Switch to one nap

kl743278

My daughter will be 1 on Friday and was moved about a week ago to the 1 year old room at her daycare where I was told that day they only took1 nap at 12:00. My daughter was taking two a day at 10 and 2 and needs those two naps. She has been so tired as we try to adjust her and has gone from waking up at 6:45-7 to 5:30. Is this just a hard adjustment or are we forcing one nap on her and it's not what she needs?

mrsmoose5

I have no experience with daycare, but DS is going to be 1 in a week and he still takes 2 naps a day (sometimes I will even throw in a 3rd cat nap if he wakes too early from nap 2 and is getting tired way before bedtime). I cannot imagine him going to 1 nap any time soon, he definitely needs at least 2 and I think most babies this age do. From what I've read, their maximum wake time is between 3-4 hours at this age, and DS falls right in line with that, starting to show sleepy signs around the 3-3.5 hour mark. Can you insist to the daycare facility that she continues to get 2 a day until she's ready to drop one?

mrsmoose5

Oops. Not sure why my reply got posted double.

jasett

It's way too early to drop to one if your baby isn't showing signs.