Napping
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To Nap or Not to Nap
Asked by B.M. from Salt Lake City
on February 1, 2008
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My son is 2 1/2 and refuses to take a nap. Is he old enough to stop nap times? I struggle with that because if I let him skip his nap, he is Mr. Monster Man by about 6...
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- I am in the same boat with my 2 1/2 year old. She doesn't come out of her room she just will play by herself for over an hour and she usually just falls asleep eventu...
- i have a 2 1/2 year old boy (Alex) and a 17 mos boy (Colvin) also and Alex has done the same thing. he refused to take naps and was a monster by 5. I feel that at tha...
- My son is kinda going through the same thing. We just put a small TV with a DVD player built in into his room. When it what we call "quiet time" he picks a movie and h...
To Nap or Not to Nap
Asked by L.M. from San Antonio
on June 14, 2011
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my husband and I disagree on naps for our three and five year old. I prefer to stick it out so that they go to sleep at night faster than for them to nap and struggle ...
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- try the book "healthy sleep habits, happy child" by dr weissbluth. many kids are "done" with naps by the time they are 3, but i know plenty of kids who nap (or could...
- You know your children best and know when they need or don't need naps, especially since you are with them a majority of the time. The thing I've found about naps is ...
- we are right there with you.. my son is 4 (as of june 11) my daughter is 5 1/2 (december 20) I gave up on naps about 2 weeks ago.. they will fall asleep quickly for a...
To Nap or Not to Nap??
Asked by P.H. from Philadelphia
on August 22, 2008
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My daughter is two weeks shy of her 4th birthday. Sometimes she naps, sometimes she doesn't. Her summer camp/school does not allow time for nap, so there are times w...
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- P. I would say don't let her nap and get her to bed at 7:30. If she wakes up at close to the same time both ways I think that you need to go for the option that give...
- My daughter is 2 1/2 I don't do the nap. I keep her as busy as I possible can and then put her to bed at 6:45 she is out by 7 same with our 3 1/2 month old. Now...my h...
- Hi P., Put your daughter on the family schedule. Summer camp is almost over. She has to learn to adjust to others schedule, even though it may be difficult. ho...
Why Won't She Nap for Me?
Asked by J.G. from Omaha
on January 29, 2011
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I went back to work a week ago...my boyfriend and I work opposite schedules so one of us is always home with our 2 girls. Our 2 1/2 month old daughter will not nap fo...
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- Maybe he doesnt notice her fussing and she falls back to sleep on her own?
- I think men have some sort of "nap magic". My husband and my daughter napped together often, or he got her to sleep so much easier than I did. For many months when he ...
- When my daugter was a baby she never took naps. If she did it was only for 20-30 min. That situation can be so hard! After about 9 months she finally started taking re...
No Nap!
Asked by M.D. from Chicago
on September 1, 2010
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My daughter just turned 2 at the end of July. She has started to stop napping. I put her in her crib and she talks and talks and then starts to cry. We are talking ...
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- I say keep her in her crib and don't go in there. My daughter will be 4 and if she doesn't get her nap, she's a terror by 6pm. I know lots of parents who say their k...
- Hate to say it but my 2 yr old stopped taking naps all together too around that age and still won't.....no matter what I do. I'm also expecting (8 mnths now) and am ex...
- I have yet to go through this myself, but I've had several friends who have had success enforcing a "quiet time". Let her know she doesn't have to go to sleep (how wo...
AM Nap
Asked by K.C. from Washington DC
on February 9, 2012
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Our LO is 13 months old ... am naps are all over the place ... can be as long as 2.5 hours some days. I really feel like LO still NEEDS them, but wonder if it's time ...
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- My son, napped per his cues. I knew his cues. At that age of your child, my son napped, twice or 3 times a day and still slept fine at night with no problem. His nap...
- I run a home daycare. I eliminate morning naps about that age if possible, but some kids do still need a very brief little nap. I ahve a cut off of 10 am tho so they w...
- I did morning naps with my first until she was about 18 mos. old. She kind of phased out of them on her own.
To Nap, or Not to Nap
Asked by K.B. from Los Angeles
on December 8, 2010
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I have an almost 3 1/2 year old son and for the past few months nap time has become an issue. For awhile the pattern was a nap most days with a couple days where he la...
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- Your son is at the age where kids start to give up their naps. It happens to all kids. You are doing the right thing by letting him have "quiet time" even if he does...
- how many hours is he typically sleeping at night ? Eventually he is going to give up that nap and sleep more at night, like 7:30pm -7:30 am so would it work for you t...
- I used to hate those "No Nap Crabapple" days! lol You could always move your lunch a bit earlier (11:30) so he has more time to fall asleep. Really, as it is he only...
Nap or No Nap??
Asked by A.K. from Tulsa
on October 1, 2008
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I'm wondering at what age other moms have stopped making their kids take naps. I've always had a pretty strict nap schedule. As soon as lunch is over, the kids take ...
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- All I know is that my daughter stopped taking a nap the day she turned 1! It was not a choice by me, it was her. She no longer needed it (even though I still could hav...
- We're going thru this with my daughter, starting at 3 1/2 she stopped napping so much. Finally I told her she could stay in her bed and look at books if she wasn't sle...
- I have 3 kids and my "baby" just turned 5. All of them continued to take naps right up until kindergarten (and even sometimes when they got home from school!!). My y...
No More Nap
Asked by C.M. from Melbourne
on April 16, 2007
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My son is almost 19 months old and has always been a really great sleeper. He still sleep 12 hours straight every night but or the past week and 1/2 or so, he no longe...
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- C., One of my children gave up naps entirely and only slept for eight hours a night--by his first birthday!! I would definitely do the quiet-rest time like the o...
- Hi C., I know how distressing this no nap thing is ;-) My daughter went through this and for her it was a phase. She was slightly younger and it lasted a couple of w...
- I remember my son doing this at about that age. It really just seemed like he didn't need sleep to feel re-energized, but rather just needed some relaxing, cool-down ...
To Nap or Not to Nap.....
Asked by C.M. from Dallas
on May 5, 2011
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My almost 5 yr old daughter is finally going to sleep without coming out of her room a million times and at a good time (between 8 and 8:30). Now, my 2.5 year old son...
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- I think little guys need that nap for proper development. They need so many hours of sleep per day that if they don't nap they need to be asleep by 6pm and sleep unti...
- My best friend believes that naps help her daughter to sleep at night. I have always said that I do not care if they nap as long as they sleep through the night! You...
- My daughter stopped napping at 2. No nightime issues. KEY: Stop the juice, stop the sugar. She is 4 now and is NOT a baby. If you are "napping" a 4 year old...well, .....
