could this be bad?

[AngelaF]

My just turned one yo is creeping toward the 2-1 nap transition. He used to nap from 10:30-11:30 and then 2:30-4, but it's getting harder to get him down for the am nap. My almost 4 yo still nap (praise God) from 2-4 every day, so I'd like to coordinate their naps a little bit so I can have them all nap.

So far, I've been laying the little guy down at 10:30 and he falls asleep around 11. I just let him nap 30 min. or so and then he's ready for a pm nap the same time as his siblings. It's like a reverse catnap and for the last two or three days it's worked.

But, am I not thinking of something? Might this backfire down the road? I've noticed that if I let him sleep past noon, he's done napping for the day.

Thanks for any ideas/feedback.

[~Karen~]

That's fine.  A lot of people do a short am nap to fit in a longer pm nap.  If you want to keep their naps at similar times then just keep cutting back the morning nap as needed before he goes onto one nap. 

Check out the 2-1 transition board as there's a few of us playing around with naps right now!

http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=185113.msg2127786#msg2127786

[fireredjewel]

hi!

I did exactly that when my LO was going through the 2-1 transition. We cut the nap down by 10 minutes or so every couple of weeks (when she started EWs, I would shorten the nap), and also made it later by 10/15 minutes. then when it got to a 15 min nap & she started to EW again... i just bit the bullet & she now has a 2.5 hour nap (she's 16 months) from 12 ish.

HTH.

[AngelaF]

Thanks so much! Good to know I'm on the right(ish) track. Well, as much as one can be when dealing with babes!