if your 3 yr old still naps what time is nap and bedtime?

starlite24

my 3 yr old can not make it to bedtime without a nap. he will have major melt downs unless he naps. Problem is, he is not ready for a nap till 2pm. He will sleep from 2-5 unless i wake him, if i wake him he will be a monster. We try for a 8 30 bedtime but that dont work if he sleeps till 5. He gets up no later then 7 30 each morning. so whats ur day look like?

roxy_jj

Some days DS will nap and some days he won't.  He definitely needs one, he also has lots of meltdowns if he doesn't nap.  On the days he does nap it's at 1:00 until about 3:00.  He goes to bed around 8:00. 

mrsjones06

DS is almost 4 & still naps. He's pretty flexible depending on what we have going on so he can be ready for a nap anywhere from 12:30-2 & he'll sleep 2-3 hours. He's woken up at 5 before & still gone to bed by 8 or 8:30. His usual bedtime is 8 & he's up by 7 on a sleeping-in day. (He goes to daycare part time & gets up at 6:20 on those days.) I never wake him unless we have a commitment to be somewhere & I can't schedule nap around it.

mrsseguin

DS still naps.  We follow his DC schedule.  Nap is 11:30-1:30-2.  Bedtime is 8:30.  You'd never think he was tired only 4 hours after he woke up but he goes down great for a nap.  If he gets up later than 2:30, he goes to bed later, like 9 or so.

DTNZ4Ever

12:15/30-2/2:30 nap time and he goes to bed between 7:30/8.

Jen&Len

DS naps from 3-5:30 (it's technically 2-5ish, but it's quiet time that usually ends up in a nap.  So he's up in his room at 2, but usually plays for an hour before falling asleep). Bedtime is usually around 9 and he's up around 7:30-8

RichInLove

wake- 6 am

nap- 1-3 pm

bed- 7:30

asgarrisi

Up at 6:45, nap 12:45-3:30/4:00, bedtime at 7:30/7:45. He has always been a great napper and is very flexible if we have somewhere to go.

RnMom2Be

Up at 6 am

Nap from 1pm-2:30/3PM

Bedtime 7:30-8:00pm

Echowysp

He naps at preschool from 1-3, but he's only there 2 days a week.   He sometimes naps on days he's in the car around lunchtime.

I am torn on if I want him to nap.  He doesn't do quiet time, so it's a nice break.  Plus, his behavior can get rough if he is tired.  But, OTOH, he for sure won't go to bed until 9:30 or so now that it's light out later.  

Quiksilver620

DD can start her nap anywhere between 11:30am - 2:00pm and sleeps for 1 - 2 hours. She is always in her bed at 8:00pm, but sometimes we can hear her reading or talking to herself until about 8:45

stdldb29

Naps around 1, is in bed at 7pm. Gets up around 7am.

bumpuser511563

Wakes up: 6:15-6:30

Naps: 12:30 - 2:30 pm. at daycare (12:00-2:00/2:30 on the weekends and I nap, too)

Bedtime: 8:00 pm.

mavs_girl07

She takes a nap at school, usually from 12-2:00.  Then bedtime is around 8-8:30.  On the weekends when she's at home, she refuses to nap.  On those days we try to get her in bed earlier, like around 7:30.  She wakes up around 6:30am every day, no matter what time she went to bed.

sunnyday016

She'll usually nap for 1-3 hours after lunch, so around 12:30-1pm she goes down. If we have had a really active morning, she'll nap longer. 

Bedtime is at 8pm. We start our bedtime routine at 7:30. 

jenwill

She's starting to not take naps as well as she used to but when she does sleep-her nap is 2ish-5ish. Her bedtime is 9-9:30.

wall0307

He doesn't take a nap everyday, but we wake him up at 6:30, he takes a nap from 1/1:30 - 3:00 (we wake him or daycare wakes him at 3:00), and he's sleeping by 8/8:30 each night.

azaretsky

DS wakes up around 7am, naps 1:30 to 3 - 3:30; goes to bed around 8 / 8:30

aniceucchik

We do a 130-2ish nap until 4-5 and bedtime between 930-10. Up around 7-8a.

brighteyes2123

my husband and i don't allow his 3 y/o daughter to nap when she's with us, because otherwise she won't go to bed at 8! her bedtime with us is 8, as is our son's. we don't know what her mother allows and doesn't allow, but for us it's easier to not allow naps. we try to keep her busy and burn off any engery when we have her also, which then makes it harder to keep her up for bedtime, since she'll be sleepy by 5 or 6, which is when dinner usually is.