Nap questionMar 17, 2016 22:16:01 GMT -5via mobile
Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2016 22:16:01 GMT -5
For moms with a kid who no longer naps. Tell me more. What age did they stop napping? How did you know they were ready? What time is bedtime if they don't nap?
2 days this week DS didn't nap. He just turned 3. He was ok during the day. Not cranky. Then 5pm rolled around and he started acting wired and crazy and really tired. So does this mean I should go back to having him nap?
DD, 2.5, rarely naps on the weekends now but always naps during the week at daycare. She gets a little cranky in the evening if she doesn't take a nap, but as long as she is getting enough sleep at night, I don't really care. It will be hit or miss if she goes to bed early on days she doesn't nap, but she is more likely to sleep in the next morning which is nice.
In your case, I might try an earlier bedtime, but if he will willingly take a nap during the day (vs. a fight, having to drive around in the car, etc.) I would try to keep doing that.
Post by islandgirl14 on Mar 19, 2016 10:31:34 GMT -5
DS is juuust shy of 3, and every now and then he will go a day or two during the week w/o napping - just won't fall asleep. And by early evening, he acts similar to how you described your DS w/o nap... He gets crazy wired, out of control, won't listen etc etc. In the days that follow, I keep trying to put him down for a nap, and eventually he'll start napping again after a day or two of no nap. The way he acts at night on the days he won't nap suggest to me that he's just not ready to NOT have a nap. (Or maybe I'm not ready to not have him nap?! Haha..)
DS is juuust shy of 3, and every now and then he will go a day or two during the week w/o napping - just won't fall asleep. And by early evening, he acts similar to how you described your DS w/o nap... He gets crazy wired, out of control, won't listen etc etc. In the days that follow, I keep trying to put him down for a nap, and eventually he'll start napping again after a day or two of no nap. The way he acts at night on the days he won't nap suggest to me that he's just not ready to NOT have a nap. (Or maybe I'm not ready to not have him nap?! Haha..)
I think we are more in your boat where he is not ready. I just can't deal with evening when he is that crazy and wired. So I'm going to keep pushing for naps.
The only thing I do see happening is that on the days he naps it pushes his bedtime back from 730 to 830 but I prefer putting him to bed at 830 and in a good mood not 730 and acting nutty
Nap questionMar 20, 2016 16:40:59 GMT -5via mobile
Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2016 16:40:59 GMT -5
How are your babies napping? How many naps are they doing a day? Ali will be 10 months on the 1st and she sometimes takes 3 naps a day and sometimes 2. I feel like she is def dropping down to 2 naps soon
Nap questionMar 20, 2016 17:53:50 GMT -5via mobile
Post by periwinkledaydreams on Mar 20, 2016 17:53:50 GMT -5
My LO naps are about precisely what you described. Sometimes 1, sometimes 2, depends on wake-up and other variables. They also vary in length and the length of the first may determine wether there are 2 or 3 that day.
Eta I meant sometimes 2 sometimes 3.. although there are the occasional terrible days where dhe naps only once. Yikes and sadness.
Nap questionMar 21, 2016 11:18:14 GMT -5via mobile
Post by periwinkledaydreams on Mar 21, 2016 11:18:14 GMT -5
I should learn to never reply to any questions about sleep. My child has no pattern whatsoever, and if she ever starts to make you think she does, she doesn't anymore. She naps and sleeps never and will be awake until the end of time!
I should learn to never reply to any questions about sleep. My child has no pattern whatsoever, and if she ever starts to make you think she does, she doesn't anymore. She naps and sleeps never and will be awake until the end of time!
I feel your pain. My baby falls asleep but then anytime I try to put her down she will just jerk awake and scream until I pick her up. I'm hoping she grows out of this soon!!
Post by jillywilly on Mar 21, 2016 11:48:16 GMT -5
At 9 months, we're on the following schedule - it sometimes shifts up to an hour-ish on either side depending on when he wakes and what our schedule is for the day, but basically:
Wake: 7-ish Nap 1: 9-ish, 1-2 hours Nap 2: 1-2ish, 1-2 hours Bed: 7-ish If one nap goes longer, then the other might go a little shorter, he usually winds up sleeping a total of 2-3 hours between the two naps. Every once in a while he'll throw in a late-afternoon nap still at day care, but I've noticed those mostly happen when he's not feeling well, and are super rare.
I should learn to never reply to any questions about sleep. My child has no pattern whatsoever, and if she ever starts to make you think she does, she doesn't anymore. She naps and sleeps never and will be awake until the end of time!
Solidarity, sister.
Oh budders. She is now also dare devil climbing on absolutely everything and making me think of V! How do they have the energy?!
Nap questionMar 21, 2016 19:28:01 GMT -5via mobile
Post by heartofglass on Mar 21, 2016 19:28:01 GMT -5
We're pretty much on your 3 naps a day schedule, anywhere from 30 minutes to 1.5 hrs each. Waking up at 6-6:30 and going to sleep around 7. And we're only slightly better off than you in the sleep department @poppyc8. I hold A until I'm ready to go to bed and he sleeps alone for a couple of hours in his bed, then he's only happy if I'm holding him the rest of the night.....
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