My 26 month old doesn't want to nap anymore????

[Jann]

I am hoping that nap time is not over yet!!!!  2 days ago when i put my lo down for his nap, he was in there 1 hr before I decided to let him out.  When I finally did, we sat on the couch and relaxed, and he fell asleep and only woke up because I reached for the remote.  He did well the rest of the day and was in bed by 7:30 rather than 8.  The following day he did his usual 2.5 hr nap.  he is in his crib right now and he is singing and talking and he has said, mum come get me out.  He has been in his room about 30 min.  Could it just be os.  He has been waking up earlier also.  He used to do 11.5 hr nights now, 10.5.  What is going on?

Help I love nap time
Jan

[Jann]

I waited to see how long it would take for him to start crying or final fall asleep.  It took 1hr for him to fall asleep.  I forgot to mention that 2 of his 2 year molars came out without much fuss, could this be the fuss.  Nap time and ew?

[*Natasha*]

What is his routine?

[Jann]

Used to be

wake 7:30
nap 1-3:30
bed 8

Now up at 6:30
i kept nap at 12:30 - 1 ish till 3:30
bed 8

I don"t think his napping is over.  there has to be something going on.



bed 8

[~Karen~]

It might be time to cut his nap back?  My 26 month old is taking about a 2 hour nap these days but some of the others these days are taking 1.5 hours.  We have had the odd nap refusal day when he's had a later morning but are generally doing down for nap 1245 (asleep by 1) and up at 3pm. 

Def could be teeth as well.  We've just had the last one break through and things have settled back down to normal.

[Jann]

thanks, that is what I was planning to do.  What do I do when he chats for soooo long?  Today he chatted for 1 hr and slept for 1 hr and a bit.  So hopefully he will wake up a little later and be tired enough for his nap.

thanks

[~Karen~]

Just let him chat!  I've done that in the past but now we've tweaked the routine a bit he's usually asleep within about 15 mins or so. 

[Jann]

He woke this morning at 6:23.  I think now he is ot.  Today I will put him down for 12:30 and wake him at 2:30 and in bed 7:30ish.  Hope things will work themselves out.

[Jann]

I think he really needs the sleep.  Should I let him have a long nap or wake him at the 2 hr mark.  We are going to a new years eve party and don't want to rush home cause I have changed his routine.  I put him to bed at 12:20 and he fell asleep instantly.  I could have put him to bed earlier but visitors dropped in unexpectedly.  he seems all wound up, i think he needs to catch up then tweek the routine?

[~Karen~]

If you think he's OT then let him catch up, especially if you're out this evening. 

[Jann]

So he slept 3 hrs yesterday for his nap.  12:20-3:20.  Because we were out he was in bed at 9 and finally fell asleep at 9:30is and up this morning at 5:23.  I tried wi/wo, not a serious attempt at all, maybe 20 min then I realized it was pointless and got  him up.  We watched tv quietly for almost 2 hrs.  i was hoping he would fall back asleep.  He didn't.  So now it is 12:30 he is in his bed for his nap and he has been chatting for a while.  I know he is OT or OS.  How do I fix this?  My plan was to have him have a 2 hr nap and in bed early, 7ish?

help!
I used to have to wake him at 8!!!!

[Lulu m]

Hi Jann. How are things going? I don't know if you remember or not, but I popped into a post of yours a while back because both of our LO's were having some nap issues - and here we are again!

My DD is 25 mos, and is giving me trouble for naps too. I have tried putting her down 45 min later, and some days that's ok, but today she did not fall asleep for over an hour after I put her down, and that's an hour and 45 minutes later than her old nap time!!!!
Now I don't want her to sleep too late into the afternoon because I want a reasonable bedtime - it is 8:30 right now.

How are things going with you? Anything working?

MY DD went down to one nap at only 9 mos old, so I am assuming she'll drop her naps all together early too. I might change it to 2-3pm, and then make bedtime 8pm. We'll see?

[Jann]

yes I do remember, we both in the same situation a while back.  Well.  We were getting 5:30 wake ups so I moved his day forward an hour.  instead of napping at 1 we napped at 12 -2 and bed early. Now we are getting back on track with 7 am wake ups and 8 bedtime.  I think he was teething because the other day while brushing i notice both is molars have come in, so that probably was the fuss, plus holidays.  We are keeping mornings very busy and relatively slow in the evening. 

I think somedays 45 min more may make them OT and other times 45min more is just was they need.  I am having a hard time reading if he is OT or UT. 

I put him down today after 6.5hrs of A time and slept for 2 hrs.  I know that is too much but we had an outing with friends.  Hope he won't be OT and wake super early.

keep me posted.

BTW I let him chat for as long as it takes and he will eventually fall asleep.

[Lulu m]

OK, thanks! I did let DD chat today - and she did for SO long, and then only slept for 50 min. I have no idea what is going on with her. She is doing remarkably well for having slept so little. I keep thinking she must be getting sick or teething because it is so unusual for her.....

[Jann]

Sounds like teeth to me.  If your lo is like mine you only figure it out after the fact cause he handles teething really wll except for ia few bad naps and EW.  He's been doing this for about 3 weeks now.  My SIL from NZ is visiting and she has a 6 yr old daughter, the OS could be the cause as well.

with a 50 min I would put her down early to avoid OT.  But if she keeps doing short naps she will eventually get OT and then the real problems start.