Transitioning to one nap

yellowflower15

Anyone there yet? If so, what are your signs that it's time? I'm getting the impression that we're headed in that direction...

kmos816

Wondering the same thing.... 1st nap is getting shorter over here, I wonder if that's a sign?
We are also changing daycares that do a set nap time for all- they said she can take two naps but it might be easier with just one nap'

yellowflower15

I'm struggling to get a 30 minute nap with the first and on occasions where it's been missed he has often (but not always) had a long nap mid-day.

Smores730

We're about done transitioning but this process has taken easily a month long. She was increasingly fighting her afternoon nap (4pm) and then once I got her down, the nap would be <30 minutes. Her former morning nap time was 10:30am and while transitioning I'd watch her in the evening for signs of tiredness for a late catnap (5pm) or an early bedtime. Her new norm is to go down between 11:30-12:30pm and sleep 2 hours. If she doesn't sleep the full 2 hours I watch her for needing an evening catnap or early bedtime.
If you're fighting her to take a 2nd nap, it's probably not worth the effort.

Sporty1216

@Smores730 --thank you for that description! This is just what is happening here and I was wondering about starting to make the transition official. Did you slowly move the first nap back to 11:30, or did you just go for it? (I'm tempted to do the latter...)

Smores730

Sure thing! She was able to go straight to 11:30 on some days, but other days anything around 11 was a success.

kmos816

@Smores730 for the cat nap did she wake up on her own or did you wake her after 20-30 minutes?

a_bushey

I don't post much, but this topic is something I have been interested in as our LO gets older and occasionally (rarely) resists her afternoon nap.  My question in regards to transitioning to one nap a day isn't transitioning the nap itself, but meal times.  As of right now, our LO takes a large sippy cup of formula and a small snack after she wakes in the morning and after each nap and then a large sippy cup of formula right before bedtime.  She eats a solid meal before naps and at dinner.  (She is s total chowhound!)  How do you modify your meal times during this transition?

emilyann64

@a_bushey I would assume you would just make lunchtime a little earlier like 11:30ish and move the formula to before the nap? Or she might not need it if she just ate.

yellowflower15

I know at daycare they do lunch at 11:30.

kmos816

C did one nap today at daycare! She took one nap from 12:30-1:30.... It's 7 pm and she is still doing good- bedtime is normally 7:30 (up around 6:30 ish)
Not sure what we will do at home on the weekends.

smushi

Daycare wants to transition to one, but LO still takes two 2 hour naps a day on the weekends... He's been a lunatic at home each time they've tried just one nap at daycare.