What are naps like these days?

--halo--

I haven't been around much lately and I'm missing my bump mamas and the great source for advice!  

What are your Dec LO's naps like now?  Jack has been waking up regularly at 7am, going down for a nap at 10am and sleeping for 2-3 hours for months now.  But in the past week he's had 3 days where he just was NOT tired and didn't nap all day.  Today was one of those days, and I'm exhausted. (I know, you mamas with new LO's are rolling your eyes at me. lol)

It seems like a lot of activities for toddlers in my area are in the morning when J is usually napping, which makes me wonder if most toddlers are napping in the afternoon.  Is it time to switch him to an afternoon nap instead?  What do you do?

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Naps here are a flipping joke.  Sometimes we have success if I lay down with her, which is OK for me being tired.  Most times, it's in the car & then on me.   We are having some issues at night too.  Blargh. 

lrn327

Good to see you here!  C wakes around 6:30/7am but normally isn't tired yet in the late AM so he eats lunch around noon and then naps at 12:30pm.  This is the schedule DC follows so we do the same.  They wake them at 2:30pm but we let him sleep.  He normally goes to 3/3:30pm at home.  Maybe just try after lunch? Mamas need those naps too!  

klinky

V *just started having just 1 nap per day, so I think we might be different.

She normally wakes around 9am (sometimes later).  I feed her lunch around 11:30-12, and try to really fill her before I give her some milk and then nap before 1ish.  She usually sleeps 2 1/2-3 hours.

 

--halo--

We've always had a nice routine for naps and bedtime, and we haven't changed anything recently.  The last thing I do before I put him in his bed is nurse him and he gets all sleepy and has no problem going to sleep.  He has a cousin that completely stopped taking naps around the time she turned 2 and I am hoping this doesn't end up that way!!

TMNTgirl

Jonny wakes up at 6 or 630am and takes a nap around 1pm for 2 to 3 hours. He goes to bed around 730pm lately.

Most toddlers I know seem to take one long nap right after lunch.

jnicolen1

O wakes between 6:307. He goes down for a nap around 11:3012 and sleeps 1.53 hours. Then down for the night between 77:30.
We just started pushing his nap. He used to go down right at 11 but his nap started getting shorter and I felt like there was too much awake time before bed.

Cheekers2010

About 68 months ago I pushed Gray's nap to 1pm. I really wanted it to be after lunch. But, in the last month he's been getting soooo tired at around 11:30 that I've moved it back up to between 11:3012:00. He usually sleeps for 1.52.5 hours.

JoJoMama730

lrn327:

Good to see you here! nbsp;C wakes around 6:30/7am but normally isn't tired yet in the late AM so he eats lunch around noon and then naps at 12:30pm. nbsp;This is the schedule DC follows so we do the same. nbsp;They wake them at 2:30pm but we let him sleep. nbsp;He normally goes to 3/3:30pm at home. nbsp;Maybe just try after lunch? Mamas need those naps too! nbsp;

Us exactly too, except napping more than an hour and a half at home rarely happens. She's always slept better at daycare.

msualum96

R is a great napper and has been in a routine for a while, he hasn't had a morning nap since about a year old.  He's up between 7-8am, then naps from 1-4ish.   The kid takes after his parents and LOVES to sleep!  LOL 

ChicagoBroad26

Ditto pp! Try and push the nap later until after lunch! Ava wakes up around 7:30 then goes down between 12-12:30 and sleeps anywhere from 1.5-2.5 hours. She's in bed by 7 each night. 

M&S07

During the week J wakes up around 6 and takes a minimum of 2 hour nap at daycare starting around 1215. Weekends... ugh. Wakes up around 6 or 630, we play or run errands then lunch. I start the process around 1215 or 1230. By start the process I mean: take her to her room (which she starting crying right as soon as we start up the steps), put her in her bed and she proceeds to climb out and stand at the door screaming for 45 minutes to an hour then she'll climb in bed and sleep for 2 hours. I hate weekend nap time.

missmuffin87

Wake up: 7:30am

Nap: 11:00-3:30/4 pm

Bedtime: 8pm 

kj07

B's usually up around 6-6:20am.  He has lunch around 11:30 and then goes down for his nap between 12-12:30 (closer to 12 is better).  His nap is usually between 1.5-2 hours.  We start the bedtime routine around 7 and he's usually in his crib by 7:30.  The lunch/nap schedule is the same that daycare uses.

