My 1-year-old daughter has always napped on schedule at 10 and 2pm. A couple of times this week she wouldn't go down for her morning nap and her schedule was thrown off. Is this normal for her age? I don't know if she's ready to reduce to one nap per day, or maybe her morning nap should be pushed later? Thanks for any suggestions you might have.
My daughter, now 3, transitioned from 2 naps to 1 the week of her first birthday. It sounds like it's time to go with the first birthday flow!
Every child is different so follow her cues. The hardest part of losing the morning nap is on the Mom, not the child. It was so hard for me to give up that morning break. Try having her play all morning and put her down about 1:30. She should nap 2-3 hours. Try not to habvve her sleep much past 4:30 otherwise that will push your dinner and bedtime later. Good luck.
Both of my girls stopped taking a morning nap by 12 months. My oldest was at 10 months and my youngest (14 months tomorrow) still takes a morning nap occasionally but generally only takes one. Some kids take two naps for a long time and others go to one nap early.
Just watch her sleepy signs :-)
Good luck with the change!
I would try going to one nap a day and like the other woman said watch her signs. I would also move her bedtime up until she transitions to the one nap. My daughter was going to bed at 7:30 a couple months ago and when she moved to one nap and when she went to the one nap we would put her to bed any time between 6 and 7:30 depending on how tired she was. Now she's pretty consistently going to bed between 7 and 7:30.
Sorry she's gone to one nap so quickly, I miss those two naps =O)
Around a year old my daughter went through the same thing. We would always lay her down for her morning nap and she didn't want it so we would get her up. That lasted a couple weeks and then she went back to two naps. She is now 17 months old and just switched to one again about a month ago. Whenever I saw that first yawn I laid her down. A lot of times it was an hour to an hour and a half after waking up. I say try and get her to take two naps as long as you can. That extra time for yourself is precious.
Both of my boys (one 6 the other 2) stopped taking 2 naps a day around the age of 1. They both started taking one 2-4 hour nap right after lunch. It might be rough for you for the first week but it will get better. With out the late afternoon nap both of my boys were ready for bed a little earlier which is great for my husband and I because we now have some snuggle time before bed.
It sounds like your daughter may be ready to go down to 1 nap. During this transition time, a few days she may take one nap and other days 2 naps. Just keep an eye on her and see if she is sleepy. Good luck!
Sounds like she is transitioning to one nap. She is the right age to be making that move. You'll have to gradually move her nap later in the morning. Start putting her down at 11:00 for a few weeks(could be more or less, depends on child). Then she may be able to hold off till 12:00. She'll eventually be comfortable with a 1:00 nap and that should last awhile.
Good luck.
Sounds like she is moving to one nap!!! Fun times. NOT!! I wish they would take two naps forever. When my son swicht we moved the one nap to noon. He sleeps for about 1 1/2 -2 hours. If he is really tired he well sleep for 3 but that is really rare.
Good luck
As you daughter gets older she will stop taking her morning nap. She is to curious about what is going on around her.
My son dropped to one nap around this age. My suggestion is to try only one nap. Watch closely for signs that she is tired and use them to guide you in picking a time (but don't let it go past the usual afternoon nap time)
Hi A R,
Yes, it sound slike she ready to switch! But it doesn't mean that she will never take another am nap. She might be the type of littleone that only needs an am nap every 3-4 days.
This will happen when she's "done" with all naps, too. She might always just take one every couple of days.
Just watch for the signs, and take a "car ride" to the gas station or something.....
I'm sure you'll figure it out :o)
~N.
she may be eliminating her morning nap and transitioning to one nap, my son did this at about this age. There was a few weeks of transition taking one long nap one day and 2 short naps the next day. now he takes just one nap/ day later in the afternoon, Each child id different but your daughter's behavior seems right on schedule
She's probably ready to go to just one nap a day. I would advise slowly moving to a one nap a day routine. When my kids dropped their morning nap, I slowly had them nap around 11:30-12:00, then pushed that out until 2 pm. Now, it's 2 pm. I have a 2 1/2 yr old and 4 1/2 yr old who both still nap at 2 pm.
Then try to keep bedtime at the same time, or even back it up a half hour until she's adapted to the one nap per day routine.
good luck!
At this age, she's probably ready to cut out one of her naps and it seems that she's decided it will be the morning nap. Move up the afternoon nap time and readjust to a new schedule!
It sounds like your daughter is starting the transition to one nap. This can be difficult is you don't make some adjustments. When my daughter went through this I moved her nap to around 11am or 12pm and moved her bedtime to 6:30pm. There were days she napped really well and others where she didn't. On the days she didn't I started her next sleep cycle even earlier. After a month or so things settled down and she adjusted to one nap. I HIGHLY recommend reading Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child by Dr. Marc Weissbluth for info on age appropriate sleep needs and schedules. It really helps to have a sleep guide for every developmental stage and ideas on how to handle it. Email me if you want more info.
Sincerely,
L.
mines's doing that too. i try for the nap if he wont take it i move on and then do the 12 nap
