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How did you know LO was ready for 1 nap?

GingerBabyJGingerBabyJ member
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J used to take a morning nap and an afternoon nap. She has refused her afternoon nap for over a week. She just stays in her crib until she is over it, and then she finally starts crying so i go get her. I was thinking maybe she is ready for one nap. But by 9:30 am she is a mess, she needs her morning nap still.

Do you think she is ready to drop a nap and I should keep her awake till after lunch so she can get a good afternoon nap? Or do you think it is because she is getting molars, and she still needs two naps?

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Re: How did you know LO was ready for 1 nap?

  • groovygrlgroovygrl member

    well, that is tough if she is ready at 930 for a nap. could you try pushing it to 1030 rather than all the way to afternoon to see how that goes and maybe do an early bedtime at like 600/630?

    we did 1 nap not by choice b/c the young toddler room at daycare does one nap and I was dreading the transition but they did great with it (and they're badddd sleepers in general), but they do an 11-1 nap at that age (12-18 mo), then the later afternoon nap comes in the older room.  

    GL! 

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  • GingerBabyJGingerBabyJ member
    This is what I figured and tried to keep her up till after lunch, but by 9:15 she is crying and throwing fits and even hitting me because she wants to go upstairs. (which is milk/nap time)
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  • chloephoebecalichloephoebecali member
    imageGingerBabyJ:

    J used to take a morning nap and an afternoon nap. She has refused her afternoon nap for over a week. She just stays in her crib until she is over it, and then she finally starts crying so i go get her. I was thinking maybe she is ready for one nap. But by 9:30 am she is a mess, she needs her morning nap still.

    Do you think she is ready to drop a nap and I should keep her awake till after lunch so she can get a good afternoon nap? Or do you think it is because she is getting molars, and she still needs two naps?

    That is what DD was doing so we switched to one nap.  I think she is ready.  For about a week she went down for that one nap at different times because she was still adjusting.  I was trying to figure out the "right" time.  Some days she had lunch before going down, and others she just went down (not interested in food before nap).  It was a long morning for both of us until she adjusted.  Now we do our best to get some kind of lunch in before nap and it seems to work.  GL!

    Anna Kate 10.17.2009 Alexander 6.10.2011 Baby Girl 6.2014
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  • lighthousenightlighthousenight

    When LO started to refuse an afternoon nap we dropped it, but she couldn't handle being awake so long between the morning nap and bedtime.  So, we found that driving her in the car would put her to sleep in the afternoon.  It wasn't ideal, but it worked to get her a short nap in the afternoon and help get her through the long stretch until bedtime.

    Then, one day, she just stayed awake through her morning nap time, took a nap at 12 and never looked back.  She's taken only one nap ever since.

    One sleep book I have (No Cry Nap Solution I think) says that they might go on a nap strike at anytime for any reason and might pick it back up on their own.  It could happen for teething or growth or mastering a new skill.   

    Good luck.  Naps are so tricky sometimes. 

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