Grrrr.... Sucky naps. WWYD?

daisydana

So... Sydney is trying to go from two naps to one and it is a rough transition. Yesterday and the day before she went down for her morning nap at the same time that she always does - 10:00 am. She slept for about an hour and a half both days and then didn't take an afternoon nap. (She cried both days when I put her down at 3:00 and wouldn't even lay her head down.) Both nights we moved her dinner, bath, and bedtime up by about half an hour because she was SO cranky. So... Today, you would *think* she would have been happy with going down later in the morning. We were really hoping for one marathon nap of two hours or more. DH put her in her crib around 11:00 and she wanted no parts of it. She finally slept for a mere 45 minutes. She totally needs to nap this afternoon or she will be a bear! So, what would you try tomorrow if you were us? 10:00 nap or shoot for a nap, say, after lunch??? TIA

mariahcohen

I do everything I can to keep my little guy up until at least 12 so he will take a decent nap and not be too cranky in the evening.  1 is best but some days we don't make it that long. 

Puckchick07

I'd try for the afternoon nap soon after lunch. Good luck!

stever

I'd say try for after lunch. M had been on a really good 2pm-4pm nap schedule until he got sick several weeks ago and reverted to 2 naps. We're just now finally back to one nap but he still seems like he might be ready for an earlier nap, we just keep him up.

superaunt

Sabrina fights her afternoon naps, too, but she still takes them because she knows I won't waver... and I won't waver because during the week she naps once early (like 10-12) and then is sooooo whiny by 5 so that her bedtime is now 6pm (sometimes even earlier!!).

If I were you, I'd still have her nap at 10 and then try the afternoon nap again. I find that if I get Sabrina down no more than 3 hours of awake time, she naps easier than if I let her stay awake longer! Try it!!

JenniferTCU

Daycare switched Jace to one nap a day when he turned a year old. It took him a few weeks to get used to it. He kept trying to sleep around 10am and they'd keep him up. He naps daily (at school anyway- home is different because we are never home grr) at 1130 am right after lunch. He sleeps two straight hours. I'd definitely try right after lunch. Ps do you believe in arranged marriages because I think S and J would be really cute together lol

SFAug07

When Sarah transitioned, we started with an early post-lunch nap at around 11:30. It was really obvious when she needed to transition, although she never cried or fought to go down, she just didn't sleep in the afternoon and it took her a long time to fall asleep in the morning, sometimes 1.5 hours. Now she sleeps around 12-3 every day.

robynlesley

I am dealing with this too.  Aaron still takes 2 naps some days.  Then I have days when he only naps in the morning (from 9:30/10 to around 11:30).  Today he woke up early (6 am) and took an hour's plus nap.  He's been sleeping for an hour now (3:40 to 4:40) thus far.

There have been days when his 1 nap is the morning one.  Otherwise he goes down right after lunch (@ noon) for about 2 hours (max).  It's weird how he can't figure it out yet. 

I guess try to keep her up, if she's really going for 1 nap. Otherwise try to keep the 2 naps for a while longer.

mtnrider

I'm dealing with that right now...Simon always goes down at 9 or 10 a.m. for his first nap but lately he's been fighting the afternoon one...in fact right now I'm listening to him CIO in his crib but I'm not giving in because if he doesn't take his PM nap he goes to bed no later than 6 p.m. and wakes up too early the next morning, plus lately he's been waking up at night screaming.  No fun.  Sorry I don't have any advice, only sympathy!

KirstieC

I agree with PP's and try to push the nap to the afternoon. I have no experience with this (yet) but from what I've "read" babies/toddlers usually drop the morning nap and the afternoon nap gets pushed up a little. Just my 2 cents. Interested to know how it turns out.

NewMrs07

When LO was around that age he started taking only one nap around Noon, still does. So I think you should try to hold out until closer to Noon and see what happens.