She may be ready but I'm not. Please tell me this is just a phase!

[Happydaze247]

My dd is only 22 months but is currently refusing to nap. She's been awake since 6:45am, it's now almost 3pm now and she's been faffing around in her cot now for ages. I give up!

She went though all her nap transitions earlier than 'they' say: 3 to 2 at 5 months, 2 to 1 at 11 months, so I wouldn't be surprised if she is dropping her nap completely.

It's not like we could try quiet time - how do you tell a (not-yet) 2 year old to 'go play quietly in your room'?!

Sorry for the rant. I've been searching for similar cases on here but can only find ones about 2 1/2 yr old who no longer nap for 3 hours. Chance would be a fine thing!

My DD1 started napping intermittently, rather than every day, from 21 months, and she woke for the day between 4.30 and 5.30! Dropped them altogether at 28 months. Some children just need less sleep! On the plus side it means an earlier bedtime...

One of mine stopped napping at 15 months! The second around two. I'm afraid its quite normal for some children.

You're making me worried, mine dropped to one nap at 9 month's and has only taken a 90 min nap since then. I'm due dc2 when he is 16 months, I'm now thinking by the time dc2 is taking proper naps dc1 won't need one at all.

My youngest stopped napping unless we were in the car from just over a year - sorry. On the plus side it meant less faffing around at bedtime but he is still up for good at 5.30 most days. Sorry I can't give you more hope.

My 22mo DD will nap but then is taking ages and ages to drop off at night or she will do what your dd is doing. In the last week I have adopted the not bothered approach and just go for a drive after lunch and let her have 45 mins on the way out. It's a pita but makes bedtime quicker and means I don't waste hours of our day attempting naps!

My son dropped it just after 2. I insist on a quiet hour. Lights are dim, blinds drawn, soft voices and no getting off the sofa and 3x20 mins of activities. So I read, then maybe some dot to dot books, drawing etc, then maybe 10 mins of TV and back to reading or just chatting. He gets restless after 45 mins sitting in one place and I need a cup of tea to plod through but it's a nice cosy cuddly hour!

Also bedtime and the whole night routine had to be brought forward as well.

Mine had these regressions. I kept up the naps because it would backfire and you'd get early wakings in the morning - a sign of being overtired.

To get them to nap, I'd lie down with them. They'd fall asleep quickly, job done. I don't mind as it is a phase and they don't nap forever.

My oldest stopped naps at about 4.5 and my youngest still naps at nearly 3.

My dd is 22 months and has started dropping her naps aswell she would normally take a good 2 hour nap in the afternoon but then would not go down for bed until 10-10.30 at night but since she has stopped her naps means she will go down bout half 7 8 at the lastest and it only takes not even 5 minutes to get her sound asleep some nights she will sleep right through but some nights she won't but shehas her bottle next to her pillow and she takes it and self settles again

Just picking this thread up as DD is being a right pita! I have cut her nap down to one hour between 1-2 or thereabouts. She is happy on this, but is still faffing around for ages at bedtime, often not asleep until 8 which is late for a child who wakes up at 6.15 - 6.45 most days.

Is it mad to drop her nap completely? I really prefer an early bedtime to naps but it seems so early - she was such a sleepy baby too only dropped to one nap at 14 months. Only trouble is on days at the CM I don't think I can, because I pick her up at 4.30 and we drive 40 minutes home so she would definitely fall asleep then I'd be in trouble! any experience?

Well, things seem to have gone from bad to worse here. She seems unable to settle at naptime or bedtime now. I'm clinging to the hope that it's a sleep regression. Apparently there's one at around 24 months?

Just an off day maybe

They do occasionally have the odd missed nap day as they get to that age, but then settle back to it again - most of them, most of the time.

Now she is overtired and not able to settle. Hopefully back in her routine tomorrow. (I'd gently wake her at her normal time tomorrow if necessary.)

Thanks for the wine chipping in - much needed! It's been an off few weeks unfortunately. She just screams when I put her in her cot.

DS 1 stopped at 12 months, DS 2 at 3 years old! So different. I used to resort to driving round in the car with DS1 even before 12 months then pulling over with a newspaper when he dropped off, just to get a break. Maybe that's an idea?

Oh.

You may have to adjust to having her delightful company all day then :)