At what point do you give up..

amyfelice

On a nap for the day?

I came home from the morning activity at 11:45 and she had fallen asleep in the car for about 5 minutes. I tried to transfer her but she woke up and was playing in her crib for a half hour. I went and got her gave her some lunch and now we are trying again. I have never really totally skipped the nap for the day but it looks like we are headed in that direction. How late would you bother with this? I can't believe she is not going to even nap at all.  

futrkingsley

When DS was that age, I might get up and try again later. He has never been a good sleeper, and if I miss his sleep window, I have to wait and try again in 90 minutes.  And I don't put him down for a nap any later than 4.5 hours before I want him to go to bed.  It's a finely tuned dance involving lots of math.

Now, if he skips, I rejoice in an early bedtime and hope I can make it to 7 pm with no tantrums.

amyfelice

I'm thinking that this is exactly the case I will just have to do early bedtime. strange for a girl who has never skipped a nap since she went down to one a day and woke up at 5:30 this morning! And has a little cold. I think there are too many stuffed animals in the bed. She is sitting there playing with them and singing them songs. It's cute actually. At least she is not crying. 

Kellina71

I also might try taking another drive if I really needed a break.... and if I knew no nap would cause and awful evening (depends on the kid though.... maybe E will be fine w/o a nap.)    DOes she s'times transfer?  You could drive for 30 minutes- so at least she has a decent chunk, then try again to transfer.  ??? 

Oh- but then again- with gas price now.... hmmm....  maybe not worth it. 

m&m818

In that scenario (wake up from transfer), I'd base our decision on how she does. If she's acting cranky, throwing tantrums, rubbing her eyes later in the afternoon I'll put her down and let her stay up a little later in the evening. If she seems like she's able to power through the afternoon and be fine, then I'll just plan to put her down an hour or two before normal bedtime. (my kid goes to bed at 8). We've done both. They tend to be sucky days for me, but sometimes they aren't too bad.

mommy2jay

m&m818:

In that scenario (wake up from transfer), I'd base our decision on how she does. If she's acting cranky, throwing tantrums, rubbing her eyes later in the afternoon I'll put her down and let her stay up a little later in the evening. If she seems like she's able to power through the afternoon and be fine, then I'll just plan to put her down an hour or two before normal bedtime. (my kid goes to bed at 8). We've done both. They tend to be sucky days for me, but sometimes they aren't too bad.

 This is similar to what i was doing.  Jay just recently stopped napping at the age of 4 1/2 and he still occassionally takes a nap.  Days with no naps, bed time is sooner

soon2Bkranz

oh good god I have no idea...but hugs can you do something else for a few hours to keep you sane and do a really early bedtime??

Mrs.K&C

m&m818:

In that scenario (wake up from transfer), I'd base our decision on how she does. If she's acting cranky, throwing tantrums, rubbing her eyes later in the afternoon I'll put her down and let her stay up a little later in the evening. If she seems like she's able to power through the afternoon and be fine, then I'll just plan to put her down an hour or two before normal bedtime. (my kid goes to bed at 8). We've done both. They tend to be sucky days for me, but sometimes they aren't too bad.

Ditto - we do exactly the same. She skips naps pretty frequently these days.

alyssa7

OMG this is us today! I took Charlie to Happy Hollow today and was doing all I could on the way home to prevent him from falling asleep in the car. He was so tired. Luckily he didn't fall asleep but when we got home, he wouldn't nap! He was in his crib for a good hour crying off and on so eventually I took him out to feed him lunch. I doubt he will nap today. This is the second time this has happened since I became a SAHM 4 weeks ago. He never did this with our nanny.

SarahCee

We have yet to master the transfer. If he is really fighting a nap, I will get him up and try it an hour later. I leave him until he really starts to fuss, if he is just hanging out, I let him (and me) have some quiet time. If it's a true no nap day, definitely an early bedtime. GL!

amyfelice

I tried twice but the second time she pooped so no go. We powered through and she made ti to 7, a little fussy but surprisingly not too bad. Only wanted Daddy though after he got home , oh well. 

MommySteph2009

We still have 1 nap, but I hear all kids are different.  DS used to take 2, one around 9-10 am and another around 3, when we dropped to 1 nap, we made it around 1, but at times he'll fall asleep before noon.

If he falls asleep in the car, if possible, I shoosh him while sneaking into the house and we keep a noise machine on when he sleeps, I try and flip it on before laying him down.  Sometimes this works, sometimes it doesn't.