Wasting energy on...

[londonmummy2019]

...Mums with older children - do you look back and wish you hadn't wasted so much energy worrying about day naps?

Currently have an 11 month old who sleeps well at night but isn't great at day naps at the moment. It's been a month of no more than 30 mins a day!!!!!!

Tell me it gets easier and they just learn to sleep during the day....... and when they are taking ... say they are tired and go to bed? Here's hoping!!!

Loving being a mum for the first time but on occasion feeling lost and not very confident, makes me feel inadequate.

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DD was a fairly rubbish napper, although pretty good at night. It was quite energy-sapping, but I can't say I ever "regretted" "wasting" energy on it. She got massively overtired and cross if we didn't make sure they happened. It was annoying, but the effort was necessary!

She's 2 years and 10 months now, and we've just about dropped naps. Been a long process! She was probably doing better/ longer daytime sleeps from about the age of 10/11 months. Starts to feel more obviously worth the effort when you get longer than 27 minutes to yourself off the back of it!

I meant wasting time worrying. Sooty I should have been clearer- lack of sleep. I'm just looking for reassurance that it gets easier! X

Ah ha! Yes, I worried a lot too - and that was a waste of energy! DD did get better. She never really liked the idea of naps though. Think she had FOMO! So getting her to go down was always a bit of a battle, for all we did eventually get to a good daily two-hour slot. That's not what you wanted to hear though...

I fretted a lot about naps but now I see my friends who have had their 2nd and can't make a routine around naps anymore & they all seem fine.
Made me think I definitely over worried about naps.

Is your DD upset and cranky when she hasn't napped? It's reasonable to worry if it means the rest of your day is hard work!

And will she nap when in the car or buggy? That can help add a few more Zzz's into the day.

She will nap in the car and occasionally the pram...

She did used to nap for 90 mins around mid morning...and then 30 mins in the afternoon up to about 2/3 weeks ago. Teething and a wonder week could be to blame!

Just wondering if anyone else has gone through a week or a month of so little day naps at that age!!!!!!! It takes a lot of my energy and time trying to get her to nap in the day

Ten month old twins here and they’ve never been good nappers!

At the minute they’ll have 30-45 mins on a morning and the same on the afternoon. I read about other people with their two hour napping babies and boggle at how they do it!

They used to barely nap at all from four to eight months. If I got 30 minutes spread across the whole day I was doing well!