Cross fingers for me! Attempting to hold on to 2 naps for as long as I can!

[Mia's Mommy]

DD is 12 months today (happy birthday Mia!), and naps are all over the place for the last few weeks. Typically, she takes a long 1.5-2 hr morning nap and refuses the pm nap. Daddy gets home around 6 and we like to have some family time before bed so I haven't moved up her bedtime (6:45 bath, 7 bedtime). Today, I'll wake her at 1hr am nap and try for 3 hr A time before pm nap. If she still doesn't take pm nap, bedtime at 6.

Typical:
A 7am
S 11am
A 1pm
S 7pm

Goal:
A 7:00am
S 11:00am
A 12:00pm
S 3:00pm
A ?
S 7:00pm

Cross fingers this works!

[Mia's Mommy]

Another thought.... since Mia has been taking one nap for awhile now, should I just try pushing nap back a little until it's a long pm nap? I've read it's best to have 2 naps for as long as she can (18 mos?), so my first reaction is to shorten am nap.

[Roseii]

Hi there I'm going to get someone to move this to toddler sleep as she's 1 now
Sorry if I'm misunderstanding but is she currently on 1 nap but you want to move her back to 2? X

[Mia's Mommy]

Around 10mo's, her naps started to get a little weird (am nap 1-1.5 hrs, pm nap 30-45mins). Around 11mo's, it got pretty consistent to only am nap for 2 hrs (7am A, 11am-1pm S, refuse afternoon nap, 7pm bedtime). I didn't know until know after reading a few posts that shortening am nap could help get a pm nap in before bedtime. So yes, for about a few weeks, I'd let her sleep as long as she wanted for am nap, and no pm nap. After reading the posts, I started to question our schedule and just today, I woke her at 1 hr for am nap, and she is now asleep for pm nap. She cried, or more like wailed when I put her down for pm nap, but she is still sleeping (30mins into her nap now).

Is that wrong? Should I have just kept to my original schedule? Or push the 11am nap later?

I feel that as soon as I start to get a hang of this, that I'm doing this wrong all along... ... first-time mom (and SAHM) obviously!!! This is for sure the toughest job ever!

[BeasMommy]

My daughter went to 1 nap at 9mo , I decided to embrace it as she was such a good sleeper at night (7pm-7.30am).

I moved her lunch to 11.30am then would put her down for a nap at 12pm and let her sleep as long as she wanted - normally till 3-3.15pm. It was fantastic I got so much done and even with a little quiet time to spare. As she got older I moved her lunch to 12pm and nap at 12.30 - but still normally a 3hr nap (I did cap it at 3.30 though so she would go to bed ok).

I would be tempted to embrace the 1 nap as at 12mo by the time you have tried to figure/fight (!) the 2 naps she will definitely be moving to 1.


Good luck!

[Roseii]

Hi there, when they're headed towards the 2-1 a short AM (like 30 mins) can help them get a decent PM and tide them over to bedtime. How's she getting on now? x

[Mia's Mommy]

Kinda all over the place... We had her 12 mo dr appt yesterday that was filled w/ immunization shots. She handled the shots quite well but was fussy later in the day.