no nap what age???

[kirstym]

hi all..... i was just wondering if anyone could give me any experiences of their own, or advice??
my DS is now 26 months and i have followed the BW since he was 5 weeks old!! he is such a good little boy, cut a long story short... he has been having a daytime nap for as long as i can remember, he sleeps every day from 12.30 to about 1.50- 2pm (whether at home or nursery) everyday is the same religiously!! you can set your clock by him!! unless he has a bad dream or another child at nursery disturbs him, i was just wondering what the signs are for him being ready to cut out his day nap, or what he will start doing as he gets older?

I due on 1st dec with our second baby, and just feel i should be prepared!!

thank you

[anna*]

My LO will be 3 end of Nov, he still has a nap most days, but can skip a day here or there. Naps are anything from 30mins (at nursery) to 2.5 hrs (at home - I wake him). If he naps more than an hour I'll usually need to give him a later bedtime.

[We Three]

I think most kids give up the nap btween 3 and 4 yrs old.   DD gave hers up at 3.5 yrs.  What you will notice is that nap will move a bit later, as he grows he will be able to handle more A time, and won't be tired at 12:30, so maybe then he'll nap from 1 til 2:30.   Then he will not be tired at 1, so nap might move from 1:30 til 3, and so on.

When we gave up nap, dd was wanting to go down at about 2:30 and sleep til 4:30.  That was pushing her night bedtime way too late, as she wasn't sleepy until like 10pm!   I tried to put her down at 2:30 and wake her at 3:30, but that was a NIGHTMARE...she'd BEG me to leave her alone, it was awful.

I do miss that time to myself, but most nights she goes to bed sooner, giving dh and I some time, so it's all good!

[*Jo*]

am popping this over to Toddlers sleep boards for you

[babybarr]

I think it depends on the child I guess. There are some bubs who give up their nap at 2 years