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SLEEP => Naps => Topic started by: *Natasha* on August 17, 2008, 00:53:05 am
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So we are slowly on the move to 1 nap i think it will be another few months though. My DD1 did the move at 11.5months and i reading the LO's seem to be doing this earlier.
So would be interested to see when your LO's did the move.
I am going to ask for this to be made a sticky so people can continue to vote and compare.
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Riley was just over a year old when he dropped to one nap. It did take a while though for it to be consistent, at weekends etc he would still often take 2 naps. The reason we did the shift was I started a new job and the schedule kind of messed things up a bit.
I have been reading lots of posts lately about los moving to one nap at the year mark or sooner, seems to be more common in los where there are older children in the family.
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If I remember correctly, dd was around 16 months w/ the occasional two nap day. Ds is doing 2-3 days of one nap and then a two-nap day. Still having EW's but we are slowly getting there.
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DD1 was around 19 months. I was holding on and things were going just fine. Then dh was home for a week and he switched her to one nap. She was (is) so easy going and was still regularly napping at 5.5 years old. She is "little miss high sleep needs"
DD2 was around 12/13 months, as we had dd1's preschool schedule to work around (like Michelle mentioned) and the first nap of the day wasn't happening (or I would finally get her down and I would have to wake her to get dd1).
The one year mark is common for those in day care situations, as that is *usually* what happens away from home, iykwim
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My toddler was actually 20 months before he transitioned. He was a short napper until 8 months but from then until 20 months did 2 x 2 hour naps every day! He still does 1 x 2.5-3 hour nap. I'm very lucky. My only sanity with a new short napper now!
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We did the switch around 15 months but it took about 2 months before it was completed ;)
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Around 14 months for dd :)
Cant post about ds as I didnt do bw and just cant remember lol x
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Zara was around 12 months. Hugh was a super champ at 9 mo, but then we went away for a few weeks, so he did 2 short naps for that trip, then when came home at just over 10 months, straight back to 1 nap. He throws in the odd two nap day if there is something weird going on (like today) but that is uncommon. Zara's transition was completed by 13 months, although she did get OT on nap initially - but was fighting napping like no tomorrow, so we had no choice but to roll with it.
I agree that 2nd children tend to transition sooner, particularly if they are not kept home for their naps...Hugh was/is dragged to activities every morning, so it wasn't easy for him to nap until we got home...and those activities are essential for us in amusing a spirited DD! He loves the activities too now.
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Started transistioning at 9 months - went cold turkey at 12 months, very occassionally have a 2 nap day - mainly at weekends if out and about but has 2-3.5 hour nap and a 11/12 hr night for the last 6 weeks.
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I think dd was around 13 months. Very easy transition as am nap just kept getting shorter. Ds went cold turkey 2 days before his first birthday when we went on vacation. Prior to his transition we had almost 5 months of EW usually around 5.30 and that was it for the day so I was extremely happy to go to 1 nap.
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We started the transition around 14.5 months and she's pretty much on one nap now (she's 16 months), with the occasional 2 (if ot).
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They were both 11.5 months
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Emmas - wow 3.5 hours. That's what you call a monster nap :) Could you send some of that sleep my way :)
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We have already started the transition :o
DD is 9.5 months old and has been only having 1 nap for just over a week :o :o
I am so not ready for this, but she is needing 4 - 4.5 hours of A time before going down for a nap. She is napping anywhere between 1.5 - 2 hours and is not OT by bed time.
With DS he transitioned at 12 year.
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I'm assuming you meant 12 months Paula ;)
DD started transitioning at about 16 mo and was on one nap regularly at 18 mo. We still (she's 2 yo in 2 weeks) sometimes do 2 naps if she's unwell or OT as she only does 10.5 hrs at night
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LOL YUP, was thinking 12 months and 1 year at the same time :P
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Thought so. Still made me laugh ;D :-*
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anya moved to one nap when she was about 13 months. it was not a big deal, thankfully. she hated her afternoon nap, so i just sort of delayed her morning nap till it reached 11:30am, then kept it there for a couple of months, then moved it to 12:30 as we needed a later night sleep time , and it stands at 12:30 now :)
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12 & 13 months for James & Isaac, respectively. They each had many 2-nap weekend days after the transition started, & I think they would've kept 2 naps every day longer if they hadn't been in daycare.
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My lo went ot 1 nap at 9 months - he'd started NWs and EWs, so we cut out his morning nap. and hey presto, problems solved. Very occasionally he will have two naps - if he's had a bad night teething, he'll have a power nap mid morning say 30mins, then a short afternoon nap. My lo is spirited, and doesn't need much sleep, survives well on a 1.5 hour nap (sometimes less), and then 10.5 hours a night.
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I have no idea how old my dd was as sleep was never an issue with her and I wasn't really paying attention. I'd say about 12 months though but could have been a bit before or after. I would actually love my ds to go to one nap sooner rather than later as it would give us more flexibility in the mornings but seeing as he can hardly handle more than 3 hours A time, it could be a while yet!!
