30 Month Old Skips Naps-

My son stopped napping around 2 1/2 also. He still has quiet time in his room for at least 30-45 mins sometimes more. I put a gate up in his doorway so that he can not get out of his room. He will play and read books. I think this time has helped him learn how to play alone and use his imagination. He also make a mess and we are learning on cleaning up after play now. LOL! He also goes in his room to play on his own through out the day now.

My son is three and I had the same problem a few months ago.His behaviour changed when I cut the daytime nap.So I reintroduced the nap and I am so glad I did.He sleeps one hour during the day and 11 hours at night.
I just have it a part of his routine and stay firm but fair at this time and basically I let him know that it is his nap time. At the weekend I go for a nap with him.
I believe that children get very cranky when they don't get enough sleep.
Best of luck
B.

Kids are all different, but if you want her to go back to napping, put her back on her schedule. You adjusted to her by putting her to bed earlier, which is fine, she's getting the sleep she needs. Keep her up a little more in the evening, and get her up around the same time every day. She'll be short an hour of sleep. If she still needs a nap, she'll take it. My rule was always," You don't have to sleep, but you have to stay in bed quietly until rest time is over. When rest time is over, I'll open your door." Sometimes they sleep, sometimes they don't. Either way, you get a break, and they get to mellow out for an hour or two. This always helped mine get through that late-afternoon-crankiness that kids go through, usually when you're trying to cook.

My son stopped napping at about 24months. He is now 30months old and has been regularly napping again for the last couple months.
Some things that worked for me:
- Take "Quiet Time". But make it very casual; "You can take a nap if you want to but you don't have to" worked for us so it wasn't a Me vs. Him thing about the nap anymore.
- I put blackout curtains in his room.
- I took him out in the morning to the park or out with friends to get him really tired. I don't do this every day anymore but it helped during the period that he started napping again.
- I started reading a book to him before his nap to have a little quiet transition time. We had always done that before bed but I started it before nap time too.
All together these have worked for us. He naps at least 6 out of 7 days a week. I still call it "Quiet Time" instead of "Nap Time"! Best of luck. I know it can be frustrating.

My boys both stopped napping at around that age. It is hugely frustrating, but normal. And it's just going to be tough for a few weeks as she adjusts.

One thing that helped is having "quiet time" in the afternoon, about the time when she used to nap. With my first, he had to stay on his bed and could look at as many books as he wanted. There were stacks and stacks of books on his bed! At first, he'd fall asleep half the time, and he'd get his nap that way. But he gradually fell asleep less and less often, but he still had to stay on his bed for a whole hour.

He was my compliant kid, though. My second one, not so much. Especially because his big brother was up and playing, he wasn't aobut to stay in his bed! He's not one to look at books for hours on end, either. So we had a movie in the afternoon where my boys could sort of veg and relax for a while. I needed it, and they certainly did, too. It made dinner time so much less dramatic. Less crying, less whining about our food, less refusing to eat, etc.

All kids are different....all 3 of my kids were DONE with naps shortly after turning 2! I was totally bummed but they all have done really well, not turning into complete crabby pattys in the late afternoon/early evening!

Sorry to say this but your daughter might be done?

My daughter stopped taking them at 13 months old. She always slept through the night and well self weened at 13 months old and decided to stop taking naps as well. My boys were still taking them at 3 years old. Once they decide they are done they are done. A lot of parents do est time or quiet time still. I guess they have their kids lay down or go to their rooms to play quietly for a hour or so each day. So that is a option for some I guess.

Well each kid is different per naps.

My son, is recently turned 4, and he still naps everyday in the afternoon. He will not last all day without one and gets real fussy.
He still sleeps fine at night by 8:00pm or so.

My daughter is 7 and she will nap now and then in the afternoon when she is tired, after school.

Go by your child's cues.
Bear in mind, not everyday will be the same. Some days, they WILL be tired and still need a nap. It is not an absolute... that they either nap or not. Because some days, they will need one.

Here is a link on how much sleep a baby/child needs:
http://www.babycenter.com/0_how-much-sleep-does-your-chil...

all the best,
Susan

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Well if you've already moved her bed time up, probably it's a lost cause, unless you only move her bedtime if she doesn't nap. My daughter will be 3 in two weeks and right around 2.5 she stopped napping too. It was very hit or miss and some days were down right miserable. Then about a month or two later she started napping again. She took great naps, like 1.5-2 hours at a time every day. Now, just a few weeks until her birthday she's going back into the no-nap phase! I think you just have to go by her cues and it may be a long process in getting rid of naps.

Even on her non nap days I do make her stay in her room and play quietly for a bit. My goal is an hour, but sometimes it's only 40-45 minutes. I don't really relax b/c I'm constantly worried about what she's doing to make all that noise, but it's the concept that matters really! ;)

My daughter (also 30 months)quit naps around 18 months or so, but she does sleep about 11 or 12 hours at night. When we get up really early because we have things to do, she might, big might there, take a nap. I was hoping she would go back to taking a nap but so far, not so much. I do remember my older kids stopped for a short time but they were about 3 1/2 and it only lasted a few months.