Day Time Naps for a 2 year Old

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Hi my DD is 25 months and has started taking an hour to settle on a night, which results in 2 night time wakings.

We experimented on Saturday and kept her awake all day (she usually has 1 1/4 hrs nap from 1.00 til 2.15), she didn't get really tired until 5.00 but after tea the bath revived her and we put her down to sleep at 7.00, she was asleep by 7.10 and didn't wake once during the night and slept until 6.35 the next morning.

We reverted back to and hours nap yesterday and put her down at 7.30 as usual, she didn't go tot sleep until 8.35, then woke at 1.00 and 4.00, so I don't know wether to get to give up her day time nap or is it too early with her just turning 2.

Any ideas would be great.

Thanks

Lisa

i had the same problem with my ds but he stopped napping at about 12 mths although will have the occasional nap but if he does i cant get him to bed untill i o and it makes it such a long day trial and error

i put him down later if he does nap but wont let him nap after 1 and for no mopre than 40 mins if he does nap then i do play doh or puzzle to try and wake him fully then we'll play games to use some energy up and i find he'll settle normal time 6-7.30 but only if he naps before 1 so i do lunch slightly early if looking like he'll drop off

if after 1 i try to do soft activities if he is tired i do dinner slightly early and put him to bed slightly early before he becomes overtired but evry child is different so t is just trial and error

although he wont stay in his bed he comes into mine in night but sleeps in longer so cant complain to much lol

he's 28mths

Hi Bublagirl

Why are children so complicated???? You are right it is trial and error it just feels lately its all error.

Its just got to the point where I hate bedtimes again because as soon as I get to the end of the story she starts crying as if she doesn't want to left by herself. I've tried video's (she just cries at the end), a night light and a music light show (lasts 10 minutes).

When DP isn't in I just turn the sound on the monitor off so I can't hear the crying (I can still see lights though). I just want her to be happy going to bed is that silly for such a young toddler???

Thanks

Lisa

No lisa that is perfectly possible for many toddlers. Is she OK going to bed when she has not had a nap? Is it just when she has had a nap that she cries?

Yes, which makes us think that she isn't tired enough.

Yes if there is definitely a correlation between having a nap and crying at bedtime, you know where to start really. She needs to have either an earlier/shorter nap or a later bedtime I would say.

That does make sense when you actually sit down and discuss it with other mothers.

Thanks, she's had no nap today so we'll see tonight.

Lisa

It is better than if she was upset all the time or randomly because you have something to work on. Good luck.

well my ds also cries at bedtime but not because he is not tired he doesn't want me to leave the room so i sit on his bed or on the floor i dont talk to him i'm just there within 5-10 mins he'll drop off sometimes sooner i'll leave his tv on so i can concentrate on something and creates back ground noise

i thimk they all go threw this phase but just keep on putting her in and she will calm my son comes into my bed in the night and i need to put a stop to this he just always wants to be with me so i find sitting in silence in his room works good luck though i think they should all come with an instruction booklet lol

still you wouldn't change em it keeps our minds ticking lol

i would just say either try to cut her naps out or put her to bed hour later when had a nap make all the routine an hour later thats what i do then they still have the structure of dinner bath bed and they know where they are