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Offline Tatumsmom

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Blah.... nap dropping
« on: March 04, 2013, 20:23:59 pm »
Looks like it is our turn for the nap dropping :P. I have been looking at a few other post and it looks like I am in good company.

It started a couple of weeks ago with him just not going to sleep some days for his nap. He will gladly take his blanket and go in his crib, he just won't fall asleep. He will play for up to 1.5 hrs when I finally just go get him.

A normal nap day is

7:30 wake up
8:00 breakfast
10:00 snack
12:00 lunch
1:00-3:30 nap
3:30 snack
5:30 dinner
7:00 bath
7:30 bed

So I guess the question is do I just keep offering the nap as he still will nap 4 out of 7 days??  And if he doesn't nap what time should bedtime be?

I am so not ready for no naps :P
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Re: Blah.... nap dropping
« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2013, 08:47:13 am »
How old is he? I would definitely keep offering the nap if he is happy to be in his room, it is great for him to have that quiet time even if he doesn't sleep. It is what I did with both ds1 and ds2. Is he very cranky when he doesn't nap? I put mine to bed maybe half an hour earlier on no nap days (but mine are pretty flexible sleepwise) you could try 6.30 or 7pm bedtime and see how that goes. Alternitively you could cut those 2.5 hour naps a bit shorter and he may still have one every day. What do you think?
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Re: Blah.... nap dropping
« Reply #2 on: March 06, 2013, 09:06:06 am »
Quote from: *jazzberry* on March 06, 2013, 08:47:13 am
I would definitely keep offering the nap if he is happy to be in his room, it is great for him to have that quiet time even if he doesn't sleep.
This! DS (3 y 3 mo) is napping 5 days in a week and skips nap 2 days a week, but we continue offering it.

Quote from: *jazzberry* on March 06, 2013, 08:47:13 am
I put mine to bed maybe half an hour earlier on no nap days
The same here. He really has less sleep in 24 h on no nap days, but these serve (I believe) to keep the nap the other days. We cap the nap at 45min-1.15 h (depending how tired he is) though.
Many people do ebt or sebt on no nap days, because their kid tackle on and has longer nights, but this is not the case of ds. And I found that keeping a (almost) fixed bt helps a lot self regulation, at least for him.
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Re: Blah.... nap dropping
« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2013, 01:49:47 am »
Logan is 2.5 years....

I have been still offering the naps and for the last couple day he has been sleeping  ;D.  But he is also sick so I'm thinking that is the only reason he is sleeping. :P

On the days he won't sleep I'll put him down early, and hope that will keep the other monster away.
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