Support for Dropping the Nap age 2-3 Part 4!

[consmummy]

Hope it was a decent night, Sabs.

KM, happy anniversary!

Well D woke at 6.30 again, so for the last 3 nights we've been back to 11 hour nights and no nap. I'm hoping it's just him being a bit under the weather thats causing this because he's getting really tired and whingy. When he first started dropping the nap he was going till 7-7.30 which seemed to work great for him.

He didn't nap at nursery yesterday so today I'm just not going to bother, I don't think he'd even let me put him down upstairs now. Might suggest the boys choose a dvd to get some quiet time in the middle of the day.

DH is quite glad the nap is gone as it makes it easier for him when he has the pair of them! I've got a busy few weeks coming up so he's going to be taking over childcare here and there. So I think he's relieved that he doesn't have the nap to factor in as well!

[Khalam's Mama]

We did get an 11hr night last night after the late nap and bt marathon as he slept until 8am nearly from 9pm nearly. I guess we Will do no nap today. C's mom, i find we only manage 11hr day on no nap else we get ot and the wakes get earlier each day. I would try putting him to bed early if he doesn't nap and is getting cranky.

[scucci1979]

we too got a 11hr night after a 12hour day. The first time we tried it it worked great but yesterday, not sure what happened. She had a quick nw at 10:30pm and I heard her scream in her sleep at 4am.  She officially got out at 6am on the dot. I had to wait with her in her room until Mr. Sunshine came on. During this time she was looking at her book with her flashlight.
do you ladies suspect OT here? Wonder for the next time, should i aim for a 11.5hour day?

C'onsmummy, we do quiet time on the sofa. She will not go in her room now for nap time.

[scucci1979]

one more thing, if she naps today( i think she will) do I do one hour or 1hr and 15min?

[Khalam's Mama]

M is older but k can only manage 11hr days with no nap and to be honest that is only on a good nights sleep the day before. 11.5 would be too long for us. I find at this age cutting to 1hr15 isn't much better than 1hr30 so i would do an hr and earlier bt personally. K is looking tired around 2pm but i know he Will struggle at bt if he naps now. I Will do 6.30bt i think. He has a cough and cold so i need to be careful to avoid ot.

[scucci1979]

I am stuck ladies. She had a complete meltdown from 10-10:30am. Crying, crying and crying, wanting me to pick her up.  She looks really tired. She perked up now as she is playing with her sister and I told her we were going to have a picnic. I am stumped on what length to do. One hour with her usual 8pm bt or let her sleep for 1.5hours and do an 8:30pm bt.

K, I know you say one hour. if she falls asleep closer to 1pm, then I can do that, but if it is earlier, it will be a problem as we have a birthday party to go to later.

[scucci1979]

fell asleep at 12:15pm. She is so tired.  I think she still needs to get used to having no nap days and 1hr naps. OT here yet again.

[Grants]

Hi ladies, I just wanted to say thank you for your kind words and support

[Khalam's Mama]

Hope you get some answers g. Does he have any symptom like snoring or breathing irregularly? Sabs i would give her 1.5 if ot just meant 1.15 may not be any different than 1.5 if you are cutting. We ended up babysitter for my sister's kids so k was asleep by 7.30 but went down ok. Hope he does at least 12hrs.

[Grants]

No signs whatsoever. He doesn't even sleep with his mouth open?? Hope we all have a good night tonight xx

[scucci1979]

Grants, we are here for you sweetie. Hugs.  fingers crossed for a decent night.

Let me get this straight, you have tried long nap with a later bt/shorter nap with an earlier bt?

Ladies, I woke her up at 1:30pm. Of course for 20min she was cranky. Sigh.  in bed and asleep just past 8pm.
Wish me a decent night ladies. I am finding the toddler years far more difficult then the infant years. I hear from many people that 3 is a challenging year. 

[consmummy]

Sabs, you're right. I found 3-4 really tough going. A friend of mine named them 'Threenagers' and she's so right!

[scucci1979]

 

I hope 3-4 goes by fast.

we got a 9hr and 50min night. Sigh. What is wrong with this chickie? Did that extra 15min for her nap really cut her night down?  
Woke up at 6am. I had to wait with her until Mr. Sunshine came on and during the entire time she was playing in her bed.
This is going to be a fun morning!

[barbaraz78]

Hi ladies,
DS is now at 10.5 h night and 2 h nap. I think that it is working quite well and that it's a good compromise for us. He seems fine with that, he's generally happy with this sleep. I am a little bit concerned by the fact that those seem to be relatively short nights, as they should ideally be longer at 21 months (even if I must say that DS sleep has been always on the lower side, even more than now). Probably I should try to cap the nap at 1.5 h and see if nights become longer, but I'm afraid to change an equilibrium that he's working for us and introduce OT... When he sleeps less than 2 hours, he's very cranky in the evening and prone to tantrum. What do you think?

Consmummy, I can't believe that harder years have to come and that 3-4 is worse than 2! I'm scared! 
Sabs, I find toddler years quite difficult, but ... if I go back to the early days, when we did not have an entire night, we had multiple, and sometime very long, NWs, and during the day DS did not sleep after the 45 min mark when he napped... no, I prefer living in toddlerhood! 

[Khalam's Mama]

After getting up 6.30 this morning k didn't nap in the buggy at 12 like i horde even though we walked 50mins. So he did 12hr 20 day but was asleep ok by 6.50pm. I really hope he does 13hrs as we have playgroup tomorrow so no good time to nap.