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18 month napping problem: long with details...

marym94marym94 member
in Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months
Hi ladies,
my son has never been a great napper (always slept well at night- but the day time has almost always been somewhat of a struggle).  I am desperate to get him to nap - for the last 8 days I implemented a nap routine (lunch, followed by a show on the iPad, followed by "i love you, its time for your nap now) and then leaving him in his crib.  We start talking about his "routine" while he is eating lunch - reminding him that next we will watch Sid (the show on the iPad) and then its time for a nap.  We have not broken this in 8 days.  The first day he cried and slept off and on for 2.5 hrs.  He would lie down for 15 min cry 10 min over and over. The 2nd day he cried 10 min and then slept for 2 hrs. The 3rd day he cried for 2 min and slept for 1 hr 45 min. The 4th day he cried for 45 min and went off and hour for the remainder of the time. the 5th & 6th day he did the same thing - yesterday he cried off and on the entire time with no napping and the same thing is happening right now..... as i type this.   He will lie down and be quiet for 5-20 min and then cry for 5-20 min and repeat over and over for 2 hrs.  He is so tired - i know this would be hard bc he is so much older - but 8 days? with regression? any help or advice would be VERY appreciated! Poor guy is so sleepy!
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  • marym94marym94 member
    Thanks! We have always rocked him and that has worked off and on, but recently he just fought it and that when we decided we needed to make a change.  The TV point is a good one - its the only 15 -20 min of TV he watches (and its brand new to him - never watched TV before) so maybe that's part of the problem.  My friend has an awesome napper and thats what they do, so I tried it.  He reads books so much during the day that I wanted to do something very different from his other activities so that it clearly was a new routine for him to signal the nap.... but obviously it is not working....
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  • pb_bridepb_bride member
    As PP said, are you putting him down at the right time for his nap?  How much does he sleep overnight? What time does he wake up and what time is nap time?

    Also, you said this is a new nap routine for the past 8 days.  What has he been doing nap-wise prior to this?
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