Down to 1 nap a day at 8 mos?

This isn't good, right? My boys have been boycotting the 1st nap of the day for the past week or so, but will take a good 2-3 hour nap in the afternoon. It's not solid, without some intervention/help from me, but that's what they've been doing. Any tips, tricks, ideas? Or did anyone else go to 1 nap at this early?

Thanks!

 

How long after they wake up are you putting them down for the first nap?

We transitioned to one nap around 15 - 18 months and it was really hard. I'd try to keep them on two for as long as you can!

 

My guess is that they are having some sort of developmental growth spurt, and I would just stick with your schedule of putting them down twice. We dropped to one nap at 14 months.

 

We dropped to one nap around 12 months. I agree with Becky, I would keep putting them down & hopefully they will get past this phase!

 

I agree that it's just a phase. I do have a friend though whose DD dropped the nap at 8 months. I remember my boys went through a phase (actually they did it then, around 1 yr and around 2yr birthdays too) like that and I just kept putting them back down for a nap in the morning. We were doing CIO for night so I did it for naps too when needed.

Hang in there!!!

P.S. Could DS's ear infections be causing trouble too?

 

My girls will be 8 months this weekend, and we are going thru the EXACT SAME THING as you right now. Not sure what the deal is. Yesterday was horrible. I thought maybe I should be putting them down for one long nap closer to noon or 1, but at 11 today they were crying because they were tired. Wondering what's going to happen this afternoon. They are terrible nappers as it is. I hope they'll try to keep doing two naps, even if they are only 30-45min long. Ugh.

 

I agree. It was the same for us.

 

Thanks for the advice - probably developmental milestones (and yes, maybe DS's ears - I don't let him CIO because I'm afraid he's in pain with the ears)... One ds is learning to pull up and starting to cruise, and the other one has the ear problems, and he's figured out how to go from his back to sitting, so they are doing a lot of new things this past week or two.