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SLEEP => Sleeping For Toddlers => Topic started by: Carmela's Mom on September 26, 2005, 17:18:48 pm
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Carmela woke up before 6 a.m. this morning....she was exhausted by 10 a.m. so I took her outside for a walk thinking that will keep her up...she got cranky during our walk so I brought her home at 10:30...by 10:45 she was throwing tantrums so I gave her a light snack and water and put her to bed by 11:10 a.m....she slept for ONE HOUR! Definitely not enough to get her through to tonight....
What would you do in this situation? Should I have put her down at 9:30 and then tried again at 2 for a quick nap for the afternoon? She's 17 months old.
Thanks...we tend to have days like this often so I'm wondering how to handle it.
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alex only went to 1 nap a little before that age so whenever she had a rough morning i aimed for 2 naps (based on wakeup time i think 9ish and 2ish are fine) at that age it is common to need 2 naps every few days even so just gauge how she is and better to put down for 2 naps/rests than have a cranky kid!!
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What we did was a very short morning cat nap, like 10 - 15 minutes (I'd wake him up) then put him down for his afternoon nap at the regular time. Seemed to work fine for him! If I tried the reverse, long morning nap and then a second nap, he'd scream hysterically and totally resist the afternoon nap, not even taking one and he'd be way overtired by bedtime.