Toddler napping to early

[Pantiles123]

Hello,

My LO 17months old wakes around 5.30-6am ( after one night wake for a bottle around midnight but that's a different thing to tackle! 🤦‍♀️) so in his eyes he is ready for his nap around 10am and it's hard to keep him awake, I've read that putting the nap back by 15 mins daily will help but will that bring me trouble settling him if I try to keep him awake a little longer???

Only because so when he gets up from his nap at 12.00ish it's then 7 hours untill bedtime, he won't go to bed any earlier it's just too stressful and then he ends up crying and being stressed till way past his original bedtime. You can't win can you!

Anyone out there with a similar age LO going through the same???.

I think if he's waking that early and he's up for the day that early (as in, up and playing rather than rolling around in the dark) then you could bring back a short morning nap around 9-9.30 for 30 minutes. Then another reduced nap at around 1-1.30 for an hour or so.

Why do you want to move his nap back? If I understand your post correctly, he naps 10-12 and then goes to bed at 7?

I sympathise, DD2 was an early waker - she grew out of it eventually.

You could try waking him early from his nap and then trying for another afternoon nap.

You need to stop the nighttime bottle ASAP - that will rot his teeth.

I think 12-7pm is too long a gap for him, he gets a bit tierd our but can't seem to nap around 4ish... if we're out and yes I'm the buggy he will doze off then proper
Struggle to go back to sleep at 7pm so I don't know what to do for the best.

Yes we will address the over night bottle.

I would try and keep him awake till 11/11:30am I do the same with my DS. If my son has two naps then he's up in the night. One nap and he sleeps straight through for 11/12 hours. up early though between 5/6am but I can cope with this because he's sleeping through. Bedtime at 6pm, asleep usually within 20 minutes. Hopefully this will change to 7pm but at the moment it's working fine.
I keep him busy by going out to friends and family/shops or if staying in we play and I do housework while he follows me around and makes a game of it. The first week was hard but he's getting used to not having his morning nap.

Thankyou for a helpful response! X

It seems that the later I try and push it the less he naps? Yesterday he went off at 10.30am ( half hr later than normal ) and woke 1.5hrs later ( usually 2 ) this was in his cot. Was tierd at 4pm but didn't nap, was a nightmare to settle at 7pm due to probable over tiredness.

Today went of at 10.30, woke at 11.10 and was fine as we was out and about in his buggy so he was occupied, that's all the nap he had and he's gone off at 7pm tonight so far so good 🤞🏻

It just doesn't seem to matter what I do 🤷🏼‍♀️

I have a 17 month old too. All summer I have been slowly training him to take his nap at a more convenient time i.e. not at 9 or 10 in the morning (when most toddler groups take place). Instead I keep him busy and active until at least 11 or 12 so he sleeps till 1 or 2. Depending on when he wakes up, we then put him to bed at 6 or 7. Oddly enough, the earlier he goes, the longer he sleeps.