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to stop my 18month old from dayrime napping?

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bejeezus · 23/04/2012 22:08

It seems really wee. But I can't get her to sleep before 930pm in the evening if she has slept in the day. I'm a bit delirious with tiredness and craving child free evenings. It's also disrupting dd1s bedtime, she is 7 and needs sleep for school

Is it mean?

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AnyFucker · 23/04/2012 22:26

I used to put mine in bed if we were at home during the day

dd would sleep 3 hours sometimes !

it would give me a great break or else I would be on my knees come bedtime

if we were out and she didn't get a proper nap, she was worse to settle at night, not better

some kids need a daytime sleep until they go to school, mine did

in fact, I am that old, when I was in infant class, we all had to put our heads on the desk at 11am for a 10 minute "nap" teachers fag break

Pannacotta · 23/04/2012 22:26

I think its too young to stop the nap but agree that she may nap for a shorter time if you dont put her to bed.
Let her sleep in her buggy or on the sofa where there are things to disturb her and she is unlikely to sleep for 2 hours.

MyNameIsInigoMontoya · 23/04/2012 22:26

Try alternate days or 2 out of 3 days for the naps perhaps? Lots of kids seem to have a stage where they don't really need a nap every day any more, but get too tired if they never have any, and that often seems to work. (DD is doing this at the moment, she is 26 months though but definitely ready for it and full of beans even on the no-nap days!).

WorraLiberty · 23/04/2012 22:28

I've got fond memories of lining the floor by the sofa with cushions, just incase they fell off mid nap! Grin

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bejeezus · 23/04/2012 22:28

I've been thinking it wad teeth/illness blah blah....but its been 6 months!! Don't think its sepetstion anxiety ad wrong were co sleeping. I moved het in with her sister to see if it would help.

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bejeezus · 23/04/2012 22:31

That's a good idea myname and worra

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FeakAndWeeble · 23/04/2012 22:32

Ha I remember that too AF! I bloody love the smell of varnished wood and I'm sure that's why.

Noqontrol · 23/04/2012 22:34

Lol anyfucker, i am that old too. Didn't consider the fact it could be for a teachers fag break Grin

FrankWippery · 23/04/2012 22:34

My youngest stopped with her afternoon nap at about 18m. It helped that we lived abroad I think as she spent the whole time charging around outside and in the pool. She'd be a bit of a fucker miserable between half 6 and 7 sometimes, but once in bed that was 14 hours of quiet...

AnyFucker · 23/04/2012 22:35

cynical, me Grin

cutegorilla · 23/04/2012 22:35

My DD didn't need naps every day at 18 months. I found once or twice a week she'd have a nap and that seemed to be ok. If she napped every day, even if it was just for 10 mins (sometimes happened in the car), then she'd be up until 10pm and there was nothing we could do to get her to sleep earlier. It was like it reset her body clock. Overall she got more sleep without the daytime nap than with it as she'd be in bed asleep at 6.30pm and sleep through until 7 or 8.

DS1 was completely the opposite and would have 3 hour naps with no impact on bedtime at all! If he had been my only experience I'd never have believed a child could be like DD was.

AnyFucker · 23/04/2012 22:37

my two were completely different too

WorraLiberty · 23/04/2012 22:39

Same here cute

All my 3 were different sleep wise

That's why I think the OP can only encourage a routine

What she actually gets is another matter Grin

FrankWippery · 23/04/2012 22:40

I find that my three teens have more sodding naps these days....

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bejeezus · 23/04/2012 22:43

I can't wait until they are teenagers. Revenge will be mine!

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AnyFucker · 23/04/2012 22:44

beejeezus, no, it won't Grin

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bejeezus · 23/04/2012 22:46

See worra that's my thinking about encouraging routines...

But beginning to think I should have Gina Forded her!

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bejeezus · 23/04/2012 22:47

Won't it???
Why?

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AnyFucker · 23/04/2012 22:52

because teenagers try to kill you are challenging in lots of other ways ! Grin

cutegorilla · 23/04/2012 22:53

I don't think you should ask bejeezus posts about teens scare me rigid Shock.

WorraLiberty · 23/04/2012 22:53

Yeah I think it's fair to encourage them if you can

Re the teenage thing...they do tend to revert back to being babies.

Sleeping all day

Awake half the night

Incoherent grunting

Tantrums

Smelling rank

Messy

'Helpless'

You forgive them when they're babies, but once they've lost the cuteness...it's not fucking funny Grin

There's still time to get them adopted you know Wink

WorraLiberty · 23/04/2012 22:54

Ohhh you might want to look away from the screen cute Blush

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bejeezus · 23/04/2012 22:56

I keep threatening to put them out with the recycling

I am looking forward to hoovering early on a Saturday morning when they are comatosec teenagers though

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AnyFucker · 23/04/2012 22:57

it won't disturb them, they will sleep through it

AnyFucker · 23/04/2012 22:57

and you won't be able to get the hoover through the door of their bedroom