In toddlers and in very elderly, the sleep-wake cycle can no longer be full 24 hours due to decreased/lower abilities of your body to “buffer” for that amount o

In toddlers and in very elderly, the sleep-wake cycle can no longer be full 24 hours due to decreased/lower abilities of your body to “buffer” for that amount of time. So a single well defined afternoon sleep can be good. I wouldn’t call that “naps”. That’s not what it is.