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How did you transition to 1 nap?

GuitaristsGirlGuitaristsGirl
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With DS I'm thinking he went to 1 nap around 13 months. . . but, honestly. . . daycare really took care of it.  I have no idea "how," and I'm sure he continued to have more than 1 on the weekends with us if we were out and about or etc. (both of my kids like to sleep in the car).

DD is now coming up on 13 months, so I'm wondering what to do (assuming I recall correctly and this is an appropriate time to be thinking about this).  Selfishly, I'd love for them to nap at the same time.  (But of course I'm not going to "make" her drop a nap if she's not ready.)

Anyway, what do you do? Just power through/ distract them/ entertain them through their usual morning nap?  DD isn't on a "schedule" but does usually drift off sometime in the morning between 9 and 10.  Most often she sleeps in the car, though, so I'm wondering if any "powering through" would require us to stay home for many days on end (and then what?)

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Re: How did you transition to 1 nap?

  • dana316dana316 member

    I just tried to power through...and then moved the afternoon nap earlier...like to right after lunch.  As soon as she ate, I'd put her down.

    Then, when we were successfully transitioned, I started pushing it back to a time that was good for us.  Around 1:15 or so, we head to bed.

     

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  • wiscgirl95wiscgirl95 member

    I followed the power through/distraction method but only after trying to get her down for her 2 naps was pure torture for a few weeks.  I didn't chose to switch at 13 months because she was 13 months, KWIM?  It took 1-2 weeks to get good with it.  I started taking her to library hours or running to target during her morning nap time so if she was really tired then she could catch a few zzzzzz's in the car.  It worked for us.  We only had one set back after a couple weeks when Vivi got a nasty cold and went back to 2 naps for about a week. 

    Good luck!

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  • Dragonfly1226Dragonfly1226 member
    There was a week straight when P refused to sleep for a morning nap. On those days I just put him down for an afternoon nap at 1:00 and he would take a long nap. For the next two days after that week he went down for an hour morning nap but then refused to sleep in the afternoon. After that we went to one nap a day and just powered through until 1:00. We usually do morning activities around town so he is usually busy until we come home for lunch. He adjusted pretty quickly to the new schedule.
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  • LIAngelLIAngel member

    I transitioned Ava right before her first birthday.  She was taking too long to go down for her morning nap.  I'd put her down at 9:30 and she wouldn't fall asleep til 10:15. She'd sleep til Noonish and then of course she wouldn't want to go down for her afternoon nap at 1:30 (which is when Nicholas takes his).   Soooo I just started keeping her up and now I put her down around 1ish.  If it's a school day for Nicholas, she'll get put down around 1:30, 1:45 since that's when we typically get home.   

    A typical non school day schedule for her (and Nicholas) would be: 

    7:30/8:00- wake up and have breakfast

    Then playtime for an hour or whatever while I clean up from breakfast. 

    We all go upstairs around  so I can shower and we all get dressed.  Then I do chores upstairs. Laundry or straighten up or whatever while they play or follow me from room to room.

    12:00/12:30 -Lunchtime

    1:00- Ava naptime.  

    She seems to do fine with the one nap.   She does go to bed earlier though now. It used to be 8:00 bedtime, now she wants to be in bed by 7:00.   

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  • GuitaristsGirlGuitaristsGirl

    Humm...  Thanks for the responses, ladies.  It sounds like I might have created my own problem because we always go out every morning. And, I'm not sure she'll ever be able to resist the hum of the car, kwim?  (Even if she would be fine without a nap at home).  (I wouldn't care that she falls asleep in the car except that it cuts down on the length of her afternoon nap so that she ends up with, like, a 15 minute nap in the car and a 40 minute nap at home. Even if she's okay like that I'd sure love a bigger chunk of time with her asleep at home!)

    Jealous of those of you who went out as a way to keep them awake!  Not my girl ;)

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  • cjsbdlcjsbdl member
    Both off my kids also like to sleep in the car. We never go out around naptime. Naps have just always been the priority here. If we go anywhere in the mornings it is always somewhere close so that I don't chance her falling asleep in the car...otherwise that is the only nap she gets for the day. I know we are not the norm, but we have always planned activities around naptime, not the other way around. But both of mine NEED quality naps, and I figure this is a very short period of time in their lives. It does mean that we are confined to the house a lot, but we make it work. :)  
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