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Offline frankiesmom

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how short can the morning nap be when switching to one nap
« on: April 05, 2007, 01:28:15 am »
Hi, ds is just about 11 months and his wake times are increasing so that his am nap doesn't start until 10:30 sometimes.  If I let him sleep, he will usually sleep 1.5 to 2.5 hours in the am but then obviously he won't take his pm nap until very late.  So, I started cutting his nap back to 1 hour.  But now even that seems like too much b/c he is fighting his pm nap. 
Should I continue to cut back his morning nap even though he seems to want to sleep for awhile?  I thought that anything less wasn't really restorative so I was hesitant to cut it back anymore.   Or do I push his am nap later and just try to get him a catnap in the pm?

thanks, Kim
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Re: how short can the morning nap be when switching to one nap
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2007, 16:44:15 pm »
hi Kim
we were cutting back the am nap by 11 months for the same reasons as you. I too found that a 1 hr nap still gave us problems so I cut it back to 45 mins. This was ok for a few weeks, then we went to 40 mins, then a few weeks later 30, now we are on 20-25! It seems to be a very gradual process with constant tweaking needed to keep those naps going successfully. You could try pushing the am nap later and going for a catnap in the afternoon but many of us have found that lo just refuses the catnap so you end up with a very overtired baby by bedtime.
Why don't you join us over on the 2-1 nap transition thread at the tope of the Naps board? Everyone there is going through the same thing and has lots of good advice to give!
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Re: how short can the morning nap be when switching to one nap
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2007, 17:51:12 pm »
Ours dropped down to 20 minutes, then the long nap after no more than two hours of wake time.
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Re: how short can the morning nap be when switching to one nap
« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2007, 01:18:23 am »
thanks!  So  you both wake your lo's up after 20 minutes or so?  I know for my first ds I used to time it so he was in the car at that am nap time and let him sleep for 20 minutes but I don't know if I can work it out that way this time.
Thanks for the invite on the 2 to 1 thread, I will check it out.
We are going away for the weekend and then to Florida next week, so maybe I will check it out when we get back. 
The traveling should really mess things up :P

Kim
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