15 month still on 2 naps? no signs of dropping

[nona]

my 15 month is still on 2 naps. She does not refuse her nap but her awake time is usually 3-3.5 (morning, afternoon, night) so that means bedtime can be later (830). However, every now & then she has only taken one nap and done ok and slept well over night w/ a much earlier bedtime.

so here is my situation: my 6 yo will be out of school soon and he is not going to have much of a life with his DD taking 2 naps every day. (FYI: My DS started the 2-1 around 12 months and was easily transitioned to one nap).

Should I just be flexible with her and do one nap every now and then? She can stay awake longer than 3.5 hours but then sometimes she seems to be begging to take a nap after 2 hours in the morning.

Im blessed she likes to sleep so not complaining here just curious what you guys do with older kiddos??? (I also don't have much of a life LOL!)

i just do NOT want to mess with her STTN!

also, my pedi seems to think being on 2 naps is better than one and encouraged me to keep going with it!?

[amayzie]

Moved you to toddler sleep!

[Mama2Athena]

My 13 month old DD has transitioned to 1 nap at daycare (M-F).  But on weekends she'll happily take 2 naps.  My DH and I think the difference is daycare is really stimulating and it's just too "boring" at home.  I also have a 6 year old son so a lot of times my DH and I divide and conquer (i.e. one of us would take DS to his activities while the other stays at home with DD while she naps).  I sometimes feel trapped too since she does not nap well out and about.  But I keep reminding myself that this is just a short phase - soon she won't require a nap anymore and we can go out more often.

When we do go out as a family during her AM nap, we noticed that she will stay up longer like she does at daycare.  I think when she is at home, there is not enough stimulation or interest to keep her up long enough for a 1 nap day.  Anyway my DD is pretty spirited, but when it comes to sleep she's pretty adaptable (i.e. she handles OT fairly well), so maybe that's why she can switch between one and two naps??

[nona]

i also have a 6 year old. what are you doing  when school is out?  so far, DD seems pretty adaptable as long as she can walk & is not stuck in a stroller

[Mama2Athena]

Heather - apart from 2 weeks of vacationing with the family, DS will spend this summer at camp.  Some weeks at YMCA and others at his karate studio that also has a summer break program .  He loves going to camp.  When I was on maternity leave last summer with DD, I still sent him to camp daily because he's very energetic and would have driven me crazy if I'd kept him home with a newborn.

[nona]

we will be vacationing a lot over the summer. i am putting him in one day camp and then swimming lessons but he will still have a lot of time at home. so, not sure how i'm going to handle the naps! mabye do one nap every other day...

[Mama2Athena]

Hi again - no real advice on how to handle the naps.  I used to be very strict with naps, but have learned to "loosen up" a bit.  Agree you might have to do one nap every other day just so you and DS can get out for your sanity .  We usually leave the house really early and she'll stay up if out and about.  But today we left the house around 10 (because Sea World doesn't open until then), she fell asleep almost immediately in the car.  Once we arrived at our destination, I let her finish out her nap, which is always no more than 45 minutes (not a great napper out and about).  We headed home at 2 PM, with the intentions of giving her a proper nap once we got home.  Unfortunately she fell asleep in the car for 10 minutes.  But later at home around 4:30, she wanted another nap, which we ended up capping at 1 hour.  So today ended up being a THREE nap day  .  She still went to bed at her usual time (7:30), so I feel very fortunate that she's so flexible.  All this to say... sometimes we just have to wing it, otherwise we wouldn't be able to go anywhere.

[nona]

are you in SA?

[Mama2Athena]

Hi - we are in San Diego . 

[nona]

lol! a few states away from me!