Naps
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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...
No More Naps???
Asked by T.Y. from Sarasota
on February 9, 2008
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In the past 3 days my son, almost 2, has just decided to stop taking naps. I don't know what happened because nothing new has been going on. He used to LOVE taking h...
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- My daughter will be 2 on the 25th. There are days she doesn't want to nap. She is down to 1 nap which has gotten shorter in recent weeks. My oldest daughter was 2 1...
- I don't really have any advice, but I know your struggle. My son was once a fabulous napper--three to four hour naps. After he turned two the nap/no nap see-saw bega...
- my son did the same thing at 23 months. he will be 2 on the 23rd. the only time he naps is if we are out walking and he is in the stroller. he use to go to bed at abou...
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...
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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.C. from Chicago
on August 19, 2011
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My son is going to be 4 months old and i was wondering when other moms noticed their little ones to transition from three naps to two naps???
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- With my first we were just happy anytime she would take a nap. About 4 months, the colic stopped and she started taking two naps a day. She would be up at about 7am, n...
- every child is different.. but my daughter was a sleeper girl.. took 4 naps until 6 or 7 months.. my son gave up the 3rd nap by 3 months.. he was too busy to sleep. w...
- my son was transitioned at about 4.5-5 months. Every so often during this time he would still get sleepy in the late afternoon so we would do a third one that was usu...
No More Naps?
Asked by A.U. from Colorado Springs
on May 16, 2011
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I am wondering at what age all your little ones gave up naps for good and specifically, what were the signs for giving up the nap. I am asking because I have a 2.5 ye...
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- I think all kids are different. My first son was disappointed when he learned that they would not be taking a nap in kindergarten whereas my daughter takes naps 2 to 3...
- Our son started doing the same thing at about 2.5 yrs. He stopped napping when he was 3. It was a hard transition for him bc he needed to nap and was cranky in the eve...
- All 3 of my kids were done with naps right around 2 yrs old...and yup, the playing instead of laying down was what happened at our house...that and the constant coming...
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Asked by A.V. from Detroit
on October 16, 2007
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My daughter is 14 months old, how many, how long should she be napping?? My Mom watches her and does not want to switch her to one nap yet...what do I do?? Now she g...
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- My son is 18 months old and he just went to 1 nap per day for 2 - 3 hours. He also goes to be around 8:30 or so. When we are home on the weekends he will sleep until 8...
- That sounds about right on with my 14 month old daughters schedule. Sometimes she takes a long nap (3 hours) in the early afternoon, and then doesn't need another lat...
- My twins are 13 months old and on occasion take one nap a day. If this happens they wake up around 7:30 and then lay back down at 12:30 or so. But they are crabby by 6...
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Asked by C.S. from New York
on February 17, 2009
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I have a six month old. I put him down for 3 naps a day (9, 12 & 3). He won't go down peacefully for naps in his crib but he does for bedtime. We CIO for naps and have...
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- 3 naps a day is really too many. Try once in the AM and once later in the day. You kind of need to push him along to drop the mid-day nap - he will be that much more t...
- You are doing fine when my daughter was that age she also had that many naps. Do not change anything when he gets to almost a year old he will go to only two naps but ...
- From the time my kids were 3-4 mos they only took 2 naps a day. I'd start him on a breakfast, lunch, dinner feeding schedule and give naps around that. About an hour...
