dropping to one nap? 10.5 mo

[nyldn]

my DS has been a terrible napper from the start, but we've been seeing longer naps here and there for the past month.

the last two days he's taken a 2 hr map at 9am and then absolutely refused an afternoon nap!

I don't know if it's the heat, or if he's transitioning to one nap and i need to start pushing his morning nap toward midday?

this is my first and any advice would be greatly appreciated!

[justabigdisco]

That's the age that I switched from two 30ish min naps to 1 after lunch nap. Transition was fine if IIRC - and she started sleeping for 90 mins plus! Bliss! She's now 3.6 and dropped naps completely at about age 2.

[nyldn]

thanks! did you work slowly towards it, or just jump to say a noon nap?

[justabigdisco]

I'm pretty sure we just went for it. Just kept busy in the mornings, had an early lunch and put her down after that.

[Chocolateteapots]

I wake my LO after max of an hour morning nap and then he will have another 1-1.5 hours after lunch HTH

[Stillwishihadabs]

Yes either curtail the morning nap, so he will nap in the afternoon or push it back to 11ish (lots of toddlers sleep 11-1 and eat afterwards). The only problem with a long nap that starts at 9 is it could lead to overtired Ness and earlier starts.

[scottygirl5]

My 10.5 month old has also started refusing her afternoon nap but only sleeps 45-50 mins in the morning! Think the beginning of the transition to one nap can definitely happen but I agree with pp that a very long morning nap like you have may soon lead to early waking.