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FGS PLEASE TELL ME 18MTHS IS TOO YOUNG TO GIVE UP HER DAY TIME NAP?

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LoveMyGirls · 14/03/2007 14:32

Please?

I thought the average age was 2-4?

Dd2 has always napped from 12ish to 2ish.
Now twice this week she has refused daytime naps.

Sunday she just lay quietly for an hr n half only whinging now and again but wasn't asleep.

Today she went down at 12.30 but was chatting then poo'd so i changed her and put her back down then she cried and cried after a while i gave her some medised (half dose) because her throat and teeth have been bothering her the past few days. She cried for 10mins then was quiet for 10mins then she started screaming so i went up to calm her but she was so upset when i tried to put her back to bed i ended up bringing her down.

So come on, should i have given in or what? What do i do now? Btw she is obviously tired as she was falling asleep in the car on the way back from toddlers and she keeps ocming up and putting her head on my lap.

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LoveMyGirls · 14/03/2007 14:34

Also i'm no soft mother, i didn't give in easily she really was getting hysterical and the last thing i want is for her to over heat and have a convulsion.

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VictorVictoria · 14/03/2007 14:35

Mine dd this at about the same age - he wen for a week at a time with no naps. But he is now 21 months and back on schedule. Stick with it......

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LoveMyGirls · 14/03/2007 14:37

I was happy with our routine and just about to take on a 3mth old, why is it you get sorted and then they go to a new phase......and you master that then they start a new phase again.........

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JaneAustenAllegro · 14/03/2007 14:38

sorry... my DD stopped napping regularly at about 18 months. She is nearly 2 now and only has a daytime nap occasionally - say if we are doing a long car journey.

But this may just be a phase for your DD - I think you just need to go with the flow for a while. If her teeth are bothering her it may just be that which is screwing up her nap routine. I think all you can do is play it by ear for a while and hope she settles back into it again.

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LoveMyGirls · 14/03/2007 15:32

Just did the school run and she almost fell asleep so i've put her down again as she is obviously tired but as soon as she saw her cot she started crying, i've left her in there for now....................

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clairemow · 14/03/2007 15:35

around this age, DS started to want his nap later and later. Maybe if you put her down around 1 rather than 12 she might be more ready? DS's naps got shorter too, and he dropped them altogether at about 2.4/5. Even now though if we go out in the car or he sits in the buggy he'll drop off, but probably for only 1/2 an hour.

fannyannie · 14/03/2007 15:40

DS1 stopped napping at 18 months - completely on his own.......

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LoveMyGirls · 14/03/2007 15:48

well she cried for 10mins threw her dummy out the cot i left her for a bit then went in and gave her juice and dummy - shes now quiet - dare i peak to see if she's asleep and is this going to cause me problems putting her to bed in 3 hours...............

She really is tired i honestly don't think she is ready to give up her nap - shorten it maybe but to give it up completely??

I'm not making all this fuss just because i wanted a bit of peace so i could mop the floors............honest!
No point mopping the floors now as got play date around about now and they will be sticking etc so will do it after girls in bed.

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clairemow · 14/03/2007 15:50

IME, it probably won't make any difference to bedtime - but will make the time between now and bedtime much more pleasant! Just don't let her sleep now for 2 hours, maybe wake her after an hour or so. Even if she does go to bed a bit later, at least she won't be falling apart between now and then...

Mercy · 14/03/2007 15:51

dd was 20 months when she gave up her afternoon sleep.

Perhaps put her to bed later in the afternoon or try an earlier night?

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LoveMyGirls · 14/03/2007 15:52

I'll get her up at 4.30 then she can play for a bit before dinner then play some more then i'll bath her at 7 and put her down at 7.15 i think that should work.

She used to have a bath at 6 then come down have milk/ juice (she hates milk) and cuddles then bed at 7 but i think she is starting to need bath and straight to bed as when we bring her down she then doesnt want to go to bed because she wants to carry on playing so might be best just to put her straight to bed?

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clairemow · 14/03/2007 16:46

We've got a "rule" that no-one comes downstairs after bath for that reason! No reason why you can't perhaps read extra stories to while away the time though! Nice and relaxing too. Or just spend ages in the bath...!

lackofmoney · 14/03/2007 17:50

My dd is 2.3 and she has a nap almost every day for 1 1/2 - 2 1/2 hours at a time. She is starting to slowly come out of wanting a nap but probably 5 out of the 7 days she still naps. I love it!!
But all children are different.

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LoveMyGirls · 14/03/2007 19:46

It worked and i've also given her a dose of medised.

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mamma2kids · 15/03/2007 12:39

Mine both went off naps at this age. With DS used to push him round the block in the buggy to get him to sleep. Don't worry too much about it with DD.

MrsFish · 16/03/2007 18:04

My ds is 20 mths and for the past couple of weeks has stopped having his day nap unless we are out on the car. He used to go to sleep for a couple of hours mid dayish in his cot upstairs but has now stopped, until today that is. He was so unusually naughty this morning, tantrums over nothing and constant whining that as soon as he had his lunch I put him in his cot, let him scream for 10 mins then he went quiet. He slept for 3 hours. I can't really complain about the lack of naps in the day now though as he sleeps 7.30 till 7ish every night.

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