Morning Nap

S.,

I am a SAHM with 17 month old twin girls and we still do morning and afternoon nap. We have just adjusted the times as their schedule changes. One of my girls doesn't always take the afternoon nap, I do lay her down and let her play in her crib for at least a half hour before going in. 5 out of 7 days a week she does fall asleep.....
My other girl is a great napper and if I let her would take 3 naps a day!! I do have a pack and play in my room to let my good napper get her rest. We did this around 1 year when they really started keeping other awake at nap time. Bedtime doesn't seem to be an issue. Hope this helps - sorry so long!

My daughter (16 months this week) just would not sleep in the afternoon; we tried many different times and finally a 1pm nap worked for us and she will sleep anywhere from 1 hr 45 mins to 2 1/2 hours...her schedule is up @ 8am; nap @ 1pm; bed @ 7:30....I would just try some different nap times..... I do miss her napping two times a day!!!! Good luck!

I found with both my kids that around age 1 the morning nap got a bit later...not till 10 or 10:30. They were able to stay awake a bit longer but with mine they could hardly stay awake till after lunch. Maybe naptime can be moved back a little and then just have a later lunch. I agree with having them both get up at the same time and I agree with two naps until 15 months. Hope you can figure out what's best for them at this age...sometimes it's difficult to really know. :)

Lots of kids give up naps of all kinds somewhere between 1 and 2. Having a routine quiet-time a couple of times a day remains an excellent plan. Sitting quietly doing quiet things will all of the electronic noisemakers and lights off in the house will give everyone a rest, even if you only get to put your feet up and inhale a cup of tea.

Make it a happy family routine, be absolutely convinced that everyone needs it, and at least for now lie down with both of them so neither have the idea that there is something 'going on' that they're missing out on. Peer pressure works on little kids... if you stay still and quiet, and breath in a long, deep and slow pattern, they'll match it if they're close to you, and probably fall asleep even though they 'don't need a nap'... until they're 5 or 6, if you really do take the opportunity to rest alongside them...

Triplet Mom of 4yr girls:

If you want to keep them on the same schedule, I always woke the others when one got up...all got up. That way I wasn't always running from baby to baby. Then you'll get a little mommy time. Remember they are 2 different kids and do have different needs but you can help structure them best as you can.
D.

At about one year they start toying with just one nap but keep trying to do both naps until about 15 months. Even if they just stay in their bed for 1 hr by themselves and then nap in the pm is fine. I honestly struggled with this too but was urged by a friend to have him nap 2x until 15 months. And after I pushed it with him he gave no problems to nap in the afternoon.More sleep means healthier kids! By summer time you can go to one nap and enjoy more of the daylight hours outdoors!
Remember, you are the adult - you make the decisions on when naps are.d

I am sure there is a more standard response, but with my daughter I noticed she didnt require as much sleep as my best friends son did. We would both have them out (when she was one) and they would miss thier naps and he would turn into a beast and she would remain calm. I think it really varies from child to child. I stopped doing two naps when my daughter was 1. I stopped naps all together at the age of two. I found that if she fell asleep in the car or on the couch she would stay up all night. Hope that helped.

If they are only wanting one nap, then i would have them coincide. Mom needs her rest time too.. Getting to the point of them having only one nap is a challenge; whiny tired, doing any activity to them entertained, so they dont sleep. Then they will both be ready for an afternoon nap. Voila, you get to rest. Good Luck.

I think every child is different but my son was about a year old when he gave up his morning nap. He just started either not sleeping at all or only sleeping for 20-30 minutes. I just moved his pm nap earlier (right after lunch) and stopped putting him down in the am. He was fine and adjusted well.

my daughter was on this schedule until 18 months.. up at 630- nap ###-###-#### nap 2-4 bedtime at 7..

at about 18 month she started not sleepin for her afternoon nap.. she would just bounce around in her crib and if she did sleep then she would not want to go to bed..

So...I dropped the morning nap... and moved her afternoon nap to 1130 and her bedtime up to 630...

It is actually easier when they give up the morning nap. you get up and play all morning have lunch and then off to bed.. the afternoon nap is a bit longer and bedtime is earlier..

my daughter is a big sleeper girl.. my son doesnt sleep as much.