When did your toddler drop their nap

[nanamoon45]

Dd is 2 years 5 months and still naps once a day, usually late morning for 1-2 hours. She gets up at 6am and goes to bed at 7pm. If we're out of our routine such as a day out or holiday she can go longer but will fall asleep in the buggy or car later in the day which isn't ideal.

I'm noticing that when I try and put her down at home now she is messing about for ages, standing up in the cot, crying (not real crying just come and see me crying) and wanting endless songs and cuddles before finally dropping off. So maybe she doesn't need the nap as much and I should just take her lead and not enforce a nap time as such.

It's really hard as she is full on and I generally need that hour to decompress and get stuff done - and if I'm lucky eat and have a coffee!

But I'm aware day time naps don't last forever so just wondering when yours stopped?

Two and a half 🥲

One at 2 and a half, the other not until over 3. What you’re describing are pretty classic signs that it’s on its way out.

One at 18 months. The other is still going at 2.5 years but naps only about half the week now. None nap days she goes down quicker than nap days at night

I have 3 kids - boys were sometimes napping at 3.5 while my daughter stopped at 15 months.

2snd a half unless in the car for a long drive

Why is she still in a cot? That might be part of the issue.

My DS is 3 years and 4 months and still naps for 1-2 hours. He might miss it some days if we're out but I notice a big impact on his night sleep when he misses his nap.

She's likely got FOMO so just carry on trying to put her down.

My little girl dropped her nap at 2. We tried different times, had an earlier lunch, later nap but she just wasn’t interested anymore. It made 4-7 quite difficult as she got used to it but now it’s not so bad!
I just work out housework around her and she might sit and colour quietly for a bit.

Days after his second birthday. His bedtime was getting later and later, and he was waking up earlier and honestly nap time was just getting to be such a faff and hassle. In the end he just wouldn’t sleep at all, so that was that. He then went back to doing 7-7, at least, so alls well.
He’s now nearly 3 and I’ve never thought he dropped his nap too early, although I have a friend with a boy who’s 9 months older and he still naps for two hours every day. They’re all so different.

Mine were quite late in dropping naps - they always had a rest after lunch regardless of whether they slept or not.
My son stopped afternoon sleeps at 3ish but had to be reintroduced as he was falling asleep on afternoon school runs. He was 5 or 6 when he finally stopped. He would happily sleep in a pushchair, so didn't curtail days out.
Both children (9& nearly 7) always have an afternoon rest when we're at home - it makes a huge difference to everyone. My daughter nearly always has some downtime when she comes home from school, completely by choice.
If your son still needs a daytime sleep, 'control' it by doing it earlier in the day, so it doesn't affect nighttime sleep.
FWIW my brother and I both had afternoon sleeps until we started FT school at 5!!

Both quite late...DS1 about 3.5 and DS2 still has a nap once or twice a week at 4.5 (The days he is at DMs instead of nursery). He's gone into reception now so he'll stop napping entirely.

I didn't put them down for a nap though, they either napped with the other napping kiss on a mat at nursery or had a nap on the sofa in the afternoon. They have a later bedtime than most English kids though.

Both mine stopped at 18 months.

'kids'

Just about 2, which is too early. There was DD and another one that refused naps at nursery and played together. Neither needed much sleep and naps were a fight as newborns.

I don’t miss trying to get her to nap, but I do miss having them myself (I slept when she did as much as poss).

I stopped breastfeeding just after and she also potty trained. It’s like she hit 2 and became
really grown up instantly.

18 months.

DD1 was 2.6 (I was pregnant and exhausted and nauseous so made her watch TV or a film with me as she was totally full on most of the time). DD2 was 2 years exactly but will still sleep in the car aged 14.

3.5 when she stopped completely. Before that she’d stopped for up to a week or ten days then started back up again.

Dts dropped it for a while at 2 and 3 months but then a few months later decided they were napping again. They would sleep for about 45 minutes. Finally dropped it just after 3. Danger naps were always a worry if we're out somewhere though.

She does have a bed but because she's always slept really well in her cot and never made any attempt to climb out, I've just left her in it. Might be time to make the transition though.

She definitely does still need a sleep in the day and I don't want it to get to danger napping at 3-4pm which will make bedtime a nightmare.

DS1 - a few weeks before 2: DS2 - well before then - around 20 months.

I gave up after a week or so of the messing about in the cot, and just brought bed time a bit earlier. It was harder with Ds2 because he’d fall asleep in the buggy picking DS1 up from school on my non working days.

Our dd was almost 2 when she’d stopped napping. She’d already been fighting her nap for a couple of months and often would only nap at nursery/in the car. She got to a stage where the days she napped she wouldn’t get to sleep until about 10pm (even a short nap) so we decided to stop fighting to get her to nap get her to bed at a sensible time.

3.5. I was naively hoping for a gradual retreat but she did her usual 2 hours on Friday, refused on Saturday, 30 mins Sunday & Monday, then didn’t nap again. Bitter pill to swallow losing those 2 hours of peace & calm, but I appreciate I lucked out at 3.5.

Both of mine stopped about 2.5years.

Both went from 2/3 hour naps if left to no naps at all in a couple of weeks. The transition was tricky and there were a few overtired bedtimes.

Both of mine were in cots until then too- they could both climb out since they were tiny but didn't ever really do so. It's pretty much advised to keep them in their cot unless they outgrow them or there is a problem.