Transitioning from 2 naps to 1

carang, good to know i'm not the only one whose child who is over 1 still has two naps!

i finger my son will let me know when he's ready to drop one and it will just happen naturally.
 
it might have even been later than 19 months... i honestly can't remember.

also, i like it when they nap. my son(4 yrs), i pretty much force into a nap on sundays just so i can have one, too.


isn't it funny... most kids you have to tie down in order for them to sleep, but most adults i know would kill to be able to nap in the afternoon!
 
My 10 months' old baby girl has had 2 naps (1 hour nap around 10 am and another 30 - 45 mins nap around 3 pm) for many months. I wish she could sleep a bit longer in the afternoon. The nanny also told me that after she is 1 year old or more, we should consider trying to adjust her schedule to reduce to only 1 nap a day. I don't mind that but am not so sure if we go down to only 1 nap, will the girl be sleeping longer (say 1.5 - 2 hours)?? If yes, then I think 1 nap is perfectly ok. But if not, then I prefer 2 naps so the aggregate time would be at least 1.5 hour.
 
carang said:
it might have even been later than 19 months... i honestly can't remember.

also, i like it when they nap. my son(4 yrs), i pretty much force into a nap on sundays just so i can have one, too.


isn't it funny... most kids you have to tie down in order for them to sleep, but most adults i know would kill to be able to nap in the afternoon!
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Couldn't agree with you more!
 
Southside852, your son's schedule is the same as my 15 month old daughter's. She wakes up around 5:30- 6am and after 2 hours of play she sleeps for an hour or more. Then again around 1pm she sleeps for another 2 hours. On some days when she wakes around 7am she takes just one nap around 10 or 11am. I think its alright for a child to take 2 naps as long as they wish, even if its for a short duration.
 
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i find the transition tough. my eldest was 18months old and still taking two 1.5hr naps. waking at 7am, nap from 9.30 til 11am then another nap at 2 til 3 - 3.30 then bed at 7pm. i felt like there was never any time in the day to do anything. in the end i forced the drop of the morning nap and pushed him out til 11am. it took a while to get used to it - maybe 5 days or so then his day looked as follows:-
7am wake
8ish breakfast
10ish snack - fruit, crackers etc
11 - 1 / 1.30 nap
1.30 lunch
...etc...
bed at 7pm.

my youngest is different. he has been dropping to one nap since 10months old. currently naps for 15min at 9.45 - I wake him - then has his proper sleep at 12.45 for 2-2.5hrs.
i would love for him to drop the morning nap but he's not ready and i like that his long nap is at the same time as my other son!! (otherwise i'd probably cut it and move the 1 nap to 11am or something)

good luck! once they are on 1 nap i find life seems much easier to organise!!
 
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My friend's and I gave birth on the same day to a boy too. His son is now 2+ and still take 2 naps - one short and one long. It really is every kid is different. His parents got use to him having 2 naps to get things done in the house so they never want him to have one nap per day.
 
we are getting ready to fly home to the States next week and I plan to push out the morning nap either there (we're home for 6 weeks) or when we retturn end of July. I bet life is soo much easier with just 1 nap a day!
 
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