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When are they usually ready to drop a nap (3 to 2)

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As in, what age is normal for them to go down to two naps?  What are some of the signs that they are ready?  Claire is 6 months, and we've been averaging 3 naps a day until now, with a 2 hour awake period inbetween.  In the last week or so, I've noticed that she is usually able to go longer (I just put her down now after being up almost 3 hours and she probably could have gone longer).  Also, her naps have been getting shorter.  Are these signs that she could be ready to drop a nap? Thanks!
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Re: When are they usually ready to drop a nap (3 to 2)

  • sunshine723sunshine723
    every baby is different, but DS did this at about 8 months.  around 7 months he started having weird naps.  If it easier for you, you can try and merge the 2nd two naps together to make one long one. 
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  • middlemarch26middlemarch26 member

    Around 8 months or so, DS started really fighting his third nap.  I still put him down for it every day, but if he didn't go to sleep in 30 minutes, I let him get up.  Some days he would take it, some days not.  We did this for a month, and around 9 months he was consistantly not taking it and most of the time not acting like he even needed it anymore, so I quit putting him down at all. 

    Since we cut it out, I've been putting him down later for his second nap (pushing it back 30 minutes or so), and he's been sleeping longer. 

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  • CarolinaDaisyCarolinaDaisy member
    I think we dropped the 3rd nap by 6 months.  Around 6 months, he was getting up around 7am, nap from 9-11, then napping from 1:30 or 2 for around 1.5-2 hrs. Then to bed by 7pm.
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  • Buckets of MoonbeamsBuckets of Moonbeams

    K dropped from 3 to 2 way early on, around 3 months.  She dropped from 2 to 1 last month, so yay for that.  She's always been a very consistent, great sleeper, but she's also always slept only the minimum amount of hours per day for a baby her age.

    One nap is actually pretty awesome- she sleeps 2.5-3 hours in one chunk, so that's good, but it's rough entertaining her for the 7-8 hours she's awake in between sleeping.

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  • uhlerjuhlerj
    I think it was around 9 months for us. Now, she just goes to bed earlier.
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  • LeggyNicLeggyNic member

    imageCarolinaDaisy:
    I think we dropped the 3rd nap by 6 months.  Around 6 months, he was getting up around 7am, nap from 9-11, then napping from 1:30 or 2 for around 1.5-2 hrs. Then to bed by 7pm.

    I feel that we're on our way to something similar.  It all kind of depends on how the other 2 naps go and what we've been doing that day but the 3rd nap is getting less frequent.  (Of course, I say this as DD has been down for a 3rd nap for almost an hour.)

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