1 year old naps

[peroo]

would love to hear what others do?

My daughter still has two naps a day, one at 9am and one early afternoon.

the morning nap often lasts 1 and half hours maybe more then lunch is shorter but I’d like it to be the other way around.

would you wake your child to shorten the first nap and lengthen the other ? Or would you just let it be ?

never wake a sleeping child ?!

I would leave it. What's night time sleep like? X

I guess it depends what night sleep is like. Though when my little one was on 2 naps his morning one was always longer. I wouldn't wake her up personally, you're not guaranteed to change the naps then you've got an overtired hysterical toddler to deal with😬

My 1yo has 1 nap at around 2pm ranging from 1-2 hours

Thanks everyone. @Devilsmommy her sleep is fairly broken , she still wakes a few times a night for a cuddle and then goes back to sleep again. Sometimes she needs a bottle of cows milk before she gets back down again. She’s only just one. Do you think day times naps are affecting this ?

@peroo daytime sleep absolutely has an impact on night sleep. I used to find that if my little one had had terrible day naps then his night sleep would just be awful. Really hope you can figure out how to solve it🤞

I purposely cap my 14 month old DS's first nap so he has a longer second one. It works great. I am a SAHM with an elder DD who still sleeps after lunch so coordinating their post lunch nap is one of my most important tasks (that 90 minutes they're both sleeping is the best bit of my day! 🤣)

I put him down at 9am and wake him up 40 minutes later. He'll then do 80-90 minutes from 2. His preference is absolutely to do a longer first nap, but I've never found it an issue to proactively manage his day sleep the way I do. He sleeps 7pm till 6am (ish) without waking, so doesn't seem to create any issues with his night sleep either.

I know it feels counterintuitive to wake them up, and I never woke my first or managed her sleep in this way, but it's something I've done as it suits our family routine now.

Just seen your update. Whilst day sleep does impact night sleep, it doesn't sound like your LO is overtired as the overall naps sound ok, they're just the wrong way round for how you would prefer them (correct me if I'm reading that wrong). How long does she sleep for in the day in total, and what time is her bedtime? Does she seem overtired by the end of the day?

Are you actually bothered by the night wakings and looking to stop them?

(Sorry if that's a lot of questions!)

Hello @whovotestory the overall day naps are great (albeit 2 hours in am, and 1 in pm - total 3 hours) but the night sleep is not good. She falls asleep fine at 7pm, no qualms there, but then she is up in the night about 1030pm, 3am ish usually because she wants milk, but sometimes just because she can not seem to fall back to sleep very easily. I don't think she does seem that overtired at the end of the day other than the usual rubbing her eyes etc. I can't decide if i should try and 'manage' it a bit more, or just let it be. Perhaps a later bedtime? or again, lessening the day sleep? I haven't thought about it much, but now i am because of the night wakings.

Average sleep needs for a 1-2 year old is 11-14 hours total over 24 hours. As your daughter is sleeping 3 hours in the day, I would only expect her to likely need 8-11 hours max overnight.

As she is waking up and unable to get back to sleep in the early hours this would suggest she is probably not really needing as much nighttime sleep as you are aiming for. I would personally try pushing bedtime back, probably only by 15-20 minutes at first and then gradually further back perhaps more towards 8/8.30pm.