How many naps does your 12-18 month old take?

californiafrog7905

I'm struggling here, and I don't know if it's fair to expect DD at 13 months to go to one nap a day, if she's still taking two 1 1/2 hour naps a day and sleeping 11-12 hours at night.  I've posted before about our own personal debacle of a situation, but the long and short of it is that DD's new daycare wants one schedule and I think she's not ready for it.  However, I don't know if she should be transitioning to one nap now or not.  What does your DC do now?

Erin&Rod

My 18 month old takes one 2-3 hour nap from 12-2 or 3.  He has been down to one nap since before he was 1.

trizzie

DS is still on two naps. I thought he was dropping one, but he hasn't yet.  Today he took two 1 1/2 hour naps.  He is 17 months old.

juietbride

One long nap between 11am and 4pm, he is currently hitting the 2.5 hr mark in today's nap.

Luckystar2

Is it just not going well with the 1 nap at daycare or are you just worried about it?

DD went to 1 nap at daycare when she moved in the older room at 12 months.  She does fantastic on 1 nap. She naps more now than when she was in the infant room. I think she does better because everyone naps at the same time.  She does about 1.5-2 hour nap at daycare...which is a lot for her.  She used to only do 2 half hour naps at daycare.

On the weekends, we go with the flow. If she's tired in the morning and needs a nap then she may have a morning and afternoon nap. But some days its just 1.  But she's a crappy napper for us anyways. She actually is napping way better at daycare now!

VTbride05

Henry takes two one hour naps and sleeps 730-600.

MissSweetestTea

we are 16 months and still on 2 naps- always have been...

he is up at 6:45/7 and down at 9- usually for an hour to an hour and a half....we play 'hard' in the morning and he really wears himself out and is yawning by 9...so i know that he still needs that nap...he then goes down between 1-2:30 for an hour and a half based on what we are doing during the day....once he is ready to drop the am nap, i'll get a LONGER afternoon nap, but right now, he just needs that morning sleep so i am not pushing for a longer afternoon nap quite yet...

many babies still have 2 naps until they are nearly 2 years old....it all depends on YOUR SCHEDULE and how you want your baby to sleep during the day....?

?do whatever you need to based on your daughter not on an age where she needs to be at one nap..?

redstars93

DS just turned 1 and takes two 1-2 hr naps a day (although he's been shortening his 2nd) and sleeps for 12-14 hours at night. I asked my pedi about it and she said some kids just need a lot of sleep.

texasgurl

DD is 13 months and she still does 2 naps, each about 1 1/2 hr long. She has had days where she fights one or the other but they are rare and she always goes back to 2 naps the next day.

Temp174496125006552

Ben is 17 months now.  He dropped to one nap a day at 14 months.  The transition wasn't too bad.  Then, a month ago he started going back and forth between one nap and two.  For the most part, he still takes one (normally) 3 hour nap and usually goes down around 11:30.  But there is the occasional day (like yesterday) where he went down earlier than normal, took a shorter (1.5 hour) nap and then around 3:30 went down for another. 

Cin.NJ

My DS sleeps alot...goes to bed at 8:30pm - 7am (10.5 hrs) then takes a morning nap at 10-10:30 and sleeps till about 1:30 ?(3 hours or so) then takes another nap at 4:30ish till 6:30 (1.5 - 2 hrs) so 14-16 hrs a day.

He just turned 1 year old 2 weeks ago.?

BlueBelle2004

Sometimes one, sometimes two... but she always seems like she could have used that second one... she gets pretty spacey by the end of the day if she only had one. She also sleeps ~12 hours/night.

JersBride06

DS who is 15 months is really bouncing btw one and two naps a day. Really depends if we go out during the day and he is up all morning there for only takes one nap. He really doesn't have a set schedule like a lot of babies do. Sure hope my mom never goes back to work and I have to send him to day care because he will be a horrible person to be around if you are trying to make follow a schedule! But 13 months seems to early to me personally for one nap.

tobeMrs.Wagner

He takes 1 two hour nap a day.  He goes down after lunch . We have been on this schedule for months and months now.

ougrad1

Emerson's been on one nap a day since about nine months old.  I know that she's in the minority.

