Anyone have late nappers?

We are headed toward a trend. When they nap at all these days (rough nap time toddler bed transition) they are napping at 2 or 2:30 pm. So they wake up around 4 or 4:30 pm and that pushes bedtime back until 7:30/8ish. Anyone who does this and it works? They usually wake up grumpy. I know I would napping this late.

 

This is about the slot for our naps. It didn't get pushed back to 2 until recently, but for a long time it was 1:30. They would sometimes sleep until 5! I usually prevented this by waking them by 4, but every once in a while I'd let them go. Nowadays, naps are 2-3:30 sometimes 4. Bedtime has been 8 pm at our house for a long time. They wake around 7:30. Works for us!

 

My guys sometimes nap this late, especially on weekends when everything gets pushed later. My philosophy is to never wake a sleeping baby, so I just let them sleep as long as they need. Jack has napped as late as 6pm and still gone to bed at 8! Their normal bedtime is 7:30-8pm, and they usually wake around 7:30am so I don't worry about late naps.

 

Mine always nap at 2, but their bedtime isn't until 9:30 or so They generally nap from 2-3:30 if I'm lucky!

 

Mine are headed in this direction; they went from napping only in the morning 2 months ago to not going to sleep until nearly 2 pm! Even though I put them in their cribs at noon :crazy: They'll wake about 3:30 or 4 and we have started putting them to bed a little later.. like 7. They're pretty crusty when they wake up though, and I find the only thing that really helps is to have a favourite snack ready for them.

 

My boys are up at 9am. Nap from 1pm-4pm and bed at 8pm.

I know I am lucky and I will enjoy it as long as it lasts!

Jenn

 

I have to say that is a freaking dream of a schedule! Congrats!!!

 

This was us, except down at 7 and up at 6:30 or 7. But when it stopped, it stopped abruptly an we went from 2-3 hour naps to no naps overnight.