Strunella

We also do an afternoon nap after lunch.  DS will nap from about 1:00 - 3:00 or even later, if we're lucky.  Bed time is 8:00 or so.

EVM1216

During the week DD wakes up at 7:15, has lunch at 11 and nap time starts at 11:30.

At home on the weekends DD usually wakes up at 8, we have lunch at 11:30 and I put her down for her nap around 12.  (I would keep her DC schedule, but Caillou is on from 11-12 and she KNOWS this.  I don't know how she tells time, but she KNOWS.  And mommy CAN NOT interfere with Caillou time.  She can eat while watching, but no nap can be attempted until Caillou is over. ) 

Typically she sleeps from 2-3 hours.

Rink08

DS2 wakes up at 6:30, morning nap at 9:30 until 10:30, afternoon nap at 2 until 4. We're pretty flexible with naps though. We're in a moms group and will rearrange naps around the get togethers.

enjoylife

A wakes up between 6 and 7 in the morning and we do lunch around 12 and to his room for naptime at 1230 or 1245. Sometimes he falls asleep right away other times not til 130 if he is reading his books. He naps til 3 and bedtime is 8.

Sonadora

She naps noon to 3-3:30 on the weekends and usually plays quietly in her crib until 4.  It seems like she really needs the nap and the quiet time after a week at daycare.

At daycare I'm lucky if she naps 1.5 hours and she is a cranky beast all night.

tiffanyp

Avery wakes up around 6:30 or 7 and she naps from about 1 to 4:00p. She's been going to bed close to 9p since her nap has been so long. I definitely think 10 a.m. is too early for a one nap schedule. Avery doesn't nap for me if I put her down too early.

theuntaggablek

S wakes sometime between 5:30-6:15. He naps at about 12:30 or 1 for an hour or 1.5 tops, and goes to bed between 7:30 and 8 PM.

I am so jealous of the long nappers and late sleepers! 

jnicolen1

kenkendra:

S wakes sometime between 5:306:15. He naps at about 12:30 or 1 for an hour or 1.5 tops, and goes to bed between 7:30 and 8 PM.I am so jealous of the long nappers and late sleepers!nbsp;

First of all.. Im also jealous of these four hour naps people are getting! That's wild!
Second... Im sure youve tried by now but does putting him to bed a tiny bit earlier help him sleep later?
6:15 seems normal.. But 5:30?? That's what o does when he's overtired. Of course I guess some children are just earlybirds.

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He had been doing so well on this schedule that I am anxious about changing it. But it seems like its pretty normal for the nap to be more in the middle of awake time during the day. Which makes complete sense. I think I'll try pushing it back this weekend when DH is here to back me up. Thanks for all the info!

pitterpatter129

Nate goes to nap around 11:30 (I think they do 12:00 at daycare) and sleeps about an hour.  Every once in awhile we have  "No Nap Nate" day, which was common when he was tiny and the nickname was born.    He usually goes down fine and sleeps well though.  I know the days he doesn't sleep well at nap, nights are rough and the days he doesn't sleep well at night, naps are rough.  He basically needs an 11-12 hour night and 1 hour nap to function as a human.  Naptime and bedtime is sacred around here because of that.  I can tell the days he didn't nap at daycare because he'll have a pacifier when I get there and his teacher will have a hagrid look to her.

 

 

bosha711

I can only dream that DS would ever take a 2-3 hr nap!

He wakes at 6 am, naps approx 11:30-12:30 & goes to sleep at 7:30-7:45 PM.

It's frustrating b/c I know he's tired at that time b/c if he doesn't nap he will be falling asleep in his booster seat eating lunch. But yet, if I wait till after lunch to nap him, he still doesn't sleep any longer than an hour. 

Sometimes he only naps like 45 min!

If my MIL is watching him, sometimes she can get him to take another hour long nap in the afternoon, but I don't let him sleep past 4 PM or else he'll be wired at bedtime.

JLSmith124

Naps are still pretty regular at our house luckily. He wakes up between 6:30-7:30 and goes down for a nap around 12:30 after lunch and sleeps for a good 2 to 2 1/2 hours.

Sleeping through the night however? That is a whole different story