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When did yours drop 2hr afternoon sleep?

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Lovage · 11/06/2007 10:13

My LO (10ms) pretty reliably sleeps for 2 hrs in the afternoon, if he's at home (hardly sleeps at all his 2 days at nursery, but we won't worry about that). His morning nap sometimes happens and sometimes doesn't but the afternoon one is probably about 80% of the time and is nearly always for 2 or even 2 1/2 hrs. It's been this way for about 4 months.

I'm wondering whether it's so reliable that I could manage to cut down his time at nursery to 1 full day and 1 morning. If he continues to sleep for 2 hrs in the afternoon I can work from home and just squeeze my work hours into that day (and can make it up on other days if its just a blip). I would prefer him to spend less time at nursery because I think he finds a full day there a bit much (and it would save £600 a year). 3 mornings a week works out more expensive and wouldn't really work for me at work - I think I need a full day at work, although it might be possible

But I don't want to do it if he's about to stop having such a long and reliable nap. So if yours did have a patch of reliable 2hrs, when did they stop? I should say he is in no way a GF baby so I don't generally feel very secure in his habits. His days have pattern but not a lot of routine, if you see what I mean. His sleep at night is terrible, if that's relevant (waking at least twice most nights between 10.30 and 6.30)

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Gobbledigook · 11/06/2007 10:20

I work from home so fit it into nursery and nap times too.

Ds3 goes to nursery for just 3 mornings a week (enough imo) and I get those full mornings to work. He used to sleep, reliably for a good 2 hours, before it was time to go on the school run, every afternoon and so I got another 10 hours a week work in that way.

However, he dropped that nap around Easter time I'd say - he would have been 2.7 then. I just found he wouldn't sleep at all so I've lost that 10 hours now. I've just got my mornings, evenings, bits of weekend if I need it. He starts school nursery in Sept pm so I'll have the 3 mornings and then 5 afternoons again.

So - in answer to your question he was 2.7.

ComeOVeneer · 11/06/2007 10:22

ds is 2.6 and is showing no signs of dropping his 2-2.5hr afternoon nap, long may it continue. dd on the other hand stopped napping completely at 18 months, and by 5pm was an absolute nightmare.

GooseyLoosey · 11/06/2007 10:24

Ds at a little over 3 and dd around now so at 2.9 and how sorry I am - loved my afternoon coffees in peace!

madmarchhare · 11/06/2007 10:25

ds dropped his morning nap at 10 mos and had a long afternoon nap up until about 4 weeks ago (hes 3.5), and that was only because he started to wak in the night. He would still nap most days if we let him.

Gobbledigook · 11/06/2007 10:25

yes, actually, ds2 napped in the afternoon up until he was almost 4!

Lovage · 11/06/2007 11:27

Ooh, this is sounding very promising! Anyone else? Anyone who's LO dropped it much earlier (even at 18 months would give me 6 months of less nursery)

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