Nap Transition

[kensie5226]

So DC told us that since E is so mobile she'll be moving up to the toddler room shortly after her first b-day (two weeks). This is all well and good, but that room only takes one scheduled nap/day. She's not really ready for that, but too bad. It's happening. So I've moved my focus from weaning to moving her naps. Any and all advice is welcome.

[proceedwithcaution]

We've been only having 1 nap at DC since about 9 months. She still happily takes 2 naps at home. She does sleep on the way home from DC (if the toddler doesn't wake her). I'm good with this situation until she is ready to drop one at home as well.

[sunfrogger88]

Emma only naps once when she's at my parents. At home it's give or take 1 or 2.

Edit: hit send too fast. At home you can encourage "relax" time instead of go go go like babies are wired. So a walk in the stroller, etc.

[mandie]

I transitioned Allie to one nap, for the most part, in early September to accommodate Ben's preschool schedule. She has done really well. When Ben moved to the one year old room when he was in DC, he napped twice on weekends and once on weekday

[rachaeleigh]

I'm pretty sure that H has only ever had 1 nap at daycare. After I realized she was happy and safe there, I made it a rule for myself that I don't ask questions. That may seem odd to some but I can too easily obsess about what she's eating, how she's napping, etc. Her schedule at home never seemed impacted on daycare days
So, yeah...I don't really know her daycare schedule but I do know the lady mentioned a long time ago something about her taking 1 long nap.
I know that's not very helpful for what you were asking...

[littleredfish]

DD2 is with me but I remember when DD1 was in daycare they only ever did one nap. If a kid was just falling asleep they'd let them sleep again but it wasn't scheduled. She mainly had 1 nap there but would sleep twice at home. So basically she had a schedule with daycare and a different but similar one with us and it never seemed to affect her.

[yummeecookee]

We're similar to proceedwithcaution. C has been down to one nap at DC for at least a month now. Then a nap in the car on the way home. On weekends, it depends on what we're doing. If we go somewhere that involves a 30min or more drive, I know he will sleep then. If not, then he usually just has 1 nap at home.

[fuzzylogic]

E has been to one nap ever since we started back at DC after the summer. When we're at home she usually takes one nap, as well. It just kind of happened on it's own.

Today she's getting two because she had a car nap and we made her nap for real later this afternoon. Fingers crossed this later nap doesn't bite me in the butt later!

[colinsfebmommy]

I would love to keep 2 solid naps but our morning nap has been getting shorter and shorter so I know the end is near

[Deleted]

I think I'm about to drop L down to 1 nap. Half the time he doesn't take a nap in the mornings bc I don't have 40 minutes to get him down. He goes down easier for his afternoon nap with no morning nap.

[younglove316]

Oct 24, 2016 13:25:09 GMT -5 @babylentilbean said:

I think I'm about to drop L down to 1 nap. Half the time he doesn't take a nap in the mornings bc I don't have 40 minutes to get him down. He goes down easier for his afternoon nap with no morning nap.

+1 except opposite for us, morning is usually easiest for us.

[sunfrogger88]

Oct 24, 2016 17:17:48 GMT -5 younglove316 said:

Oct 24, 2016 13:25:09 GMT -5 @babylentilbean said:

I think I'm about to drop L down to 1 nap. Half the time he doesn't take a nap in the mornings bc I don't have 40 minutes to get him down. He goes down easier for his afternoon nap with no morning nap.

+1 except opposite for us, morning is usually easiest for us.

Same! At least at home we never take an afternoon nap.

[flyliceandcoffee]

When K moves up to the next classroom they also do one nap there. TBH, hen our daughter transitioned, we let the deal with it at daycare and then just followed suit. So they more or less moved her up on a Monday, the weekend before that we just tried to keep her up as long as possible and put her down for a nap somewhere around their normal once a day nap time unless she was exhausted. By the end of the first week it was getting to be more of her routine and it was fine.

[kensie5226]

flyliceandcoffee, that's helpful. Honestly I was thinking of just letting DC deal with the nap/bottle/sippy cup extravanganza and then following suit at home.

[onyx]

Seb takes one nap at DC and as many as he wants at home. He usually naps on the way home from DC though. I didn't really do any "transition" and just went with the flow. I figured it would just stress me out working in a transition.

[flyliceandcoffee]

that's basically what we're doing with K as well for bottles/sippies. we're choosing how much of each to send and what we're putting in them (so right now he's gets 2 3-oz bottles, 1 5oz-bottle and 2 4-5ish oz sippies of half formula half whole milk) and we let daycare deal with trying to teach him how to use the sippy and wean him off the bottles. we're putting less in each bottle than he was getting before to help them out with the transition to sippies, but i personally see having daycare help us with that stuff as a benefit of going to daycare!

[allycat]

They moved Frankie up a room for the same reason - too mobile - about 3 or 4 weeks ago. They're working on getting him to 1 nap there but he always seems to need 2 at home. No advice, just sharing I guess. I think it's normal because with all the distractions at daycare they can go longer before crashing. At home he's like whatever, I'm king of this castle and I demand a nap.

[sunfrogger88]

Oct 26, 2016 20:45:29 GMT -5 allycat said:

. I think it's normal because with all the distractions at daycare they can go longer before crashing. At home he's like whatever, I'm king of this castle and I demand a nap.

I agree. Emma doesn't nap until 1 at my mom's. By 10am here she's dragging.