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Nap or lack there of

JennaNAaronJennaNAaron member
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LO #1 has recently stopped napping.  No matter how much activity we do in the morning he just won't nap.  He'll sit in his room and read, talk to himself, run around for two hours, but no napping.   He was napping fine at daycare, but I'm sure that's because everyone else was too.  I'm a teacher and I'm off for the summer.   He still goes 3 days a week just in the morning, but still won't nap at home.

 The issue is that he NEEDS a nap.  He becomes a terror when his "quiet time" is over (hitting, biting, throwing things, screaming, climbing and jumping off everything, screaming).  Obviously he's two and some of this behavior is "normal," but it's really out of control in the afternoons.  We put him to bed early, but I can't put him to bed at 5.  Ideas?  Advice?  Will his body eventually regulate and adjust to not napping?

~*Jenna*~


TTC since November 2009.

Currently licensed foster parents with the hope of adopting!  Also pursuing pregnancy through IUI!  First IUI scheduled 10/3/13


Currently loving our placements:

A 1/08

C 4/11

K 6/12


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  • cpmichcpmich member
    What is he doing during quiet time? If he is watching tv or otherwise intellectually stimulated, it doesn't count as quiet time. If he has been hanging out staring at a clock for an hour and a half without dozing off, I am surprised he is not rested.

    From your post, he is running around and playing... Not quiet time.
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  • logoz80logoz80
    My daughter did this briefly too. I had to lay down with her a few times and then she started napping again. Good luck
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  • memali26memali26 member
    My older DD went through that phase at almost the exact same age your LO is now. It lasted a few weeks and was rough, but then one day she suddenly went back to napping as usual. I'm still not sure what happened, but it was a phase that passed on it's own. 
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    My DD stopped napping shortly before she turned 2 1/2 and never looked back. She was a disaster in the evening for about 2 weeks and now makes it the whole day and is totally fine all 13 hours....

    I on the other hand really miss the naps. We don't do quiet time either.

    This did fix nighttime issues we were having so it was worth it but man I miss naptime.

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  • chardonnay24chardonnay24 member

    Mine stopped napping about the same age and it lasted about 3 months. I would put him in his room with the lights off and he would play with his toys (not always quietly). It was brutal - he still needed the nap. I haven't done anything differently, but he started napping again about 3 weeks ago and he is now back to napping every day.

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  • bluejettabluejetta member
    I lurk here as DD approaches age 2. We've often had some night/nap challenges and I don't know if you subscribe to development leaps / sleep regressions but there is apparently some sort of one around age 2 that leads many/some kids to resist or refuse naps for a few weeks or so.  Clearly some kids give them all together at that point and others return to napping.  I don't look forward to this but anticipate we'll hit it and I'd probably do my best to ride it out and continue with nap/quiet time for a few weeks and see if the naps return.
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  • JennaNAaronJennaNAaron member

    imagecpmich:
    What is he doing during quiet time? If he is watching tv or otherwise intellectually stimulated, it doesn't count as quiet time. If he has been hanging out staring at a clock for an hour and a half without dozing off, I am surprised he is not rested. From your post, he is running around and playing... Not quiet time.

     

    The only things in his room are a couple books and a couple stuffed toys.  He does not stay in his bed though.  He gets up and wanders around, tries to take the mattress off the bed, etc.  He's very busy.  Even when he stays in the bed he's singing and talking.  We tried taking the books out, but then he was trying to dump out his dresser drawers.  I'm hoping it's just a phase.

    ~*Jenna*~


    TTC since November 2009.

    Currently licensed foster parents with the hope of adopting!  Also pursuing pregnancy through IUI!  First IUI scheduled 10/3/13


    Currently loving our placements:

    A 1/08

    C 4/11

    K 6/12


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