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11 months ::)
The switch started about 9.5 months, things were haywire for a few weeks, then settled down...longer AM nap, short pm nap...then his A time literally jumped 30-60mins overnight, so now we're on 1 nap, 5 hours after wakeup for approx 2 hours, and an early bedtime :P
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My princess was 13 months. We went cold turkey as she was having NW and EW. It went pretty well :-)
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ds is just over 9 mos, and seems to be wanting to stay up 4-4.5 hours so I think we're going to start the switch now and just make bedtime a little earlier. he's doing it all on his own, so I guess we'll see how it goes!
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10 mo's old. that was 2wks ago. Since then she's getting 2-2.5hrs MORE sleep in a 24hr period than she was on 2 naps!
she sleeps about 1.5-2.25hrs nap and 12.5-13.5 hrs night sleep. it works out to 14.5hrs a day....but that' sWAY better than what she was getting! she was only getting about 12.5hrs a day with 2 naps! It's been a surprisingly fabulous switch for us:)
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Ladies you have given me hope! Just wanted to ask a question. We've been struggling with EWs for seems like months now. I won't go into detail now, but have started wondering if 1 nap could be the solution. He can do 4-5 hrs A time in the am without being a wreck, (from awake time of 5.30 til 1st nap at 10.15/10.30) so started thinking..........but 1 question......
He's not crawling yet. So if we started thinking about 1 nap, are his A times going to shrink when he starts moving around alot more and gets more tired, should we hamg on til he gets moving and then see?
I'll do anything for an end to EWs :P :P :P :P
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You would have to just see how he goes tbh. My DS switched before he started crawling, and crawling made little difference to him. In fact, right now, at 13mo, if he doesn't get more tired when he starts walking (he is very close) then we will have to limit the nap to 1.5 max!
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We transitioned to 1 nap quite early, and when DD started crawling, it did not make much difference to her A times.
I would say that you can give it a try and see how your lo gets on.
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Ok so how do we do it? Is there a sticky anywhere? The main problem I can foresee is that atm (like this morning) he only sleeps between 45-60 mins for 1st nap. So should I go ahead and try and stretch that A time hoping he'll sleep longer? Sorry I'm digressing from the theme of this thread, mayne I should jump on the 2 to 1 switch post?
H
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What is his A time first thing in the morning? What time dies he generally go down for his first nap? What time do you put him to bed?
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Well, atm we're doing fixed nap times so whatever time he's awake we were at 10, then over the last few weeks we've stretched to 10.15 and now today I though I'd try 10.30. HE was awake at 5.45. He generally sleeps for between 45 and 60 mins, or I wake him at 11.15 at the latest, mostly 11 if he has slept through
Then pm nap is at 2.30 (he's mostly at the childminders atm) and sleeps for 1.5 to 2 hours, somtimes would be longer but I have her wake him at 4.30. Then bedtime is 7, unless we have a bad pm nap and then I put him down earlier at 6.30.
Actually Paula I have a thread on this here rather than getting into it on this thread - Charm has been helping me - could you pop over there and take a look? Thank you thank you!
http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=130241.0
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Hello,
My first born little boy (now 2.5 years) droped from a nap in the morning and afternoon to one afternoon nap at around 12.30 at 14mths for 2 hours. It did take a little time as he got very tired around bedtime but i just kept with it and he soon got the hang of it.
Hope this helps
Natalie x
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My son is almost 19 months old and I'm wondering when he should drop a nap??
What are the signs? Right now he seems to go without a second nap be it morning or afternoon and we havent changed to one because we figured it his teething pains were keeping him up?!He has his hands in his mouth a lot! When he does only have one nap he will wind down faster at night but is often irritable
I'd like to change him over tomorrow
Any tips would be greatly appreciated! :)
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I think my 11 month old is ready for one nap. She currently wakes at 5:30am naps at 9-11am, and from 2pm-3:30pm. Bed at 7-7:30pm. I am hoping that I can hold her until 11am and then put her down for one nap. Hoping that she will sleep in past 5:30am! She's been doing this for months now and no matter if I put her to bed at 7pm or keep her up later she still wakes up at the same time. I hope that the 1 nap/day will fix this. Has anyone had this experience with success??? Please!?!?
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My second went to 1 nap just before her 1st birthday.
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Hi Zulpa - I feel your pain cos we suffer from the EW monster too. I don't think 1 nap will necessarily solve the problem - if you're like us you're stuck in a catch 22 - you won't get to 1 nap with a wake-up of 5.30 and a 14 hour day.....my advise would be to try and fix the EWs first.
Maybe post your full routine on the EASY board and see if you can get some help to fix the EWs.......
I'm not going to say we've fixed the EWs but the last few days have been much better - but we've gone back to only 3.75 to 4 hours A time before 1st nap and your lo needs to be able to do 5 hours to get to 1 nap.........
