Support for "Dropping that last nap"

[rinajack]

After that bad night, Zara had two naps today because we drove somewhere far and she napped for 1/2 hr there, and an hour home.

Will be a late bedtime tonight, but that is OK too, we have a guest coming for dinner.

Still, a routine would be nice

[Mom to M&M]

Routine LOL - I miss those days! DD woke today at 7:30 so instead of trying for nap 12:45/1 I'll try 1:15 and see what happens and then maybe cut nap to 1.25 tops... Wish us luck.

[rinajack]

Luck duly sent!

[aisling]

We're 10.5 nights and 1.5 naps pretty much here.  Ideally I would like 11 hour nights and 1 hr nap.
I hope to have this for summertime....  

[Mom to M&M]

Thanks Rina! So Aisling - if you cut Nello's nap down does he add onto his nights after a bit?

[aisling]

Karen, a bit inconsistent, one night he did and another he didn't but then again that was a late night out at friends which messed everything up...so just going with it right now. I do prefer 7:30 wake ups to 7am, but the closer he goes past 7:30, the later he wants to nap, so then for sure I would cut it to an hour and see what happens. Today he woke at 7:15, so no doubt will fall asleep by 1pm. I just hate waking him!!!!!

[Mom to M&M]

I totally understand - I hate waking DD too (when she does nap) as it's SO hard to wake her and then she's so cranky. But if I don't she'd sleep 2-3 hours and then be up well past 10pm! Ideal for us today would be nap from 1:15-2:30 and then bedtime between 8:15-8:30...

[aisling]

Yes! I would love that routine and wake up at 7:30!

[Mom to M&M]

We can all dream, right? DD woke at 7:30 today so I think I'll try lunch at 12:45 and then potty and into crib by 1:15 or little sooner. And pray. Actually, I think my super ideal routine would be 8:15-7:15 and nap from 1-2 since that would be great with her camp/school routine starting in July but that's too far away to really think about!

[aidenmc]

I was just wondering how your lo's cope with later bedtimes on nap days, or with more flexible routines generally. I find that a later bedtime (i.e. is asleep at about 8 after a 1.5 hr nap) results in NWs and early mornings. On short nap days he gets to bed earlier (6:30) and sleeps slightly later - although these days later seems to be 5:30. I am so envious of you discussing 7:00 versus 7:30 wake-ups!  I can't remember the last time we had one past 6:00! I would love to have a later bedtime during the summer (or now for that matter) but we just get stuck in the overtired spiral whenever it happens on its own.

[debo620]

Becky, that is how it is for us.....every time we have ever had a bit of a sleep in--lets say a solid 11hr night and he woke at 6:30 for example,  he would nap later and fall asleep later---but lo and behold be up early etc.
 he doesn't do well going to sleep past 7:30 pm.

today is another mess, because after asleep last night at 6:30, he was awake from 3:30-5am, and then we all slept til 7. so he probably did sleep 11hrs last night.
hmm considering shortening the nap to 1hr today  and aiming for a 11hr night tonight, maybe 7/7:15-6/6:15

ok so how much A time can these LOs handle if you wake them after 1hr???, we are usually at 6hrs before nap and alseep by 5.5hrs after after a 1.5hr nap or so.

[Mom to M&M]

My Dd is older Deborah but can currently easily do 5.5-6 hours after a one hour nap. Maybe at Noah's age, if you are doing a one hour nap, aim for bedtime 5 hours later. So maybe nap from 1-2 and into bed/crib at 7? But what is his current nap? Have you tried limiting to 1.5 hours or even 1.25 hours for a solid week first?

[Mom to M&M]

Well thank goodness - put DD in her crib about 5-10 minutes after 1 and she was asleep between 1:20 and 1:25. Think will wake her at 2:45 and try for 8:30 bedtime. Hope she's not too hard to wake and cranky after - have a lot of errands to run this afternoon... hope you all are having good nap (or no nap) days!

[*Natasha*]

Catherine is slowly cutting her own nap down as well yesterday it was 1hr 20mins but it has been on average 1.5hrs but then some days i have to wake her after 1.5hrs 

[aidenmc]

So, after waking at 4:30, then back to sleep until 5:20 (after falling asleep at 7:25 last night) Aiden took a whole 30 minute nap today. Will try for 6:00 bedtime but that is often hard to manage. Plus i really fear that we will be perpetuating the early mornings with early night. But then again falling asleep when overtired or late nights also seem to produce early mornings  . Maybe the only solution is for them to grow up!