Dropping the nap?

bumpuser9524622 · July 2013

My LO turned 2 in May. The last week or two, she has been refusing to nap. She'll just talk and sing to herself for however long we leave her in the crib, but she won't fall asleep. I thought that toddles didn't start dropping the nap until 3 or 4. Could it just be a phase? Did anyone else's LOs go through this?

bluejetta · July 2013

I'm lurking since mine is almost 2. I've heard/read that around 2 many kids temporarily give up naps / protest naps. Some will drop them permanently but may will return to napping if you keep up a nap routine/perhaps adjust schedule a bit and just keep putting her down even if she doesn't fall asleep.

bumpuser9524622 · July 2013

I'm going to keep my fingers crossed that it's temporary. Thanks for giving me some hope!

ETA: Meant to quote bluejetta.

bumpuser9524622 · July 2013

mainerocks:
My LO naps like a champ at daycare, but we cannot get him to fall asleep on weekends at home for nap time (this was fine until big boy bed came along). We literally drive him around for nap time on Sat. and Sun. It's so ridiculous, but it's the only thing that works and he is definitely a mess by evening if he skips it.

Oh no, I'm sorry to hear that. I can't imagine how much you must spend on gas! At least you've found a way to get him to nap, but I'm sure it's no fun for you.

dairygirl19 · July 2013

My kid took this up about a week and a half ago. She also pushes back at bedtime lately and can't figure out what time she wants up in the morning either. I let her work that out on her own and it got much better fast.

Today, she's on hour 3.5 of her nap She's catching up from lack of sleep I think.

I just kept consistent with the nap routine. She could play, read, cry whatever in her crib but she had to stay there for an hour minimum. 5 days she did really good just playing/talking to herself and then she'd fall asleep for about a 1/2 hour.

The other one she pretty much whined that whole hour, but I'm glad she stuck with it. The 7th day she actually napped for that hour.

My pedi did say some kids do give up nap early, and I'd know if she was ready or it's just a phase. She's not ready. She's a mess by 4pm without a nap so that's why I stuck with it. If nothing else, downtime is good for everyone.

bumpuser9524622 · July 2013

mainerocks:
sunnydaysarehere:
mainerocks:
My LO naps like a champ at daycare, but we cannot get him to fall asleep on weekends at home for nap time (this was fine until big boy bed came along). We literally drive him around for nap time on Sat. and Sun. It's so ridiculous, but it's the only thing that works and he is definitely a mess by evening if he skips it.
Oh no, I'm sorry to hear that. I can't imagine how much you must spend on gas! At least you've found a way to get him to nap, but I'm sure it's no fun for you.
Sorry, I should have specified that we drive him around until he passes out, then we transfer him inside to his bed and he sleeps for 3 hours. So it isn't so bad. A 15 min. drive in the car and then we get 3 hours of peace and quiet )

Well, that makes more sense. I guess that I just assumed that you had to drive around the whole time because my DD will not transfer from car to crib. I'm jealous!

momofmanyinthemitten · July 2013

DD hasn't napped since she turned 2 in Dec. I was having to physically hold her down in order for her to fall asleep for the 2 mos preceding that. Once DS was born, when she was 25 mos, I gave up trying. She has quiet time in her room for about an hour in the morning while I shower, and again for a bit in the afternoon.

bgf1 · July 2013

My son had a nap strike at 2. After several miserable weeks I pushed nap time back to 1:00. I just made sure he was up my 3:00 so bedtime wasn't a wash. Now at almost 2.75 years he is striking again. I am enforcing write time but I think he maybe done napping. He is a bear after 3 pm and tonight was in bed by 6:30, but inspite of all my best efforts he hasn't napped more than twice on the last two weeks.

BelhurstBride · July 2013

DD has gone through phases where naps were difficult, but always rebounds to napping.

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