When did your LO start 1 nap a day?

CaitlinJ22 · March 2011

I think F was down to one nap at 12 months, but E seems totally fighting her afternoon nap the past few days. I am thinking of trying for one nap...but she is 9 months and it seems early. Plus I had them on a good schedule and they both napped at the same time in the afternoon....

anyone's LO give up their second nap earlier than a yr?

trinny · March 2011

It seemed like it happened when she moved up to the waddler room at 10m. They only have 1 nap per day, so she would nap 11-1 or 2.

Sometimes DS only naps 1x per day, but he's pretty cranky by the end of the day and will snooze for 20 min around 5 pm. Those days are tough!

Honestly my 2 y.o. gets more sleep than he does. I think his schedule is just all over the place-- I'd be glad for 1 long nap per day!

CaitlinJ22 · March 2011

I know, my 2 yo would sleep from 2 until 5 if I let him!

She just fell asleep while rolling around in her crib, I think she is at that age where the ability to move is making her want to be up all the time!

thanks!

AshleyNLove · March 2011

We started the transition to one nap around 17 months...and he was on one nap at 18 months...sometimes he NEEDED a morning nap, so he would take two, but by 21 months months, he was totally on one nap.

cjsbdl · March 2011

11 months

lkf041 · March 2011

My DD gave up two naps months ago! It was a struggle to get her down in the morning so I just gave that nap up. They both nap in the afternoon for 2-3 hours.

KimW · March 2011

Between 11 and 12 months. #2 is almost 9 months and is still napping 3 times a day!

HarrietNJMommy · March 2011

B went to 1 nap at 13 months.

E and L went to 1 nap at 8 months because of our schedule.......

gobigblue · March 2011

DD went to 1 nap at 16-17 mos. DS is 13 mos and still at 2 naps ALTHOUGH he was taking one 3 hr nap for about a week a couple wks ago. that was obviously just a phase as he's back to 2. E might just be having an off couple days. she might go back to her "normal" in a week or so.

bulldog_mama23 · March 2011

Not my DD! She just started one nap a day at 20 months but still has the random 2 naps a day. DS has less naps than she did at this age so I think he will probably be down to 1 nap a day at an earlier age.

ldoo · March 2011

CaitlinJ22:
I think F was down to one nap at 12 months, but E seems totally fighting her afternoon nap the past few days. I am thinking of trying for one nap...but she is 9 months and it seems early. Plus I had them on a good schedule and they both napped at the same time in the afternoon....
anyone's LO give up their second nap earlier than a yr?

9 months is pretty young. I would just try adjusting the naps a bit. For example, DD#1 was taking good morning naps but also fighting her afternoon nap. So we either started her morning nap earlier so she'd be more tired by the afternoon, or we cut her morning nap short (woke her after an hour or so) so she'd be more tired by the afternoon.

It worked. She now naps for about 1hr-90min. in the morning and still takes a good afternoon nap. On the days she takes like a 2hr morning nap, afternoon naps are a challenge. But we just let her wait till later to take that nap and if it's too late in the day, I cut it short so she'll be ready for bed at her normal time.

Hope that helps!