What time do your kids nap?

Discussion in 'The Toddler Years(1-3)' started by nicolepag, Sep 23, 2007.

  1. nicolepag

    nicolepag Well-Known Member

    What time do your kids nap now that they are down to 1 nap? It seems the kiddies are in transition and we are having a tough time.
     
  2. lilymadison

    lilymadison Well-Known Member

    They go down for their nap at 12 and will sleep until 1:30-2:00, 3:00 if I'm REALLY lucky.
     
  3. AmynTony

    AmynTony Well-Known Member

    depends on when they get up - if they're up before 8 they'll nap right after lunch and if they get up after 8 they won't go down until about 2
     
  4. rheamay

    rheamay Well-Known Member

    1pm is the average. If they wake up early or are grouchy, they may go down around 12-12:30.
     
  5. dfaut

    dfaut 30,000-Post Club

    If you are just now transitioning you could hold them off of their nap for a half hour for a week or something then move another 1/2 hr. We are around 1:00 most days, but there's a little wiggle room now!
     
  6. Shadyfeline

    Shadyfeline Well-Known Member

    They went down to one nap at 19 months and they would go from 10-11:30am. Now at 21 months they go at 11am-12:30pm they just wouldn't fall asleep anymore when I put them up 10 for like 45 minutes so I figured put them up at 11 instead.
     
  7. Cheryl O.

    Cheryl O. Well-Known Member

    mine go down anywhere from 11 to 1 - depending on how our day shapes up - they are flexible and have never had a rigid time - as long as they get their nap they are good. so if we have plans in the a.m. we nap late and if we have afternoon plans they nap early. it's nice that their schedule is so flexible that we can work it around "our schedule" - instead of vice versa which is how I was w/ my son. The girls are so easy going when it comes to stuff like that - so it has worked well for us.
     
  8. becky5

    becky5 Guest

    They go down around 11, because we have to be out of the house at 130 for school pick-ups.
     
  9. micmose

    micmose Well-Known Member

    Mine are 17 months. They usually go down between 12 and 1p and sleep anywhere from 2:30-3:30.

    They started 1 nap a day around 11 months all on their own. I guess because they sleep through the night and go to bed around 7:30pm until 7:30am sometimes 8:00am.
     
  10. summerfun

    summerfun Well-Known Member TS Moderator

    Mine have lunch at 11:30 go down for a nap around 12:10. They usually sleep until at least 2-2:30. But I have to wake them at 3:15 if they are not up to get their big sister from school at 3:30. There are days Trevor naps from 12:10-3:15 and Emilie is usually 12:10-2-2:30.
     
  11. Monika2006Twins

    Monika2006Twins Well-Known Member

    One of mine started around 10 months & as of a week ago I got them both on the same schedule, was doing 1 for one and 2 for the other - that sucked for me - could almost never leave the house.

    They want to go down around 11 but I try to get them to 11:30. If I'm lucky they sleep to 2 but usually it's more like 1.

    Bedtime is 6PM and they sleep to abut 6:30AM if I"m lucky, 7AM.
     
  12. SweetpeaG

    SweetpeaG Well-Known Member

    naptime for us is 12-2:30/3:00.

    It was a struggle when we went to one nap at 13 months. I just decided noon would be naptime and I'd do whatever it took to keep them occuppied/busy until then. It works fine for us now, but it was a rough month (or so). They are just fine making it to noon, but I do make sure we're never more than a 15-minute drive from home for our morning outings. If we're not headed home for lunch by 10:30 they fall asleep in the car and then bye-bye naptime.
     
  13. Safari

    Safari Well-Known Member

    noon until 2 or 3pm.

    depending upon the time they woke, we might put them down a little earlier or later. But most days it's about noon-2:30pm.
     
  14. double-or-nothing

    double-or-nothing Well-Known Member

    mine are usually awake around 6 am so by 11:30 they are ready. It sometimes changes (half hour earlier or later) depending on our day and what time they actually wake up on a particular day. They usually sleep an hour and a half.
     
