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10mo ready to drop a nap?
« on: January 01, 2015, 20:55:19 pm »
Happy NY to you all!
My dd turned 10 months today :-) She has been taking two naps of 1.5 hours each (or occasionally one of the naps will be 2 hours long) for some months now.
As of yesterday and again today she has slept for 2.30mins in the morning nap and then not needed an afternoon nap (she did have some awake quiet time). I have also just bought her an extra warm sleeping bag with sleeves as our house is quite cold and she seems to be sleeping much better now she has that. Last night she slept the best she has ever slept. Do you think this is the 2 to 1 nap transition? I ask because I thought it was a gradual process rather than just suddenly happening over night?

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Re: 10mo ready to drop a nap?
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2015, 03:12:58 am »
Happy New Year! 
It is possible she's ready to go from 2-1.  Every child is different and if your LO is already LSN, then she's probably good to go.  If you find she's repeating this long morning nap and she's still happy, all I would suggest is to gently stretch her morning awake time by 15-30 minutes every 4-7 days.  Your goal is to have her taking that long nap mid-day so she doesn't burn out. 


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Re: 10mo ready to drop a nap?
« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2015, 08:00:19 am »
Thanks for the reply.. What does LSN mean? She had another good nights sleep waking at 4am for a few sips of milk and straight bake to sleep until 0730. She didn't even want much of a cuddle at 4 and instead launched herself back into bed from my arms. As well as the sleeping bag being new I've also reduced the amount of milk she has overnight and now it's just a few sips or a few ounces. Surprisingly she's happy with that and I get the feeling she thinks 'well, if that's all I'm getting I'll go back to sleep!'. We've also just broken the habitual wake up of 2am which is great so I don't mind the new 4 or 5 wake up as she might well be thirsty after a long sleep (and hopefully it will go soon too).

Thanks for your tip on pushing the morning nap back. At the moment she goes to sleep about 3 or 3hr15 after waking. Long term, would you aim for the nap to be before or after lunch?

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Re: 10mo ready to drop a nap?
« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2015, 21:14:58 pm »
LSN is low sleep needs.  If your DD is only taking a few sips of milk when she wakes at 4am, I might suggest switching her right over to water.  It will be hydrating but also not as delicious as milk, thus giving her even less reason to wake at 4.
At this age, most babies are able to manage between 3.5-4 hours, so you could probably safely aim to push her a little in the mornings.  Normally while the adjusting is going on, parents find that things go a little sideways in terms of bed times ect. as they try and find a new equilibrium every week or so.  However, it sounds like your DD is doing well with one nap so I'd suggest sticking with her current bed time and just gently extend her morning A time.  Most parents have the nap after lunch but that's totally up to you.  When at home my DS has lunch around 11:45/12 and has his nap between 12:30-2:30.  At day care, I don't think they eat until noon and he often doesn't go to sleep until 1! (not my ideal but c'est la vie) 


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Re: 10mo ready to drop a nap?
« Reply #4 on: January 02, 2015, 22:08:43 pm »
Thanks I'll give the water a try...fingers crossed!
Does your lo just sleep for those two hours in the day? I think my lo still likes 2.45 or 3 hours sleep in the day. Today she napped for 2 hours in the morning waking at 1310 and needed a nap this afternoon (lasting about 40mins). She was tired again at her normal bed time.
My lo hasn't started nursery yet so I'll have to wait and see what happens there but as you say, what will be will be!

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Re: 10mo ready to drop a nap?
« Reply #5 on: January 03, 2015, 05:34:42 am »
He does indeed but he's also 17 months old now.  When he was your LO's age, he was having a long nap in the morning 1.5-2 hrs and a one hour catnap in the afternoon, just to see him through.  I kept that up as I pushed his A time and once I hit 11 or 11:30 for the start of his nap, I capped the afternoon nap at 45 minutes.  When he could make it to 12pm, I ditched the afternoon nap entirely.  There was a bit of meddling around with earlier bed times, which led to some early wake up (5:20am was my personal favourite) but once DH and I agreed to go back to 6:30pm and stick to that, it all ironed out.