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To nap or not to nap

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lizzlebizzle33 · 08/01/2018 11:23

My 21 month old has recently stopped napping in the day, he will nap if we go out in the pram, he can't resist it but otherwise he won't sleep.
I don't think he is quite ready to drop his nap as he still gets very cranky pre tea time but trying to get him to nap is so stressful I just can't do it anymore 😬😬
On the days he doesn't nap he will sleep from 6.30 til 8 but if he does nap he won't go to bed til 7 and be up at 6.30,
So what would you do? Try to get him to sleep or just deal with the crankiness knowing he will sleep longer at night?

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Hippydippydoo · 08/01/2018 12:32

If it were me....deal with crankiness and get a better night.

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FATEdestiny · 13/01/2018 13:56

If it was me I'd deal with establishing nap time. I just cannot be doing either tired, grumpy, clingy or whiney children- I've too much to do and my house too busy to faff with kids in a bad mood due to lack if sleep.

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lizzlebizzle33 · 14/01/2018 09:12

To add to the story I also have an 8 week old baby who is still feeding around the clock and I just don't have the time to spend with the toddler that he needs to fall asleep, if I just put him down in his bed he will scream.
I just don't know what to do for the best, either way is very stressful. At the moment I just put his blanket on the sofa around the same time every day while I sit down and feed baby, he will come over and lie on it and sometimes fall asleep but most of the time just prat about 😩

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