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16M old will not nap

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anonqrtb · 16/01/2024 14:20

Hi Mumsnetters,

My 16 month old DD dropped to 1 nap a day around 10 months and this suited her nicely. The past 2 weeks she has just stopped napping altogether. We lay her in her cot as usual, and she will happily play around her cot and just not sleep. After about an hour and a half I usually just get her up because whilst she isn’t upset, she’s clearly not going to sleep.

I guess my concern is that she’s a bit young to not be napping surely? She isn’t miserable if she doesn’t nap, she will sleep from 6.15pm - 7.30am no problem.

will this lack of sleeping effect her growth/development or is this just a non issue?
its not like I can force her to fall asleep anyway so there’s not much I can do but I just wanted to know if anyone else’s DC stopped napping at this age?

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cheerfulsunday · 16/01/2024 16:59

Honestly sounds fine. I would have stressed about it with DC1 but with the second one.... I would just be glad she's happy playing on her own so I could do other stuff!

Keep offering the nap, there might come a time when she wants to sleep again. Might just be a phase.

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