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How old wereyour toddlers when they stopped napping?

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Girlsville · 20/08/2012 13:07

Dd1 is 2.7. She has bennbecoming increasingly difficult at bedtime for the last two months or so ( though mainly just for me) and as of is weekend very difficult to settle for her nap screaming I don't want to go to sleep, I want to come out!
She was until this point sleeping for two hours plus in the day, which explains the difficult bedtime.
Is this the writing on the wall for the nap?

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Haylebop12 · 20/08/2012 13:10

My dd is 3.6, we are mostly not napping hut every 5-6 days it seems to catch up with her and she Ends up with one. Not the best idea though as she's one of these that will sleep for two hours which means bedtime can be 9-10pm!!
I think the transition from one to none can be the longest. Definitely longer then going from 3-2 then 2-1 IMO.

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Girlsville · 20/08/2012 13:18

Do you think it's worth me trying to persist but just cutting it eg to 45 mins? Shewouldsleepforhoursif ilether

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iseenodust · 20/08/2012 13:25

Under 2. Nursery moved him up a room because he just wasn't sleeping morning or afternoon. It did mean he would sleep 11 hours a night though . Like Hayle there were times when a catch up one was necessary, then I'd just bundle him into the car which mostly worked.

ilovedjasondonovan · 20/08/2012 13:33

DD1 - 19 months

Dd2 - 17 months

Wasn't impressed with dd1 as I was 6 months gone when she dropped them meaning I had a newborn and a 1 yr old to entertain all day.

hillyhilly · 20/08/2012 13:35

Drop the nap, it sounds like you're forcing it.
Dd was about 22m, ds who was much more lively missed naps about 50% of days from around 2.5, and only rarely had one at 3 (usually if he fell asleep in the car)

juneau · 20/08/2012 13:41

DS1 was 2 years old exactly. I could sometimes get him to nap after that if I put him in the car or if he was ill, but otherwise not. But I wouldn't force a child to nap who clearly didn't want to. They do adjust quite quickly to not napping, as I recall, and it sounds like your DD is ready.

AugustBirthday · 20/08/2012 13:43

Ds was 19 months old, the day we bought his newborn sister home from hospital!
Dd never really slept in the day, cat naps in the car or buggy mainly

brightonbleach · 20/08/2012 14:30

DS was 18m when he went to 1 nap a day then 22m when no naps any more during the day started! It was weird at first but we soon got used to it as it means sleep from 7-7 no probs. he's 2.8 now. about once a fortnight he drops off during the day and means a diffucult or late bedtime so we try to avoid it. I didnt make him drop the nap, he just stopped sleeping if you put him down for one and was upset and wanted to come back out, so if thats what yours is doing then they dont need a nap any longer... think yourself lucky you got to 2.7 with long naps

gourd · 20/08/2012 14:37

LO is on verge of stopping having naps completely and will be 2YO in September. She often will not nap now before about 4:30pm, when she starts to fall asleep especially if we are driving - but if we let her sleep then till tea time it's impossible to get her settled at 7:30pm or 8pm, and as we are up for work at 6am, she does need to be in bed by 8pm really. I go to bed around 9pm myself. We just keep her up now if she wont nap in the morning/early afternoon and we dont let her sleep past 3:30pm. There are 3-4 days a week when she does not have a nap at all now.

Tigresswoods · 20/08/2012 15:06

IME it's not an over night thing, it's a process. DS has been dropping his for about 4-6m now. He's 2.6 & some days really needs a sleep but most days doesn't. If he has too much day time sleep he's the opposite of the OP's DD, he'll happily go to bed but then he's up at 5:30.

ZuleikaD · 20/08/2012 18:21

DD is 3.3 and still sleeps for two hours every afternoon. Hoping to keep it going for a while longer as she's starting nursery school in September every morning and I think she'll be shattered.

amothersplaceisinthewrong · 20/08/2012 18:26

Mine were about 3 - but I regulated it to no more than an hour a day - I needed it especially when dd was born and ds was two - got them to nap at the same time!

sweetkitty · 20/08/2012 18:29

Mine have all been around the 2 mark, DS the last dropped his in June he was 2 in May. Means he is shattered and ready for bed at night though.

crackcrackcrak · 20/08/2012 18:33

Only just in the last couple of weeks. Dd1 is 2.10. We have gone up and down with naps but I really think she's stopped now. Now I'm thinking it over this nap stopping came after a week or two of huge bedtime battles where she was bouncing off the walls for 1 hours before she calmed down. Now she is a little angel about going to bed - as of her rhythms have sorted themselves off somehow

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Girlsville · 20/08/2012 19:49

Crack Crack that is interesting. We are having horrific bedtimes battles ( tho interestingly only for me and hubby to a lesser extent but not for garments or the nanny) and I just can't carry in with us all getting upset atbedtimebut anymore. Am hoping that if she is actually tired at bedtime the battles will cease!

