When did you LO go exclusively to 2 naps?

[mattandcindy]

Abigail is 6.5 month old and I cannot get her down to 2 naps a day. She does a 1.5-2 hr nap in the morning and then wants to do two 45min-1hr naps in the afternoon. I wondered if I am pushing the issue too much, and I wondered when other lo's transitioned to two naps a day.
I have tried extending her awake time in the afternoon but it just makes for a grumpy baby who doesn't sleep well the rest of the day.
Btw, she is sleeping 11-12 hrs straight at night.

[Matthew's Mommy]

For us, it was around  6 months old.

[GG]

Cindy, I was going to ask the same thing.

My ds sleeps 1.5 hours for each of the first 2 naps and then around 45 min for his third nap.  I didn't transition him to 4-hour EASY until 5 mo since he's a touchy, spirited baby.  I think it depends in part on your lo's temperament.  I don't expect to be switching him to 2 naps until around 7 months or so.  I can tell he's already headed in that direction.

[Tammy: Ethan & Kaden's Mom]

Cindy - good question!  Of course, our kiddos are almost the same exact age!   

Right now, ds sleeps usually 30 min in the morning, then babbles, then falls back asleep for another 45.  In the afternoon, he usually sleeps about 1.5 to 2 hours. 

A couple of days I have put him down at 5 pm for his normal 45 minute catnap, but no go.  He just rolled around and played and talked to himself.  But then we had about a week where he slept that 45 min.  Right now he is upstairs, but is not sleeping, just talking.

I think probably around 6 to 7 months is when they'll start to drop that.  It's getting close to 7 months for us, and I see him starting to get out of that nap.  But I am still going to put him down until he consistently stays awake the entire time. 

Good post! 

[Deb_in_oz]

Olivia is also around the same age - she will only doa 45 min morning nap - i have tried extebnding awake time already and no help.  just how she is.  she takes a 1hr 30 midday nap and then a catnap around 4-4:30 for either 45 min or 1hr 30 depending on the day (or like the past 2 days no catnap and up from 2:15 - 7:15  :roll: )

i figure she wil drop to 2 naps when she is able to stay up for 3 hrs at a time and / or extends her second nap to at least 2 hrs.

at this rate i am figuring by 8 mo but who knows what she has planned?!