2-1 is happening and i dont know where to start

[lilisuze]

please post advice on how to start. I have read some posts on here and the toddler book about a hundred times and am confused about shortam/long pm etc.....

i know he is ready for 2-1 because we have had EW's for about a week and 2x1 hour naps at about 11am and 3.30 for about 2 weeks.

So,

Do i give him a little nap in the morning but earlier than normal (so back to about 10am?) and then wake him at 20-30 mins? then how much A do i do after that before a long pm nap?

TIA.

[babybarr]

Hi Lili
Hope you are well.

We had a horrible 2-1 transition where in the end I gave up trying to get a short nap and a long nap as then we got nap refusal and I just started doing one nap at 11.30am.  Given your LO already makes it to 11 what would happen if you just let him sleep say at 11.15/11.30ish - would he do a 2hr nap or is he a short napper?  You could try doing a one nap day and then a 2 nap day?  On the one nap he'd need to have an earlier night.

Laura

[lilisuze]

laura, i am fine thanks. This is why i think i may be ready to start tackling the switch!

He will take a long nap i think and sleep till about 1. most days he take 1hr 20 min naps, and that has been fine until now! If he takes just 1 nap,  the problem then is the time from wake up to bedtime (even if i move it forward to 6.30) will be 5.5h and i'm not sure he's ready for that. Today we have to be out over lunchtime so i will try a short nap and then one long one this afternoon.

Tomorrow we have an activity in the morning and one in the afternoon so i will try a 1 nap day tomorrow.

Is it true i should expect 2 hours in 1 nap?

[babybarr]

Is it true i should expect 2 hours in 1 nap?

Yes or longer - DS is a chronic short napper though so only did 2hrs about 3 times!!  But sounds like you *should* be ok!  Also he'll be able to do a longer A time on a longer nap so you may find he surprises you!  You may have to do a nearer 6pm bedtime if you find he's struggling (if that's possible for you) or a 10/15min catnap to see him through to a 7/7.30pm bedtime.

Keep me posted!

[caz2107]

Hiya,

When we first started the transition our nap routine was:
Nap 1 - 10am - 10.30am
Nap 2 - 1.30pm - 3.00pm

It took me a long time to get the right A time between the short and long nap but luckily this worked great for us. When he started to refuse the afternoon nap I shaved 10 mins of the morning nap to maintain the afternoon one, HTH
x

[lilisuze]

oh caz, please let our babies be the same, as this is exactly what we have done today! its half2 now and he is sleeping so lets fingers crossed it works!!!

[caz2107]

great news!!! i couldn't believe it when Dylan started sleeping for a whole 1.5 hours, he was always a short napper, I didn't know what to do with myself  hope it continues for you xx

[lilisuze]

3.15 just woke up. off to get him and then going shopping! Woop!

[lilisuze]

ok a little update. Yesterday was good! slept all night last night till 6.50am (i can manage that!)

today, we have been out to story and rhyme time at our local centre, and i managed to put up through the grizzliness at 10.50 (his usual nap time) and fed him lunch while i got the slow cooker ready for dinner. He has gone to sleep nicely at 11.30.

Wish me luck for a long nap!

Lilixx

[caz2107]

Lili, you've made me laugh, our mornings have been identical including preparing the slow cooker whilst feeding LO lunch, I've just put DS to bed too so lets hope we're both in for nice long naps xx

[lilisuze]

disaster here......1hr 20 min nap as usual even after 4.25A time! and that was it all day, no time for a second nap!must have been UT for a long nap. amazingly he went to bed at 6.45 and stayed there til 7.30 this morning. so where do i go now, even longer A? cant do anything for a week now, we are going on holiday!

Was your slow cooker nice? we had chilli. yum

[lilisuze]

ok. next update. Today was cranky all morning, put to bed at 10.15 (so 2.75A) and has slept til 12pm! Lol! 

Babies, dont understand 'em, can't live without 'em!

Lilixx

[babybarr]

So an afternoon catnap then?

The 2-1 is very unpredictable and you may find one day is very different for the next and you just have to try and go with it a bit!

[caz2107]

Babies, dont understand 'em, can't live without 'em!

With you on that one!! We've had 2 days of short naps, grrrrrrrr, I'm blaming teeth & injections tho at the moment, I hope thats all it is anyway 

Did you manage to squeeze in a cat nap or did you go for an early bedtime?

Wouldn't it just be so lovely if babies came with an 'off' button 

[lilisuze]

yes 15 minutes! but went to bed at 6.50 and awake 12hr and 1 minute later this morning!

ahhhh teeth, wish they could just come and be done with!