i think my DD is pretty ready to switch to one nap a day, she has really been fighting the second nap for the last week or so, takes her like 45 minutes to finally fall asleep and it is getting really hard for me to listen to her fuss for that amount of time, and just now she woke her brother who isn't even sleeping in the same room... ug. my problem is that i don't know if DS is ready for the switch, he usually goes down pretty easily for both naps. neither of them seem really tired in the morning when i put them down for the morning nap but they usually sleep for around an hour after 15-20 minutes of playing around. do y'all think that i should just try it out and see what happens? when you switch to one nap, what time does that nap usually start? i was thinking 11:30 or 12, but i guess i could just go by their sleepy cues. and how long does that one nap usually last? i am worried that they would only have the one nap and wake up from it at 1:00 and then have 5.5 hours until bedtime, which seems like a long time... anyway, let me know what you think.. TIA!
I would say stick with what works, if you son still needs two naps then let him have them. Try your daughter with one nap and see how that works. I would make her one nap at the same times as one of her brothers so you can still have some time to yourself. My boys have a short nap in the morning( well usually at least one of them does) and then they have a two hour nap or so in the afternoon around 1:30. They don't always sleep at the same time although I would like them to but at least they go to bed at the same time at night. Good luck
I wouldn't take DS's nap away. Maybe try putting DS down for his nap, then 20-30 mins later, put DD down. It's a tricky one. I didn't go down to one nap until about 16 months and still miss it. Is DD getting any new teeth? Maybe she is just going through a phase. When we did go to 1 nap, we started by them taking a later morning nap (10:30 instead of 9) and no afternoon nap. As they got a little older, we pushed it back hour by hour until it was 1 and it would last 2-3 hrs. There is no science to it, so you'll have to play the trial and error game!
Joy, it's possible that this is just one of those phases for your DD. We switched to one nap around 14 months, and it was more out of necessity than anything(had to pick up my kids from school). So, you could try and ride it out for a bit and see if she goes back to two. Is she starting to cruise/walk/talk? That can disrupt sleep around that age. But, if you think she is really ready, personally, I would keep them both on the same schedule, and make bedtime a bit earlier(1/2 hour?) if possible.
I always kept mine on the same schedule, thinking that if their naps were different it would probably make bedtime different as well. I'm with Becky, I would give it a bit of time before making a change. But if you do, I would change both and maybe adjust bedtime.
ok, i'm gonna try and ride it out for a bit longer. DD had no afternoon nap yesterday so was up from 10:30-6:30, can you say overtired?? she did hold up pretty well though until the very end.. of course, today has been totally different, they both played in their cribs for 45 minutes before falling asleep for a 20 min morning nap and went down like champs for the afternoon nap. don't these babies understand that mommy likes a schedule?? i keep telling them but i think they have selective hearing, they must have gotten that from their daddy!
Just switched mine to one nap a day. They weren't really napping in the morning any more or one would and then not in the afternoon. I would rather all three of mine nap about the same time then have at least one up all day. I do need a little time to get stuff done around here. The babies take their nap around 11:30 and sleep until 1:30/2. My toddler sleeps from 12 - 2.
