Do people limit their toddlers daytime naps to make them sleep better at night?

[Jenbot]

Two mums at baby group said they did this this week, I'd never considered it before to be honest. Not sure what I think myself yet, but is it the done thing that I have somehow managed to completely be oblivious to?
I just let DD sleep for however long she wants to for her daytime nap at the moment.

yes I did with all 3 DS's as it was affecting their nighttime sleep, taking longer to get to sleep, and waking up more/earlier.

Dropped/limited their sleeps during the day and saw an immediate improvement at night.

Yes definitely, when DD was coming up to 2ish, if she had too long a nap, she wouldn't go to sleep at night til 9 or 10pm sometimes.

Ps. If the nap wasn't causing a problem I wouldn't worry though. Sounds like your DD sleeps ok at night in any case?

When DS still wanted daytime naps I definitely found that limiting them made him sleep worse at night, not better. He got overtired and then wouldn't settle at all. I think the best thing for helping them to sleep at night is making sure they get plenty of exercise and fresh air (old fashioned as that might sound).

DS weaned himself off daytime naps about 8 months ago - much to our dismay!

Only started doing this in the last month or so (DS just turned 3) as his night time sleep had gone to pot. It seems to have done the trick

it depends on the child obviously. ds1 slept well at night however much he had in the day. dd and ds2 need to be 'managed' otherwise they won't be tired at bedtime.

i only started doing it when DS started taking ages to settle at night, just before he turned 2. Up til that point if he was disturbed during his naps and didn't get back off again he got overtired and was really difficult to settle at bedtime. I think you'll know when they time is right to do this, if you ever get to that point.

definitely depends on your child.

DS1 was barely having one 1hr nap during the day at 18 months and it was a battle to get him to go down for it, and he was starting to wake during the night. We stopped his naps at 18 months.

DS2 was still sleeping 2-3hrs+ at 3 1/2yrs old, we stopped his naps as he was going to be starting nursery soon. Though even when he was in nursery, and even reception he would frequently fall asleep in the afternoons when he got home - didn't affect his nighttime sleep at all.

DS3 started being difficult to get to sleep when he was just over 2yrs old. So we stopped his naps and his sleep improved. He does still sometimes try to fall asleep around 5/6pm but we don't let him. If he does fall asleep - even just for 5/10 minutes it's an absolute bugger getting him to sleep at night and he wakes up.

My dd dropped her nap at 18 months, and that's when she started going 8pm till 8am. If she even has 10mins nap, she's up till 10 or 11pm!Bouncing around her room! She's now almost 3, and asks around 7.30 if she can get ready for bed.

If my 9 month old sleeps after 3pm he's a nightmare to get to bed too, he should be 7pm, but it was an hour of settling this evening after he fell asleep at 4pm

yes
we started to wake her after an hour when she went through a phase of not going to sleep until 9-10pm. she was a bit grumpy on being woken at first, but got used to it quickly.