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If your 14/15 month old still naps 2X a day...

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My DS was down to one nap a day at this age, but DD still needs two.  Lately though, her second nap seems to be at all different times, so I'm wondering how long most babies go between the 1st and 2nd naps, so I can adjust her to a better schedule.

She usually wakes up between 6:00 and 6:30 and stays up until 8:40 (that's when we get in the car to take DS to preschool....she falls asleep in the car).  She naps until 10:00. Her second nap used to be from 1:00 until 2:00/2:30, but lately she resists falling asleep at 1:00,  so I think her 2nd nap time needs some tweaking. 

How long does your LO stay up between each nap?

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Re: If your 14/15 month old still naps 2X a day...

  • memali26memali26 member
    DD wakes around 6:30, naps around 9 or 10 AM for about 1-2 hours. Then she goes down again around 3 or 4 PM for another 1-2 hours and is in bed at 8 PM. She's awake at least 3 hours in between naps, usually 4. I tend to watch her more than the clock. If I try too early she won't sleep, if I try to late she'll sleep but not long enough. There are occasionally days where she only gets one nap, either because she slept in in the morning or just was stubborn and wouldn't sleep or because our plans for the day required a tweak of her schedule. As long as we don't do that more than once a week she does well.
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  • Amy&AndyAmy&Andy
    My 16 month old still takes two naps...he's usually up around 7 and then napping by 9:30 or 10. He generally takes pretty long morning naps, some are 2 hours or more. Then he will take his second nap around 2 or 3. Typically that's only an hour. Some days that switches and he will take a short morning nap, and really long afternoon nap....He's all over the board though. Maybe when he drops one it will become more consistent. In general though, it seems like he needs to have a total of about 3 hours of nap time in order to not be a hot mess in the evening.
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  • MrsWindyCityMrsWindyCity member

    Usually 3 hours between naps. Typically his naps are at about 9:30 and at about 2:00. If he's been up less than 3 hours, he won't nap.

    But lately he's been skipping his pm nap from time to time because  his am one has been running longer (and I don't want to give  him a nap at 4, because then he'll be up really late). On those days, though, he is really exhausted by bedtime. 

    It would be better if he dropped  his morning nap or at least pushed it way back but he reallllllly needs that nap, and early, because he's a very early riser. 

     

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  • jenkmjenkm

    My twin 14 month olds sleep from 7pm to 7am.  They nap at 11am, and again at 4 pm (short, and one is starting to fiight this one). 

    I'd start slowly moving the morning nap a little later, but definitely do the same with the afternoon.  I'd shoot for closer to 3pm.

    GL!

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  • DMacGDMacG
    My son is up between 5:30-6am, usually goes down for his first nap around 10am, and then his 2nd nap around 3. He's really good at letting us know when he wants to sleep though, we don't force a certian time on him otherwise he won't go down.
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