HTH
H
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We moved to one nap this week. I put Bryce down around 10:30 or 11:00 for his nap. He is sleeping anywhere between 2 and 2.5 hours. His bedtime has been around 6:30 to 7:00 and then sleeps to around 6:30 or so. He was an early waker before this switch. I hope this sticks!!
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Hi Ladies....
Just wanted to point out that this thread is for informational purposes only. If you have a question about the 2-1 nap transition or any other sleep issue, please post it on the appropriate board
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We dropped a nap three days ago and things are getting better...... The smartest thing I've ever did! :) ..... has made a world of difference!
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We transitioned just before 10 months old although it wasn't my choice. I just could not get him down for any sort of catnap in the afternoon after a morning sleep of 2 hours. It was very very hard.
In hindsight I should have perserved with the short 1st nap (45 mins) and longer second nap scenario, I was just too scared of a crabby LO from being woken and also LO being trained to forget how to sleep in nice long blocks and then being extra OT. But in hindsight he was OT anyway, so it was worth a try as soo many people have had success with the first npa being shortened.
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This may sound like a silly question but how do you know when they're ready to go to one nap? My DD has been a bit random which I put down to us recently coming back from vacation but I think she may be ready to drop the afternoon nap.
She currently takes a 90 min nap in the morning around 9.30/10am and if she does this, can last until 6pm by which time she starts getting cranky so I send her to bed.
I've tried getting her to sleep in the afternoon around 3pm but to no avail lately as she's more interested in rolling around in the cot so is clearly not ready to sleep. She is generally quite jolly so don't think she's OS/T.
Opinions?
Thanks
Deb
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Hi Deb,
This is just a voting link. In the naps section there are some stickies about dropping to one nap. You could also post a link. Going to one nap is a complicated thing :)
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We moved to one nap at 14 months, after two days of first morning nap refusal. After 3 days of one nap, massive OT set in and I went back to two naps.
For the next month we did 2 naps except on the odd exception when we again had a nap-refusal for the first morning (short) nap - but instead of deciding this meant a permanent move to one nap I just let it slide as a one-off.
At 15 months we went to one nap, with every 4th or 5th day being two naps. There were lots of early bedtimes on days when the one nap didn't work (an OT nap b/c I should have done 2 naps or a UT nap because I put him down too early). Now, at 15.5 months I am pretty confident that we are onto one nap, although he is very low on A times and high on sleep needs when he is teething, and so I have done the odd day with 2 naps to catch up from that - and on these days both naps tend to be short (30/45 + 45/1hr) and an early bedtime.
HTH!
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at 10 months and now that he has just turned 2 he is dropping his nap altogether! He is only napping half the week. So watch out !!
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Ok, my DD is just over 10 months old. She has been an angel/text book baby and always had a morning nap and afternoon nap. Just lately she has started dropping her morning nap but having her afternoon nap earlier (1pm instead of 2pm). She just won't sleep in the mornings, nothing i can do. Does this sound way too early? Thanks.
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Hi HLS - Please post on the nap board. There are great ladies who will be able to help you tremendoulsy. It sounds like you might be starting the 2-1 switch, but it can take a long long time. They can discuss with you the best way to approach it for you and your LO. :)
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I thought i might jump in here. My lo has been on the 2-1 road starting around 10 months of age, and is now 13 months and she is on 1 nap a day, some days she might have a 2 nap day depending on if she needs it. ITs great cos there is that flexibility where she can switch between the 2 if she needs it. I must say from 10 months its been a long journey esp with the EW's. But since the 1 nap no EW's. I would have to say to all you 2-1ers you will get there, it may take your lo a few months to maybe more but in the end its worth it. I say hang onto 2 naps as long as possible if they need it, otherwise i say go for it if you think they are ready, but you can always go back between the 2. My lo's day is like this
7am wake
12pm sleep (2 hours)
2pm wake
6.30pm sleep
wakes between 7 and 7.30am on 1 nap, on a 2 nap day
7am wake
10.30am sleep (15 min i wake her)
10.45am wake
1.15pm sleep (2 hours)
3.15pm wake
7.15pm ish sleep
kirsten
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Going through this at 10.5 months along with early wakings. I have only been able to get PM nap in the car or stroller for some time regardless of the length of the morning nap.
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hope someone can help, but my lo is 9,5 months and recently started refusing all naps. He will literally scream the place down when put in his cot to nap. He's always gone in his cot and his routine has stayed the same. Today he woke at 7am and evetually went to sleep at 13:20hrs, he didn't even show sign's of tiredness. He slept for just for 20 minutes. He was alittle cranky this afternoon but in general was ok. He was back in bed for the night at 7pm
Does this sound like he's changing his sleeping pattern from 2-1?
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Hi ladies! I think this poll has run its course, so I will lock it and set it up as a sticky for future reference. Anyone needing help with transitioning to one nap is more than welcome to post on the Naps board...you are sure to get loads of help and support there :)