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Is it possible my 18 m dd is dropping her nap?

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trudolphtherednosedreindeer · 02/01/2013 19:52

Just that really.

A month ago she was sleeping 12hrs+ a night and up to 2hrs during the day.

The day before Xmas eve she went to il's where she woke in the night and was up for 3hrs. (Mil admits she didn't notice right away that she'd pooed so possibly took a while longer to settle after eventual nappy change)

Xmas eve took hours to go down (screaming in her cot, when she'd normally grizzle at most for a few minutes) but slept through. Then she started screaming every night since. Waking at least once in the evening and needing to lay down with dh or me in our bed til asleep again. Then usually once in the night when we'd bring her in with us for a while. Waking at 5ish (normally 7ish)

Last 2 nights she was back to her old self but tonight dh put her down at 7 and he's still up there presumably lying on our bed with her til she sleeps. She's quiet.

Also, for full info, she shares with 3.2yr ds so, although i'm not averse to it, we can't really do any sleep training which involves lots of crying or us being in the room as it disturbs ds.

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ChristmasKnackers · 02/01/2013 21:43

I had the same thing with my son. I cant remember the exact age, but around 20 months. We went on holiday to France and one day spent the whole day on the beach, so I couldn't give him his nap.

He went straight to sleep at bedtime, no fuss. So, I stopped his nap.

Fast forward to him being 2.3 years old and he starts really flagging in the daytime, so he's back to having an afternoon nap and then sleeping 7-8, with no problem going down!?

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