anyone lo go on a nap strike- please tell me it gets better

melissaandgreg

for the past few days, my dd has been taking only a 45  nap and wakes crying. usually when she wakes crying,  i give her a few min and she goes back. but the last couple of days, she didnt want to go back. she sleeps from about 815 at night-915 so maybe she doesnt really need a nap but she seems so tired!! anyone experience this? mommy needs her break!!

BecauseICan

DD has been doing this too, but I think it's b/c she's weaning to one nap a day.  But this transition is not going to be easy, that's for sure.

melissaandgreg

prob is she has been down to 1 1.5-2 nap already for the past few weeks!

CarolinaDaisy

You could try waking her earlier in the morning, say by 7:30 or 8 at latest. My son usually sleeps from about 7:45pm - 6:45 or 7am. The mornings that he sleeps later, say til 7:30, his nap is not as long. Most days he will sleep for about 2 hrs, with the occasionaly day of 2.5hrs. The 7:30 wakeup days he sleeps about 1.5 hrs, sometimes a little less.

 I think the average for this age is about 11-12hrs night and anywhere from 1.5 - 2.5hrs nap time.