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ronx · 20/08/2012 20:27

DS was 2.5 and his afternoon nap stopped the day we brought DD home from hospital.

PeppermintCream · 20/08/2012 20:32

DD1 was 4
Ds was 3
DD2 was 2.2
They are all different, I know it's great to have some peace in the afternoon while they nap but IMHO night time sleep is more beneficial to all.
If in doubt car or pushchair just for 45 mins or so helps them unwind even if they don't nap

crackcrackcrak · 20/08/2012 20:33

Girls - when dd went a bit like that I knocked the maps on the head and went for an earlier bed time to see what happened - worst case scenario is they miss the nap but fall asleep in the car at 5pm. Dd went from the to being able to sleep the whole night from any time after 5.30. I quite frequently strip her down to a tshirt in her bed fast asleep from the car and she rarely stirs.
Otoh the late dusk seemed to play havoc with bedtimes for a whole this year. The only thing I suggest is persevering with bedtime routines - will be worse if you change it - well ime

IrrationalFear · 20/08/2012 21:01

My dd is 2.3 and her naps are getting to be very haphazard. Some days she won't nap at all now but usually about 1.5hrs and she is resisting going down, so I'm taking that as a telltale sign she doesn't need them. I have her 27month development checkup with the HV tomorrow and that's a question I have for her.

Iggly · 20/08/2012 21:48

We had many nap battles the last few weeks (DS is 2.10) and now have the odd days where he misses them but if he does have one, bedtime is 8pm which isn't too bad IMO.

I'm keeping up naps (not daily though) until he starts preschool in a month's time and seeing what happens. He might be tired and still need them.

emmyloo2 · 21/08/2012 08:12

My 21 month old has started to stop his day time naps. It was a gradual process but he started resisting them in his cot during the day and then we had a hard time getting him to bed and he was waking very early. Now he will often have a cat nap during the day in his pram or in the car. If he doesn't have any sleep he will be ready for bed by 7pm and will sleep until 6am or 6.30am. I actually love it now that he doesn't nap because it means on the weekend we aren't restricted at all and can get out and about. However, I work FT so I can imagine if I was home all day then perhaps I would want him to sleep for a break.

Woodlands · 21/08/2012 10:06

My DS (2.1) has been dropping his nap gradually for a few months now. I don't mind so much now that he is 2, I was not going to have him dropping his nap at 20 months! He naps maybe three days a week now. It's a difficult balance to achieve - if he naps he is lovely and happy and cheerful all afternoon but then won't go to bed till 8.30/9pm, whereas if he doesn't nap he can get very grumpy but then is in bed by 7pm. Plus he will only now nap in the car or pushchair, so I find it hard when he's worn me out all morning and then I walk him around for 1.5 hours (round and round the bloody park) and then he STILL won't sleep and I haven't had a rest at all. Grr.

bessie26 · 21/08/2012 23:06

DD1 (3.10) just gave up her nap two weeks ago

I cut it down from 1.5hrs to 45mins about 6months ago as she was taking ages to get to sleep at night. She did that 5 days a week as she was at pre-school for the other two days.

I would definately try cutting the time down before cutting it out all together - I think once they stop having naps, there's no going back!

Woodlands · 22/08/2012 14:50

Huh. Two days running now I have walked for 1.5 hours with the pushchair and DS has finally fallen asleep, only to wake after five minutes. He falls asleep slumped forwards and if I try to tip him back, however, gently, he wakes, and if I stop with him like that he wakes too. It is infuriating. I would stop bothering but he is such a nightmare all afternoon when he doesn't sleep.

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Girlsville · 22/08/2012 17:29

Thanks all

DD1 (2.7) still resisting goign down inc ot for nap, but will go to sleep, I have this week cut the nap though to 45 mins - once she gets oevr shock fo ebign woekn she has been fine all aternoon and best fo all for me she has then been asleep by 7.20pm every night with minimal of fuss. When she was napping until 3pm (ie until this week) bedtiem was traumatic for everyoen and she didnt fall asleep until after .30pm. TOO LATE! So at leats we have eneings back.

I woudl nwo take her for a 30 min walk in buggy as she isnt keen onc ot at naptim e but i also have a 1.3 year odl who needs two hours in cot so the buggy paln doesnt work.

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