Back to 2 Naps???? 15 Month Old

hi S.!
Babies usually need some time to adjust to a new nap schedule. Some days she'll need just one nap, while others she'll need 2. Eventually it'll be one nap. I would just go with her and see what she comes up with. Her body will tell her what she needs. You just need to watch for signs of sleepiness for nap time. I wouldn't change her bed-time. My 2 yr old went from napping 11-1 to 2-4 after going to just one nap. this works better for us (brother's afternoon nap is during this time as well) :] Good luck, God Bless!

Hannah's done the same thing. If the naps are not interupting huge parts of your must-do schedule, I'd say: if she's sleepy let her sleep! Anyway - gives me two quite times! :) I can't see a negative in letting her nap twice. She'll grow out of it eventually.

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I'm on the same page as the other two moms who responded. That book is great if you want a resource but there is alot of reading. My personal experience with my daughter who is almost 2...was she went to 1 nap around a year old too which was last June, but then she seemed to need 2 naps towards the end of the summer and I was worried b/c she is in daycare and they were only going to nap there once. She transitioned fine and naps now about 2 hours a day (12:30-2:30ish). She has been doing that from 15 months to 22 months of age. But on the weekends she sometimes naps twice. I asked my doctor...he said she KNOWS when she needs the extra sleep so on the days when she wants the two naps on teh weekend let her have them. She is basically catching up. Children hit another growth spurt about 18 months or before so that migth be what is happening and she needs the extra sleep. Also, is she learning to walk or be more mobile? Talking more? All this is exhausting on their little bodies and they need the extra rest to learn and thrive...reprocess each night. I wouldn't worry...you might try to schedule in the two naps and if she doesn't want to nap early in the morning for long make it "rest time"...explain to her that we all must rest our bodies and be quiet. Even if she sits and looks at books with you or rests on a favorite spot. And then she can take a long nap in the afternoon. I hope that makes sense.

Hi S.! It sounds like our kids our on the same wavelength! My DD went through a 1-nap-a-day stretch around 11 mo, but is now (at 13 mo) back to 2. She's in daycare 3 days a week, and only naps once there (from 12-2:30), but I think she really needs more sleep than that, so she gets 2 naps on days she's home. My guess is it just has something to do with growing, and learning to walk, so getting more mobile. She just needs more sleep right now. So I don't think your DD is all that strange. Good luck figuring out what works for her!

There is a book called Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy
Child, by Dr. Marc Weissbluth that I highly recommend for sleep questions. He gives a great general outline of what to expect at different ages.
Also remember that with summer comes earlier sunrise, you might try cardboard over her windows at night and at nap time, and more physical activity which can make them more tired.

Hello S.. I have a 16 month old son who did the exact samething. There are some days that he will take an hour nap in the morning and an hour to two hours in the afternoon and some mornings he takes between a two and three hour nap in the morning and skips the afternoon. I've been told by alot of mommy friends that it's completely normal and usually around 18 months to 24 months they will be down for one nap a day. It sounds like your daughter maybe a little advance and starting to drop off one of her naps alittle early. If you notice her getting tired alittle sooner or wanting back on the second nap, let her go.

Yes, this is definitely the age to drop to one nap, and it is hard sometimes to determine and establish what's best. What I've done with some of mine is to put them down at 10, when she seems to need it, and then wake them up in 30 to 45 minutes. Then keep her up til 2 (or so) and put her down again for her main nap where you let her sleep longer. This is a transition time for her, and soon she won't need the morning nap at all.