exactly. When you move a handle, sleeps you already logged are re-filed too. Each child has their own window, and it is the same for everyone in the family. **Note** Cami records sleep. It does not say how much sleep is normal. For safe sleep, see the [AAP’s safe sleep guidance](https://www.aap.org/en/patient-care/safe-sleep/) and talk to your pediatrician. ## Troubleshooting ### A nap was counted as night sleep, or the other way round Look at the start time of the sleep and the window in **More** , **Day & Night**. If the window is wrong for your family, choose **Manual** and move the handles. Cami re-files your past sleeps to match. ### I stopped the timer by mistake If you have not saved yet, tap **Resume**. If you already saved, open the sleep on the Timeline and tap **Reopen**. This works for 15 minutes after you save. ### Cami asks to end the sleep when I start a feed Starting a nursing or bottle timer while a sleep runs asks **End the sleep?**. Tap **End it and start**, or **Keep it running and start** to keep both going. ## Related articles - [Add a past entry, edit, reopen or delete it](https://camibaby.com/help/edit-delete-entries): To change an entry, open it on the Timeline, tap the ••• button and choose Edit or Delete Entry. To add one you forgot, tap + on the Timeline. - [Feeding intervals and wake windows (windows, not reminders)](https://camibaby.com/help/feeding-intervals-wake-windows): The Up Next pill on Home shows when your child's next feeding window opens, or when the wake window ends. Cami never sends a reminder for either. - [Read Today so far and what "usual" means](https://camibaby.com/help/today-and-usual): The pills under Today on Home count what was logged today. Usual is your child's average by this time of day over the last 14 days that have logs. ## Still need help? Write to us and a person reads it, usually within a day. From the app, Get Help attaches the details that help us fix it, and our reply shows in Cami. In Cami: **More › Help Center › Get Help** [Email us](mailto:hello@camibaby.com) · [Report a mistake on this page](mailto:hello@camibaby.com?subject=Report%20a%20mistake%20on%20this%20page%3A%20%2Fhelp%2Fsleep-and-naps)