  15. KCMichigan

    KCMichigan Well-Known Member

    Up at 6:30/7

    nap is 12- 2

    bed is 7:30
     
  16. Minette

    Minette Well-Known Member

    At first they went down by 12 at the latest and napped till 1:30 or 2. It gradually moved later until now they go down around 12:30 (sometimes as late as 1 or 1:15) and nap for 2-2.5 hours.

    They wake at 6:30ish and go to bed around 7pm.
     
  17. Amanda

    Amanda Well-Known Member

    mine nap from about 1:30-3:30 pm now.
    But around 12 months when they first dropped one nap, it was more like noon or 12:30, we slowly evolved into 1:30pm naptime.
     
  18. Babies4Susan

    Babies4Susan Well-Known Member

    Mine wake up at 7am, and at first when they went to one nap, it was at 11am. We've slowly pushed it back to 12-12:30 start time, and they sleep for 1-2 hours (usually closer to 1). They go to bed around 7:30pm.
     
  19. BettiePage

    BettiePage Well-Known Member

    When we first went to one nap (around 2 years) it was around 12:30 or 1. Now it is more like 2 or 2:30 that they have their nap and they usually sleep until about 4-4:30. (This is on the weekends -- at daycare they usually only sleep for 1-1.5 hours) Sometimes they don't go down for a nap until more like 3pm. I know it seems really late, but even if they don't wake up from their nap until 5-5:30, they still have no problem going to bed at their regular time of 7:30-8Pm.
     
  20. 2girls2b

    2girls2b Well-Known Member

    I am jealous of all the 1 to 2 hour nap times. We have a horrible time getting the girls to take naps on the weekends. They are down for naps from 11:30 until 2:00 at daycare, but we can never get them to sleep more than 30 minutes or so on the weekend. We used to have a really hard time getting them to stay up until after lunch, now we keep them busy until after lunch, but they still won't sleep for more than 30 or 40 minutes. We have tried everything we can think of to make them sleep longer. Nothing works, so of course they are very cranky by 5pm or so. They generally wake around 7:30 on the weekends and bedtime is between 7 and 7:30. During the week, we get them up at 6:30 to go to work and daycare and bedtime is the same.
     
  21. LaRae81

    LaRae81 Well-Known Member

    11 - 2. Used to be 12-3:30 but not anymore now they go down earlier and don't sleep as long.
     
  22. MNTwinSquared

    MNTwinSquared Well-Known Member

    Mine are 26 months and nap at 13:00 - 15:00 (1-3ish).
     
  23. Twinnylou

    Twinnylou Well-Known Member

    I give them their lunch at 12 then they are usually down by 12.30 till bout 2.30/ 3.00 x
     
  24. debid

    debid Well-Known Member

    11:30 - 1 or 2 (depending on a variety of factors). The time has gradually moved later, though. When we first went to one nap, it was 10:30-12 or 1 and they'd go to bed a bit earlier than normal if they were cranky. They get 10.5-11.5 hours of sleep at night so their total is around 13 hours. As you might imagine, this schedule makes lunchtime a bit tricky. They're essentially getting four meals and a snack right now so that they don't go too long between meals.
     
  25. twinzmom2b

    twinzmom2b Well-Known Member

    I HATED that transition period. But, once we got through it, my girls were initially going down around noon. Now that they are a bit older, it's more like 12:30 or 1:00 and they sleep anywhere from 2-3.5 hours.
     
  26. manyblessings

    manyblessings Member

    MY GIRLS USUALLY GO AROUND 1:00 PM
     
  27. Rachel P

    Rachel P Well-Known Member

    My boys transitioned to 1 nap around 18 months old. At first they were in bed by 12:30 p.m. (up in the morning about 8 a.m.). Gradually that time has moved to 1-1:30 p.m. They will sleep from 2-3 hrs.
     
  28. LISA257

    LISA257 Active Member

    they go up at 12:30 and will usually sleep till 3. It used to be 4, but that's not always the case all the time.
     
  29. FirstTimeMom814

    FirstTimeMom814 Well-Known Member

    Ours nap from 1-3ish.
     
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