Cutting nap to 20 minutes?

[AMJ]

Hello there.

My DD is 3 years old and now we are down to a 30m nap from which I wake her. It is really hard for her to wake up from this nap but this is what gives her the longest night. What's after that? A 20m nap or cut it out? I'm thinking that she won't take the nap drop too well so I'm leaning towards a 20m nap. Has anyone done a 20m nap?
Thanks

[lolsyb1982]

Hi AMJ

I found it was much easier waking DD1 after 15/20 mins than 30 mins as they haven't gone into that deeper sleep so definitely give it a go if you don't think she will cope with dropping completely.

[Haribo2012]

20 min CN was our life saver and DS1 always woke up happy from it.

[AMJ]

Thank you ladies for a quick reply. We will give it a go then

[Haribo2012]

Hope it helps x

[jessmum46]

Good luck!  20 mins was a winner here too, though usually did it in the car as it was better waking her that way x

[AMJ]

Thanks ladies

[AMJ]

Hi ladies

So we've been trying a 20m nap but it's not really working. It seems that she gets OT by the end of the day after it and then either has a short night anyways or has a NWU. So I went back to 30m nap which gave us a 9hr45m night at first (her average night is 10hrs) but on the second and third day of a 30m nap her night shortened to 9.5hrs and then to 9hrs15m. Her mood is really grumpy too. I wonder what else can I try? The only thing that come to mind is a NND every 2nd or 3rd day but I'm really not looking forward to it.

[jessmum46]

I would be tempted to cut the nap altogether I think, I know she's always had short nights and I wonder if perhaps even 20 mins is robbing any chance of a long enough night to avoid OT?  She's of an age where no naps is common, I'd set bedtime and ride it out for a week or two and see what happens x

[Haribo2012]

I'd cut it out too, ride out the OT with EBT.

[AMJ]

Thanks ladies. I'll give that a try

[Haribo2012]

We had a 5.45pm on our first nnd was bliss lol x

[AMJ]

Oh wow Zoe that's super early. DD is very prone to EWUs so her regular BT is at 10pm during summer and 9pm in winter. So 7 pm would be pretty early for her I think

[Haribo2012]

Ds1 is a bit of an EW though so we had no choice.x