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Its nap time and she's not remotely tired.

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A took a huge, early nap this morning.  It was two hours today and usually it is 1 hour.  She took it 2 hours earlier than usual because she was exhausted.  Then she fell asleep for 15 minutes in the car on the way home from lunch and I don't know if that threw her off or what.  Yesterday at school she refused her afternoon nap and right now she is crying into the monitor because she wasn't tired when I put her down.  I am going in at intervals.

Is she dropping her second nap already?  Surely not.  I guess if she is its a good thing, though, because they are about to move her up to the next class in daycare and they only do 1 nap from 12-2.

Do you generally still attempt the nap when they aren't showing signs of being tired, even though you know they need it?

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  • michelleaxomichelleaxo
    I think Gracie went through that stage for about a month or so and then went back to two naps. She didn't fully move to one nap a day until about 20 months old or so.
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  • rssnlvrrssnlvr
    Ah, the 15-min "nap killer" in the car. I hate the nap killer.
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  • ditzydi_2000ditzydi_2000

    Maybe?  DS dropped his second nap after a year and shortened them to an hour on weekdays and has 3 hour napathons on the weekends.

     

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  • mrs.wildmanmrs.wildman member

    imagerssnlvr:
    Ah, the 15-min "nap killer" in the car. I hate the nap killer.

    MEEEE TOOOO. You should see me poking DD on a ride home that's anywhere near naptime. The car puts her to sleep without fail and I'll be damned if a commute ruins naptime!

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  • Mrs.TalalaMrs.Talala member
    A dropped to one nap at 12 months.  This coincided with her moving up classes in daycare where they do one nap from 12-2.  I thought there was no way she would be ready for it but she switched quickly and the new schedule works well for her.  We try to do the same nap on weekends but it doesn't always work out; so she occasionally has a later short nap.   I miss the extra nap on the weekends!  Only thing else I have noticed is she has been going to bed about 30 minutes earlier than before dropping a nap.
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  • molliedbmolliedb

    annie did one nap today b/c i had to be at kevin's office with her for a few hours this morning.  she zonked from 12-3 solid.  i'd be happy if she did that every day, but most mornings she really still needs her morning nap.

     

    if alice makes a habit of doing that, i'd wake her up in the morning after an hour and progressively make it shorter.  i find it better in personal experience for the bigger nap to be later in the day and to help them drop the morning nap.

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  • MrsAJLMrsAJL member

    imagerssnlvr:
    Ah, the 15-min "nap killer" in the car. I hate the nap killer.

    This always gets us too. Mostly with Ben, but now with Molly. It's usually the kiss of death for our afternoon naps.

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  • SinafeySinafey member

    Catie dropped her afternoon nap at 11 months, so it's certainly possible.  I tried putting her down for it even when she obviously wasn't tired, but it always ended in misery for both of us so I gave up after a couple of weeks.

    And I totally agree about the nap-killer.  If she falls asleep in the car I'm screwed, no matter how short the nap was.   

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