LO has been refusing to take her afternoon nap. She just cries in her crib but won't fall asleep. We've let her cry for bedtime and motn in the past and she's always asleep within 15 minutes. Not for this nap. Once I get her, she's happy and plays. But yesterday she fell asleep in the car immediately when I decided to give up and just go out. She seems tired beforehand, which is why I continue to try to put her down. I'm pretty sure it's too early for her to go to one nap a day. Right? Her morning nap is about 60-90 minutes. Any thoughts on what I should do? Is this happening to anyone else?
At the first sign of a yawn or eye rub we take him in for a nap. Or at a 3hr mark from when he woke up last. Typically he sleeps at 9am and 2pm. He seems pretty content until 2pm no matter what time he wakes up from his 9am nap. This past wknd he woke up at 10:30am and at 1:30pm after lunch he was rubbing his eyes and getting cranky. Took him to his room and he practically reached for the crib where he hung out happily and very quietly playing with his two wubbanubs until he passed out 45min later at exactly 2:15. I felt really bad leaving him to pay alone, but he was SO happy, babbly, rolling, sitting...it's what he wanted to do! And then he napped for a full hour! Moral of the long post: I leave him in the crib as long as he's happy and I don't interrupt unless he's pissy!
I also put her down as soon as I see an eye rub. It's typically 3 hours after she wakes up. She also will start to doze as I rock her. Today I put her down awake but clearly sleepy. She sat up and played for about 15 minutes and then started crying until I went to get her. I'll experiment with timing though! Thanks!
I just got done fighting E for her second nap. She fought so hard but I just never make eye contact and keep rocking. Sometimes I stand and rock her. She also has 3 hours between her 1st & 2nd nap. I usually wait the whole 3 hours, otherwise, she will wake up 20 minutes into her nap and won't go back down.
Post by disneyaddict1 on Jan 24, 2015 11:18:49 GMT -5
I agree with playing around with the timing and trying to catch before overtired. Also usually when they go down to one nap it's the morning nap they drop 1st.
Post by threetaboos on Jan 24, 2015 14:48:06 GMT -5
Definitely check timing. If I don't get B down for his first nap early enough, he won't take an evening nap but will go to bed at 6 pm. If I catch him at around 2 hours after wake up, I Can usually get him to take both.
We are transitioning to one nap. I just try to keep her up later so her nap is starting around noon. Used to be around 9. If she seems tired, though, we still do another one in the morning. Daycare is having more success with her only napping once. Probably just more to keep her attention and awake until lunch with all the other kids there. P
Post by g33kyg1rly on Jan 24, 2015 21:33:54 GMT -5
We've only had 1 nap for the last 3 days She's only a little over 10 months and everything I've read says she should be taking 2 naps. At the same time, she wasn't cranky when she only took one nap today until just before bedtime, so not sure what to do here.
We'd been doing 3 hours awake time before both naps, but maybe I need to move her first nap earlier? A few weeks ago she started refusing to go down after 2 hours though, which is why I moved it to three. So confusing
Post by lincbeesmom on Jan 24, 2015 21:36:36 GMT -5
We do two naps. One around 9 or 10 and the second around 2 or 3. All depending on when he wakes up in the morning. He is in asleep for the night by 7:30 on most nights. I'm pretending that one nap days don't exist.
We've only had 1 nap for the last 3 days She's only a little over 10 months and everything I've read says she should be taking 2 naps. At the same time, she wasn't cranky when she only took one nap today until just before bedtime, so not sure what to do here.
We'd been doing 3 hours awake time before both naps, but maybe I need to move her first nap earlier? A few weeks ago she started refusing to go down after 2 hours though, which is why I moved it to three. So confusing
It is confusing! And frustrating! Yesterday she refused naps all day until she passed out on DH for 20 minutes in the afternoon. Ugh
Play w timing and or let her be. We let b relax and play in her crib for up to an hour if she's refusing to nap. It's so frustrating
if she were quiet in her crib, I'd definitely let her be! But she just screams so that's what's been making it so difficult
Ya that sucks. How long is she crying? If she stops when you walk in part of me thinks she's learned that crying means you come. Does sending in your dh to soothe change it?
If we know she needs a nap, we try resetting her for 30-45 minutes before we take her out. If she's screaming then we give her Tylenol, because we figure she either needs it or worked herself up to need it.
We also have no ritual for naps/bedtime besides a diaper change. We just give the pacifier and noise machine then in the crib she goes.
We reset too. Diaper change. More milk and let her play. But much shorter. 10-15 min outside crib if she's been in for 30 and hasn't napped (she's playing not crying)
You are not alone! G used to be such a good napper...but like you she has been fighting the afternoon nap! I tried yesterday and she wasn't having it so we left her room and gave her a snack and we played a little bit with her toys...she rubbed her eyes so I tried the nap again. She was fine for like 10 min babbling in her crib but again started wailing! Maybe she has a better idea of what she's missing now?!
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