Nap Question!! If your LO takes only 1..

july29bride

My LO dropped his 2nd nap about 2 weeks ago. He wakes up at 730 and usually would go for a 1030 and 400 nap..but now that he has dropped his second, I am wondering if I should start making the morning one later. He barely made it to 7 pm last night. What time do you put your LO down for his nap and how long is it usually?

megs042107

Wakes up at 6:30, takes his nap between 12:30 and 1:00.  If we're out running errands in teh morning, he'll take a 10 minute power nap.  

Just keep him really occupied in the morning until he gets used to it and you'll be able to slowly push his naptime later. 

GRKaters

DS wakes between 7 and 8am.

Nap is at 1:30, after lunch.

Sleeps 'til 4.

Bedtime at 7:30 (depending on the day--this is what we aim for).

 

aforst

mine gets up around 7-730.  I put him down for naps around 12.  He will usually nap until about 2.  He goes to bed at 8.

TheSkimmy

I stopped the 2nd nap about the same time you did. He goes down after lunch- normally 1-2 sometime. He will nap for 2-3 hour. I LOVE the 1 nap. He goes to bed at 8pm.

AgrippaRidesAgain

DS goes down for a nap between 12 and 1 pm.  He typically naps for 2-3 hours.

He dropped to 1 nap at 10 months.  At the time, he dropped his second nap, and he was also napping at 10 am.  I slowly pushed the nap back to 11 am and then to 12 pm.  I think I moved it 15 minutes a day or something?  I had to make sure that we were out doing something exciting at his normal nap time so that he wouldn't accidentally fall asleep.

ETA:  He gets up at 8 and goes to bed at 8.

mavs_girl07

She's up at 7am, naps 12:30-2:00, bedtime at 7pm.  Sometimes she naps longer than 1.5hrs but it's rare.

jenifairies

when we went to 1 a day, her nap was at about 11, then moved back to 12. 8pm bedtime, 7-8am wake up.

imo, i would try to push it back a little at a time. if he's not interested in that, then i'd follow his lead on the times and let him go to bed at 7.

CareBear0607

At first--DD was waking up at 7:30, I would feed her lunch at 11, she would nap for about 2 hours, and be in bed by 7.  She eventually puched everything back.

Now she wakes up at 730, eats lunch at 12, naps from 1:30-3:30 and goes to bed at 8:30.

The transition is rough and the times will change for a month or so before he is on a set schedule again.  It will get better!

FWIW--DD transitioned just before her 1st birthday.