She wakes about 8 in the morning, naps from 1:30 to 4:30 and goes down for the night about 8 at night.

If they are caring for her and you like how they do it, I'd say let them try it.

skoorbnibor

12 months, 2 naps!

SLP mama

My 16 month old takes one 2- 2 1/2 hour nap (sometimes 3 if I forget to wake him up). He's been on this routine at home since about 13 months (at daycare, he was still taking 2 naps).

MooByrd

DS is 13 months and is, for the most part, down to 1 nap that lasts between 2-3 hours. If he doesn't sleep well at night or has a particularly tiring day he may take a late 2nd nap for about an hour.

shannm

Daycare is trying to get him to go to one.  Some days he does ok but on others, he falls asleep at the table before he can eat lunch.  I think that really sucks.  I am going to insist that if they want only one nap that they will need to feed him earlier.  Otherwise, they give him lunch at three, he stuffs himself and then won't eat dinner.  Also, he seems to be waking really early, 4:30 this morning, and I am wondering if it is related.  So my short answer is I wish he was taking two naps but he is switching to one.

regenab

My girls supposedly dropped to 1 nap a day at 10 months, that is what my daycare lady lead me to believe (she just couldn't get them to nap is all). I am now a SAHM and they are down to 1 big nap a day most days, but if I run an errand with them in the morning (which I try to do a couple times a week to keep my sanity) they usually cat nap in the car for about 20-30 minutes on the way home and still take their long afternoon nap. Their afternoon nap is usually 2 1/2 hours. My daycare lady could not get them to nap longer than an hour in the afternoon and no morning nap, which is why my girls were melting down every evening at around 5:45 and passing out at 6:15. Now that I am able to get them to nap they are up until 7:30 and sleep until 7:30 or 8:00 AM.

Some days my littler twin does need a morning nap and I can just tell by the way she is acting and I will put her down for 30-45 min. in the morning at around 9:15AM.

Healthy Sleep Habits Healthy Child says that on average at 12 months 82% of children have 2 naps a day, but by 15 months that drops to only 43% of children taking 2 naps a day. I say you can try dropping to 1 nap a day, just expect this nap to take place earlier than the normal afternoon nap, that is what happened to my girls. They used to have a morning nap from 9AM-10AM and afternoon nap from 1:00 - 3:00, and now it is one long nap starting at 12:30 to 3:00. Also HSHHC recommends moving the bedtime earlier during the transition time if the child starts getting fussy earlier in the evening to make up for the amount of sleep and it will work itself back to a normal bedtime for him once he has adjusted to less sleep.

babyflynn08

DD dropped herself down to one nap around 10 months. The one nap that she takes is between 2-3 hours.

KL777

18 months old---one nap a day

Buckets of Moonbeams

She dropped herself to 1 long nap at 10 or so months.  She sleeps from 12:30-3:30.

jamie5315

One and I'm lucky if it's an hour long.?

faBriezy

12 months and dropped to 1 nap a few weeks ago. Its about 1.5 hours, but hoping it starts getting longer. He has started sleeping later in the morning too.

soon2Bmrspower

16 months and still 2 naps a day - usually for a total of 4 hours between the two. He sleeps about 11 hours at night, so a total of about 15 hours of sleep per day.

californiafrog7905

Wow--thank you SO MUCH for all of the input, everyone!  Seems like the napping is across the board and different for lots of folks, so I actually feel better in insisting that my DD stick to 2 naps until SHE says otherwise.  I know when she gets older she'll go to one longer nap, but for now she just can't handle staying awake all morning.  The problem with this daycare is that there's no way in the world she'll be able to nap in the morning, and if she misses that sleep she's overtired for the scheduled nap they give at 12, so I think for now we're going to have to make other arrangements for childcare.  Definitely supports what my gut has been telling me all along; I feel better now.  Thanks again.