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When do naps completely drop?

CindyandScottCindyandScott
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DH mentioned to another dad on Reagan's 3yr soccer team that she was going to nap really well after the game and he looked at him chocked and said there is not way that his daughter would take a nap unless for a really long car ride. At MDO they do not have nap time either in the 3-4 room though she will come home and nap when we get home after 2pm. So when is the norm for them to stop?
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Re: When do naps completely drop?

  • Suzi-G-Suzi-G- member
    I have no idea but I suspect it's very individual and completely depends on the kid.  Cooper has never napped as much as kids his age are "supposed" to, and recently I think he's trying to drop his morning nap.  But my nieces would still take an afternoon nap if given the opportunity, and they're in first grade! 
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  • step2mom2010step2mom2010
    My 15 year old son still comes home after school and takes a nap! So who knows!! He usually sleeps from 3:00 till 5:00 or so.  And still goes to bed at 9.  :) 
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  • CindyandScottCindyandScott

    imagestep2mom2010:
    My 15 year old son still comes home after school and takes a nap! So who knows!! He usually sleeps from 3:00 till 5:00 or so.  And still goes to bed at 9.  :) 

    Ha! That's what my DH told me - that he took a nap til he was 16. 

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  • rayskit10rayskit10 member
    At T's school, all the kids in the class lay down for nap (3-6 years old). Some sleep and some don't, but it's not by age group. It's a very individual thing. My 4 (closer to 5) year old niece still naps for an hour or 2 at least 4 days a week. I have friends whose kids haven't napped since 2. BUT I think it's more the exception than the rule for a 3 yo to not nap.
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  • aprilprincessaprilprincess
    Mine's 4 in december and still naps for  few hours daily. Take it as long as you can IMO!
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  • CindyandScottCindyandScott

    imageaprilprincess:
    Mine's 4 in december and still naps for  few hours daily. Take it as long as you can IMO!

    Oh yes, I will be sad when it's gone. 

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  • WeezersWeezers

    I have no idea about kids, but I'm 33 and I still love naps! I wish the little ones could understood how great naps are.

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  • TexasHarmonyTexasHarmony
    imageWeezers:

    I have no idea about kids, but I'm 33 and I still love naps! I wish the little ones could understood how great naps are.

    THIS!!!

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  • darvadarva
    imageTexasHarmony:
    imageWeezers:

    I have no idea about kids, but I'm 33 and I still love naps! I wish the little ones could understood how great naps are.

    THIS!!!

    Amen!

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  • LisaK2bLisaK2b member

    Her MDO doesn't nap at 3-4 class either and so we try to keep her up afterwards and have her go to bed super early those days (around 7 or 7:30).

    All other days, she still has one nap that can last from one hour to 3 hours.  I guess she would drop her nap once she goes to kindergarten daily? 

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  • sad5781sad5781
    i remember having a nap time in 5yo kindergarten... we all had to buy those blue and red nap mats.  of course, that was 25 years ago....
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  • kreeper611kreeper611 member

    imagesad5781:
    i remember having a nap time in 5yo kindergarten... we all had to buy those blue and red nap mats.  of course, that was 25 years ago....

    We had nap time in kindergarten.  I never actually napped, though.  Instead I got in trouble for talking to my cousin and then telling the teacher it was her fault for putting us next to each other in class.

    A lot of trouble.

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  • starlettedirstarlettedir member
    I quit taking naps before I was a year.  However, I did sleep through the night almost instantly. 
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  • NannerNanner

    Everyone is different.  Hannah stopped napping at 2 1/2, but Sam napped until he was 3 1/2.  (Although he got pretty cranky late at night, he still refused to nap.)

    When Sam was in preschool (age 3-4) in Houston, they had a nap time, but then they also had what they called an "up room," where the kids who didn't nap anymore went to do quiet activities.  Here in Singapore, Hannah's preschool class (age 3-4) just has an hour nap (for those who don't go home at 12), and last year in Sam's pre-K class (age 4-5), they had 30 minute rest time, but no nap time.  This year in kindergarten, no nap time.

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  • TexasSmithTexasSmith
    Natalie dropped her nap right at her 2nd birthday, but I think she was pretty early to do that. So depressing.
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  • houstonkdwhoustonkdw
    Kamryn will be 3 in December and still naps 2 hours everyday.  Kohen will be 5 in May and still naps 2 hours everyday.  I don't plan on making either stop till Kinder if possible.  They are a cranky mess if for some reason we skip a nap due to a vacation, trip, etc.
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