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Is anyone else's kid dropping their only nap?

alrighthamiltonalrighthamilton member
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For the last month or so, Kate only takes a nap maybe three days out of the week. And even then it's only for an hour and a half, tops. She won't fall asleep until about nine at night, regardless of naps or not. She dropped to only one nap a day at around seven months. I admit I'm not very good at enforcing naps if she doesn't seem tired, but I'm getting worried that naps are on their way out. It seems a toddler needs more sleep that she's getting, which is about eleven hours at night. And I dearly miss the break I get from a nap. Is anyone else dealing with this?
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    SJandVASJandVA member
    Naps are hit or miss here. They are never very long either. Often her naps are car naps for an hour. I think our problem is her nap time is between 1 and 2. But we have to leave at 2:30 to get DD1 from school. So if she's not asleep by 2 I put her in the car and leave early. It really is too young to give up naps. I just keep trying. 
    I was actually happy when DD1 dropped her nap. She dropped hers around 3, which was early compared to her other friends. I hate fighting kids that are fighting sleep. 
    Sorry no advice but I can commiserate with you. 
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    CoUnTryBB1CoUnTryBB1 member
    Lo is still taking hers but your story scares me I don't know what I would do without the one hour we get. Good luck fighting sleep stinks.
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    SJandVASJandVA member
    Wow! It sounds like a lot of us are having a tough time with sleep right now. I hope it passes soon!
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    OMG!  I'm so sorry you all are dealing with the possibility of loosing the last nap!  We just transitioned DD from 2 naps to 1 about a month ago.  I know, I know, I was late to the game.  But we get her up so early and keep her up later than 'd like (just so I can get a little time with her), that she really did better with 2 naps!  She was still taking 2 naps with the baby sitter.  But on weekends she would fight one of them (mostly becasue I wasn't waking her up at 5:30 am, but was letting her sleep until she woke on her own at 7).  The transition from 2 naps to 1 has gone well, and when she gets laid down (about noon-ish) she is soooooo ready to sleep.  My only complaint is that when she was taking 2 naps they'd be 1.5 hrs each (3 hours total).  But now with one nap I'm lucky if its 2 hrs.  So I miss that extra hour of quite time!

    Good luck ladies!  Here's hoping its a short phase that passes quickly!

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