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7mo refusing naps

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Irishgal1987 · 15/01/2024 13:58

Hi there,
I have a 7mo daughter (turning 8 months soon) who is refusing naps. We were doing so well too. She was having 3 naps in her cot, settling herself to sleep. She was previously a rocked tl sleep baby so I was very proud how far we came. Then all of a sudden she started refusing all naps. I had expected her wake windows to be longer and was thinking of dropping to two naps but now we only seem to get one nap in (11am when she falls asleep at her bottle).
She sleeps amazing at night 7.15pm - 6.30am (I wake her at 6.30am if she isn't already awake). I aim to put her down for first nap around 9/9.30am but always refuses.
Not sure what to do. Is she getting too much sleep at night?
Thanks in advance.

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Lexie99 · 15/01/2024 14:20

How long is the nap at 11?

Irishgal1987 · 15/01/2024 15:12

@Lexie99 it can vary. Sometimes an hour or hour and a half.

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Lexie99 · 15/01/2024 20:57

How is she when she's awake? Is she obviously tired and needing a nap and fighting it? I am not an expert here at all, just a mum of a baby who dropped to 1 nap at 10 months and in your shoes, I tried to encourage that morning nap but around 9:30ish, and I woke him after 30 mins which meant he napped again early afternoon. I think there is/was an 8 month sleep regression, so maybe something like that is playing a part?

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Irishgal1987 · 15/01/2024 22:06

@Lexie99 she is generally ok but does get cranky after a while. She is good at hiding her sleepy cues (typical fomo baby).
I think you are right about the sleep regression happening around this age. I am also blaming teething, it has a lot to answer for.
How long would you let your 10mo nap for when he was only having the one nap?

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Lexie99 · 16/01/2024 03:25

I'd let him nap as long as possible, I think he'd manage 2hrs on a very good day tbh, he's never been a huge napper. As time has gone on he generally has been 1.5hrs and 2.5hrs. He always goes down at 12:30ish and if he's still asleep at 3 I wake him, though that isn't too often.

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