Appropriate Nap Schedule for My Suddenly Irregular Napper

You might want to put her down a little later for her nap. My son started taking 1 nap around a year old (of course there are some days that he still needs two). My son goes to sleep around 11:30 after a little snack and he will sleep about 2.5 hours. Then we will have lunch. This is really a great schedule since I can run errands in the morning and afternoon. It was a little hard to keep him to a schedule when I had things to do and he wanted to sleep so often.

Hi A.:
You know, your daughter was accustomed to you rocking her prior to each nap. The reason she was so willing to sleep without your rocking her,is because you had built a bond,a closeness,that provided security for her, Secure enough to make her feel safe just laying down by herself.However, she is beginning to (Miss) you rocking her. (She ALMOST forgot what she loved about those naps but shes sharp enough to remember now. What I would do A.,is rock her again a few times and See if that makes a difference. It doesn't have to be everyday,but periodically,so she doesn't feel shes missing that special time with you.If that doesn't do it,then i'd try to change up her naps,or limit it to one. I know us mothers need every break we can get during the day,but don't make it a struggle,or force it to the point she hates going to sleep.If shes tired,she'll conk out.If shes not,let her lay and talk to her lovey for a while and get up and try latter.I wish you and your darlin daughter the best.

But, if she is not tired in the morning, and is ready she may just be dropping the morning nap. My son did this at around 11 to 13 months old, and he just stopped napping in the morning. Then, I just started putting him down when he started to look tired, and be ready for sleep.

Hi A., Koudos to you for rocking your daughter to sleep, I rocked all 3 of mine to sleep. Is there any reason why you stopped? I rocked mine to sleep until they kina got yo big, then they just wanted to rock sing a couple songs then have me and daddy tuck them in. Also it sems like was taking a lot of naps, my kids and my daycare kids take one nap a day, maybe if you put her down around 12:00 noon she would be good to go for the day. My daycare kids 9 months and older go down at 12:00 and nap time is over at 2:00/ 3:00. maybe this may work for your daughter. J. L.

PS kids go through different sleep and eating patterns as they get older.