Two Naps to One? - Brunswick,ME

Both of my children were about 18 months when then shifted. However, the shift might need to be inconsistent for a while. What I mean is this: do two naps for a day or two and then do one nap...back to two...then one...for a few weeks. There may be days that going to one nap just doesn't happen because she gets too cranky. It doesn't need to be all one or all the other, at least for a few weeks. Then try to shift it to more days with one nap.

my daughter gave up the mornign nap at 18 months - but was probably ready to drop the nap sooner than that..( we had a nanny that kept her on the 2 napt schedule)

my son dropped the morning nap at 9 months..

when they transition to 1 nap.. the nap is early like 11 am.. serve an early lunch and off to bed.. they usually sleep longer like 2-3 hours... also bedtime moves earlier to make up for less daytime sleep.. say nap at 11 am bedtime at 630 ir 700 naptime t gradually moves later and later..bedtime moves later and later...f we were doing 1 pm nap tiem but my 4 1/2 year old is just about ready to give up naps..

Usually it's around 18 months but my daughter quit wanting a morning nap soon after she turned 1. You gotta roll with the punches...
Sounds like she's ready to transition to one nap. This will make your mornings seem to last FOREVER but it also helps when you need to run errands or plan a little fun time out of the house. There are always pros and cons. =)

Sounds like she is ready. My daughter switched at 18 months.

To me it sounds like she is ready to go down to one nap.

There is no specific age.... you go by your child's cues.
My son at that age, was still napping twice a day. For 2 hours each.
He needed it... he napped, we had a daily routine.
He is 3.5 now, and now naps once a day. For 2-3 hours.

Go by your child's cues. And each day can be different per their tiredness. So you go by that too. It does not mean, that naps have to be taken away finitely.

If your child seems tired, then they need a nap.

all the best,
Susan

I have 2 girls (3 years old and 15 months). My oldest dropped her morning nap at 19 months and my youngest dropped her morning nap at 9 months. So I have realized that all kids are different. I would try to put her down after lunch and see if she takes a long nap for you. She may be fussier during the transition period, but in the end you may like the one long nap better.

I don't think there is any one correct answer to that. It can vary a lot. My son usually only took one nap a day but it was a long one, 2 to 3 hours. Then the naps got shorter and shorter. Now at 3.5 years, he sometimes does not nap at all. I put him down with me on the playmat if I am with him and he is obviously tired and read oar make up a story. It just about puts me to sleep also! ;-) When he goes to daycare, they have a naptime and it is amazing what they will do as a group compared to when he is at home!

You may want to try skipping that morning nap and putting her down for a nap around 12:00 or 12:30.. let her sleep 2 hours and then start bath at 7:00 and bed routine about 7:30.. Do not rile her up after 5:30.. Keep dinner low key. The more you wind her up the longer it will take to calm her down.

Hi B., It does sound like your LO is ready to start transitioning from 2 to 1 naps. Our experience: Just at about this age our toddler started going from 2 naps to 1. It took about one month to get this going. Some days he would be OK with 1 and others, he needed 2. I found that ensuring lots of outdoor play and sunlite in the morning helped keep him going til that one nap, and he would sleep well for that one nap.

Hope this helps.
Jilly

Lisa O. and Cheryl L. have it right, in my opinion. I have two kids, two and one year(s) old. They both kind of choose, but more or less 18 months for the older one and more or less 9 months for the younger of the two. And yes, transitioning from two naps down to one, starts about two to three hours after breakfast. Now, at present, they will usually go down for a nap around 2pm every day. Hang in there, and listen to your instincts. She does seem ready. Like I mentioned even now they may take two naps a day, just depending on what has gone on in the last day or two, right up to that day, and the child's involvement in hot weather, as well.

my son stopped taking an afernoon nap at the age of 2 but than he was ready for the night and sleeping by 5 or so. and sleep all night till 6 am. you just need to find what works for you and your child. there are no ground rules for naps.

Mine was right at 15 months. I had to go out of town for a few days with him, and it was hard to get him a quiet spot to take a nap twice a day, so he was skipping the morning one. When we got home, he would not go back to napping for me and that was that. I think it would have happened a few months later had I not been traveling. Now that he is almost 3, I am sooo careful to make sure he gets his afternoon nap. I'm afraid anytime we skip it that it might start training him to not need it like it happened before.

It sounds like she is just about ready. Give it a try for a few days and see how it goes. It will be obvious if she is not ready. I tried with my daughter (didn't go well - VERY tired at dinner to the point of craziness) then stuck with the two for a while and then when I tired again she was ready.

My little one made the switch at about 16 months or so. I hated losing the morning nap but it eventually meant that he got into a routine of sleeping an average of 2.5 hours in the afternoon! Good luck.