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Can we talk about naps?

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I don't think I am alone here (at least I hope) but Harry refuses to nap. I have tried everything and read pretty much every book I can on the subject - I spent the my maternity leave trying to get him to nap. If I do get him to sleep the second I try and put him down he wakes up. On the rare occasion he stays asleep that only lasts for 15 minutes.

Everything I have read says he should be taking 2-3 2 hour naps a day - Ha!!. He sleeps well at night, going down without a fight at 8:30 then waking up a 2 and then 5:30. Once in a blue moon he will miss the 2 feeding. I think he is a wonderful night sleeper regardless of him not napping so I have pretty much given up on him.

I guess I am not looking for advice on how to get him to nap, but maybe some encouragement/empathy that I am not alone?? He starts daycare next week and they promise me they can get him to nap and get him on a nap schedule, but we don't CIO and I told them that isn't acceptable to do at daycare so not to force him. I hope I am not setting him up for being a fussy daycare baby...

Anyone else's LO not nap and thrive in spite of it? Will this change as he gets older?

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  • Mom2anAngel2Mom2anAngel2 member

    We are right there with you too!  He will do 20-30 minutes and then wake up.  We have tried everything (swaddle/no swaddle/RnP/crib/on us...evem on his belly...I know, I know, but we were dwsperate).  He did sleep for an hour on his bell

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  • orangegogglesorangegoggles member
    Ahhh naps. I have been having huge problems with naps. At first he wouldn't go down at all. Then u shortened his wake time to only an hour. He goes down fairly quickly now but he will only sleep at most a half hour to 40 minutes. A lot of times it's even
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  • melly918melly918 member
    My kids do not nap in their cribs at this age.  I think DS was closer to six or nine months when he had a set morning and afternoon nap.  He and DD basically nap in the swing and there is no consistent time of the day or number of naps that they
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  • Junebug060609Junebug060609 member
    My kid has never been a good napper. 3040 mins was our avg at that age. I felt like I was constantly trying to get him down.

    It's gotten sort of better. He now can put himself down and is down twice a day for about an hour.

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  • 4legsRbest4legsRbest member
    Thanks ladies! I didn't figure I was alone. I heard it gets better as they get older, but my sister has a 3 year old who sleeps less than Harry!! Yikes!

    He is usually in a good mood so I have chosen not to engage in this battle...
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    #1 BFP 1/10/11; missed m/c discovered 7w5d
    IF Dx: Endo, hetero MTHFR mutation, poor morphology
    #1 IUI: 1/18/12 = BFN
    #1 IVF/ICSI 4/2/12 = 2 x 7-cell and 1 x 5-cell transferred (3dt) = BFP!!
    H was born at 41w2d on 12/29/12 - be still my heart!
    #2 IVF/ICSI 1/19/14 = 2 x 8 cells transferred (3dt) = BFP!! EDD 10/09/14
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  • tetiananinatetiananina member
    Jackson naps when he wants to nap. He's a fussy pants if he doesn't. But we've got him on a night routine. He's asleep around 745815 wakes up every 3 hours to eat but isn't really ready to be up til 7308.

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    Jackson naps when he wants to nap. He's a fussy pants if he doesn't. But we've got him on a night routine. He's asleep around 745 wakes up every 3 hours to eat but isn't really ready to be up til 730.

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  • csquared426csquared426 member

    My DD is a terrible napper and always has been - even now she only takes 1-2 30 minute naps per day. She sleeps really well at night, but gets super cranky in the afternoon, and anytime she is in the car she falls asleep. I was hoping that being at day

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  • kpowers982kpowers982 member

    Dude you are SO not alone.  T is a willful little creature and napping is just not part of her daytime agenda - and she's 2 days older than your little guy.  You can tell she gets drowsy but she fights it hardcore.  I've tried just about

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  • MickeyM04MickeyM04 member

    ARGH!  I just realized I owe you an email.  I suck.

     Anyway, naps get MUCH better as they get older.  Trying to remember back to those early sleepless days, J would usually nap like 2-3 times a day, but they were totally incon

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    Dude you are SO not alone.  T is a willful little creature and napping is just not part of her daytime age

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  • hooligans4hooligans4 member

    not all children nap the same.  my kids never napped but the children i watch are on wonderful nap schedules.  let daycare do their magic.  if your son is tired he will nap, if not he will learn that naptime  is quiet time and he wi

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