Morning Naps
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Morning Nap
Asked by K.M. from Lafayette
on December 2, 2007
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What age did you little one give up the morning nap? My 13 month old is giving me a real hard time about morning naps. The good news is she sleeps from 8pm to 7:30am...
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- My daughter started on one nap just after she turned one and it's been wonderful! Instead of 2 short 1 1/2-2 hour nap I get a good 3 hours or more at about 12:30 whic...
- My 14 month old has decided within the past couple of days that he no longer wants to take his afternoon nap. He needs it...but he won't sleep. My friends have now s...
- I don't think it as much about the age as it is about when they are ready. It sounds like she is ready if she is fighting it. Try not putting her down in the morning...
Morning Nap
Asked by A.G. from Minneapolis
on August 6, 2007
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Just wondering when a good age to drop the first nap is? My son is 9 months old and doesn't always take a "good" morning nap- sometimes around a half hour. Is this too...
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- All of my kids took a morning nap until after a year old or so. Morning naps have usually been short. I think if he is still sleeping 1/2 hour or so, this is great. ...
- All kids are really different with naps and some can drop them alot earlier than other's. I use to work at a inhome daycare and we got rid of the morning nap betwe...
- Each child is so different. You have to play it by ear (gut instinct). I have two kids, and I don't remember specifically morning naps, but my older son was done nap...
No More Morning Nap
Asked by J.B. from Chicago
on July 20, 2009
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I know that every child is different, but I'm just wondering if some Moms out there can tell me what age your child stopped taking the morning nap and how you made thi...
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- Around 10 months, my daughter started to either play through her morning nap or through her afternoon nap a good portion of the time. At 11 months, I gave up and switc...
- My son transitioned around 18 months. I tried real hard to keep that morning nap, but he was refusing the afternoon one. Plus with summertime, we can be out and have...
- My daughter transitioned out of her morning nap at 18 months. My son transitioned just before 15 months. Dropping the morning nap was a tough transition for the ki...
Morning Nap
Asked by S.D. from Detroit
on February 25, 2008
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I have two one year olds. My question is when do they drop the am nap and just do the pm nap? Lately they either do sleep in the am or one does and one doesn't!
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- 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 ...
- 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 20-3...
- 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; whi...
Naps
Asked by B.K. from San Antonio
on January 16, 2008
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I'm wondering when do kids normally stop taking naps? My little girl is 2 1/2 years old and she's resisting her afternoon naps more and more. It seems too soon for h...
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- I have a 10 yr. Old & a 6 yr. Old and they still do naps here and there, especially on weekend afternoons, after a busy am !!....- 2-1/2 definetly should still be taki...
- i have to wake my son (3) up at 7:00 to get him to take a nap by 12:30 or so. then he'll go to bed around 8 and sleep through the night. if i mess with this, it all...
- My son is three years old and has been for some time resisting taking a nap. Our rule is that he doesn't have to go to sleep, but he needs to lay down and rest. I ...
No More Naps?
Asked by A.G. from Minneapolis
on June 23, 2009
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My just turned 2 year old seems to not be interested in naps anymore. I was wondering when your toddler gave up their nap and how did you know it was time?
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- Hi A. looks like you have gotten lots of replies but thought I would let you know that all (3) of my children quit naps between 2 and 3. I must admit when my third, w...
- My oldest son gave up naps just before turning two. It would take him forever to fall asleep, to the point where he would sleep so late we'd have to wake him up for di...
- My oldest is 4.5 and still naps. I remember we went through periods if her not wanting to nap, but was a total bear! Therefore, we pushed through and she still naps!...
Naps
Asked by C.K. from Los Angeles
on May 29, 2008
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My 5 month old son does not nap. How can I get him to start taking regular naps? Also, how many naps should a 5 month old be taking? Is it too early to have set nap ...
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- You did not mention how he sleeps at night... If he sleeps at night, don't mess around with the nap thing!!!! You might mess up his nights, and NOBODY wants that!!! ...
- First of all, I'm assuming that your two year old takes a mid-day nap. I would plan one nap at the same time as your two year old's nap. To get your baby on a nappin...
- Below is an approximate example of my 5 month old's schedule which we came into organically by following his cues and have been practicing for a couple months. I do n...
Naps
Asked by B.W. from Baton Rouge
on January 25, 2008
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My daughter is 10 months old and is taking 2 naps a day. Sometimes she fights one of them and ends up only taking 1 nap but most of the time takes 2. I was wondering...
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- Hi. I have 2 kids and I transitioned them at about a year and 4 months just because I wanted them to take 1 long nap. It's hard at first because they are so tired bu...
- I don't quite remember when my toddler started taking only 1 nap, but we do it after lunchtime. Usually somewhere between 12:30-1:30. She's 19 months old now, and sh...
- It all depends on the children to be honest. My daughter took 2 naps for over a year, and my son has been at 1 for as long as I can remember. My daughter gave up nap...
Naps
Asked by K.S. from Dallas
on November 3, 2009
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OK mamas. At what age did you let your kids drop their 1 nap. I have a 4 yo boy, who instead of sleeping he plays. I fight with him to take his nap. Is he getting too ...
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- Could be that there is a bit of a power struggle going on as well. And some kids just do not need the extra sleep. As long as he is not cranky by evening time, he sh...
- It's different for each child. My boys are sleepers, so they needed naps longer than most. My oldest napped on the weekends until he was 6, and would have napped in ...
- Quiet time is all you can hope for now. My kids never sleep in the daytime past their 3rd birthday unless they are running fever or we have had an extraordinarily bus...
Naps
Asked by J.H. from Providence
on November 8, 2007
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Hello!
I am a mom of a 17 mth old son whom has recently stopped taking 2 naps. My son was on such a great nap schedule, one at 9 and one at 1:30. Both naps lasted an ...
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- my son was on the same schedule. 9 and 1:30. What I ended up doing was keeping him up until 12;00 giving him lunch and then down at 12:30. you could try to keep him up...
- You could stretch the morning awake time 20 minutes for 2/3 days (or more days if you think he needs it), and keep up with that pattern until he is sleeping as late as...
- I would try to make his morning nap later. Try and make it to 11 or 12. That way he will be getting rest a little later in the day, but early enough not to interrupt h...
