Toddler nap

[MrsK]

K2 dropped his nap at 2.5yo. Looks like Lambie will do the same. For both of them, even a 20 minute power nap keeps them going past 11PM. K1 is the only child of mine that still needed a nap past 3yo. (And this is not just because he's first. He was taking naps long after K2 gave it up.)

It's a rocky transition but I just move bedtime up and they sleep 12 hours at night.

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[Flynn]

DH was working 100 hour weeks when I had a two year old and an infant. It was a bit bumpy.

Be VERY FIRM AND CONSISTENT. It was my savior. My daughter was allowed out of her room once for potty after I tucked her in. After that I took something away from her (favorite toy, stuffed animal etc). She eventually learned that looking at books or playing with her stuffed animals in her room after bedtime was fine -- coming out of her room was not. Does she have to sleep? Nope. You can't control that. What you can control is her staying in her room and understanding the day is over. It will suck for two weeks and then get better.

Oh -- and all my kids didn't nap at all in the 14 - 24 month range. No naps after 2 years old (at the latest) for any of my kids. Damn. The good news is they slept from 7 to 7 like clockwork. I had time at the end of the day to do whatever. 7 - 9 was MY TIME baby.

[Thirteen]

DH was working 100 hour weeks when I had a two year old and an infant. It was a bit bumpy.

Be VERY FIRM AND CONSISTENT. It was my savior. My daughter was allowed out of her room once for potty after I tucked her in. After that I took something away from her (favorite toy, stuffed animal etc). She eventually learned that looking at books or playing with her stuffed animals in her room after bedtime was fine -- coming out of her room was not. Does she have to sleep? Nope. You can't control that. What you can control is her staying in her room and understanding the day is over. It will suck for two weeks and then get better.

Oh -- and all my kids didn't nap at all in the 14 - 24 month range. No naps after 2 years old (at the latest) for any of my kids. Damn. The good news is they slept from 7 to 7 like clockwork. I had time at the end of the day to do whatever. 7 - 9 was MY TIME baby.

Damn, you're my nap hero.


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[Howfunitis]

[MENTION=961]Flynn[/MENTION] was there a reason for no naps after 2 years? I'm just curious if to take it away from my daughter. She sleeps from 8:30-8:30/9am and that is including a 2 hr nap

[HouseofWool]

My oldest stopped napping at 18 months. It was awful.

[MrsK]

[MENTION=961]Flynn[/MENTION] was there a reason for no naps after 2 years? I'm just curious if to take it away from my daughter. She sleeps from 8:30-8:30/9am and that is including a 2 hr nap

I think it's individual to the kid. Your daughter sleeps well. Some people need less sleep. Two of my three kids stopped napping at 2.5yo.

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[Flynn]

[MENTION=961]Flynn[/MENTION] was there a reason for no naps after 2 years? I'm just curious if to take it away from my daughter. She sleeps from 8:30-8:30/9am and that is including a 2 hr nap

If they napped they didn't go down well at night -- at all. I'm a morning person so a toddler being up past 8:30 was awful. Occasionally they got a 20 minute power nap in the car but that was rare and I paid for it at night.

Most kids sleep well at night WITH a nap even in their 3s. Not my kids. Because DH was never around when my first two were little it turned out to be easier if neither took a nap rather than one napping and one not. When DS #1 gave up his nap I celebrated because both kids were in bed by 7 and slept 12 hours. I knew several moms who forced kids to do "nap time" which meant a screaming put down, a 40 minute nap and then the kid wasn't tired until 8:45. That seemed dumb to me.

[TulipsAndSunscreen]

Even if they give up the nap, they can do rest time. My 4.5 year old still spends a little time in her room in the afternoon. We all need a break at that point so it's helpful to transition to rest time. She reads books and is allowed some toys - if she does something naughty (breaks the toys or colors on the wall), the toys go away.

[Sheherezade]

Count me as another that gave up nap and instituted early early bedtimes. At one point we had a 6:30 pm bedtime which meant they never saw their father, but sanity was important. Also blackout shades. And quiet for at least an hour so they would believe it was night. I hated DST so much at this point. It's hard enough to get kids to sleep without all that sunshine streaming in when you are reading Goodnight Moon.


Angie

[MrsK]

If they napped they didn't go down well at night -- at all. I'm a morning person so a toddler being up past 8:30 was awful. Occasionally they got a 20 minute power nap in the car but that was rare and I paid for it at night.

Most kids sleep well at night WITH a nap even in their 3s. Not my kids. Because DH was never around when my first two were little it turned out to be easier if neither took a nap rather than one napping and one not. When DS #1 gave up his nap I celebrated because both kids were in bed by 7 and slept 12 hours. I knew several moms who forced kids to do "nap time" which meant a screaming put down, a 40 minute nap and then the kid wasn't tired until 8:45. That seemed dumb to me.

This describes 2/3 of my kids too. If Lambie falls asleep in the car, she'll be running around my house until midnight. K2 did the same thing.

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[Flynn]

Count me as another that gave up nap and instituted early early bedtimes. At one point we had a 6:30 pm bedtime which meant they never saw their father, but sanity was important. Also blackout shades. And quiet for at least an hour so they would believe it was night. I hated DST so much at this point. It's hard enough to get kids to sleep without all that sunshine streaming in when you are reading Goodnight Moon.


Angie

Sooooo much WORD to this post!!!

[Howfunitis]

I see... I'm not a morning person at all so 8:30 is perfect for me but at the same time I still wish I could sleep in longer. But it won't happen. Haha

[alison]

For my dds, a ridiculously early bedtime worked for them when they've skipped naps. I'm talking bath at 5:30pm and in bed by 6.

[scrub-jay]

For my dds, a ridiculously early bedtime worked for them when they've skipped naps. I'm talking bath at 5:30pm and in bed by 6.

This is us. However, we pay for that evening time dearly, mine are early birds. 7am is "sleeping in" around here.

[alotofyarn]

This is us. However, we pay for that evening time dearly, mine are early birds. 7am is "sleeping in" around here.

This is why E gets the iPad in bed with us on weekend mornings. It buys us a bit of extra sleeping time.