Is this a bad habit I should discourage?

goodheartedmommy

Maile's been dropping naps lately. She can do okay without one occasionally, but she's not ready for dropping them daily. Her best days are ones where she naps in the car for 30 minutes-1 hour, but of course that can't/doesn't happen daily. She refuses to usually nap in her bed these days, and when she does, she sleeps 3-4 hours, screams if you wake her before she's ready to get up, and then sleeps like crap that night.

The last few days, she has fallen asleep on the couch, after I turn on a show to just make her rest for a few minutes. She sleeps for about an hour and wakes up due to basic noise around the house. She's in a great mood and goes to bed and sleeps at night. My nephew napped this way from 2 until he gave up naps at a little older than 4.5. Would you have a problem with it? I'm not really concerned, but I know it got really annoying for my sister about a year into it. Will I kick myself for this later?

Jodi&Joe

Why did it get annoying for your sister?
And a year from now, she likely won't be napping anymore at all.

Not a bad habit.  I would have KILLED to have my two littleshits nap after the age of 2 (both dropped their naps before age 2.5)!!  Couch, bed, deck....I don't care. 

DandelionMom

That's how my girls napped when they were 2+.  I just save their tv time for quiet time and they fall asleep if they need it and if they don't at least we have a little down-time for half an hour.  Even with DD1 home for winter break I ask her to chill in a recliner and read for that half hour. 

goodheartedmommy

Well, my nephew is a light sleeper, so she couldn't make noise around the house while he was sleeping. M sleeps deeper than that, so it probably won't be the same issue. I, too, doubt she'll be napping a year from now. Bella hasn't napped since 2, and E was a little over 3 when he dropped naps. I definitely wanted to make sure someone didn't have this huge reason why she shouldn't do it that I haven't thought of yet. Of course, being my third, I treasure my peace and quiet, so I don't really care about a reason of "she shouldn't be watching TV on a daily basis." I just don't want to create a monster out of this!

AZ_Erica

DS often naps on the couch.  He and DD share a room.  DD always naps and he rarely does, so on the off chance he naps I don't move or put him up there and chance waking her up.  I act normally, am not unusually quiet or anything and he sleeps fine.

Ciarrai

It's the only way I can get DD#2 to take naps if she takes them at all.  She might nap in the car if we happen to be in there when she's tired.  Otherwise, she falls asleep on the couch at least one or two days a week.  If it doesn't both you, I don't see a problem with it.  FWIW - We don't stay extra quiet or anything like that during these "naps" and she doesn't usually sleep more than an hour or so.

Mc_Newlywed

That's what we did.. and like someone just said, in a year, she probably won't be napping at all.  I can't remember the last time my daughter napped.  But we still watch a movie every afternoon for a rest.  It's time we both look forward to.