when did you cut down to 1 nap?

My pedi told me not to expect 1 nap a day till they were 2 years old. But an email I got today from Baby Center said they might be ready soon. So I'm just curious, when did you cut back & how did you know they were ready?

 

Mine were 19 months. Every baby is different some have to adjust their babies to one nap for daycare purposes, I am a SAHM so I just let them take two naps a day until they were no longer sleeping for the second one.

 

My inlaws came to visit in July and it kind of just happened but I think they were ready. One wouldn't sleep during the morning nap and the other one really needed the morning nap. We just started keeping them busy, really playing hard outside or something to occupy them and then moved lunch earlier and THEN it was naptime. They usually eat lunch around 12 (1130-1230) and then down for nap by 100 (200 at the latest if we are out). Now I just do my running around in the morning and put a movie on for the car ride home so they don't fall asleep. They usually have AT LEAST a two hour nap! I'm glad we've transitioned but we did 2 naps forever!
Good luck w/ it. Your little ones will let you know when they are ready....

Alicia

 

We went down at 17 months. I needed to have them down before school started again for my oldest DD, so I did it about 1.5 months before school started and it went well. I love having the morning to get out. It did take some time for them to adjust and sometimes they still get cranky around 10:30am.

 

I chose 17 months, they mostly have one nap but sometimes still have two x

 

Mine did not officially transition to 1 nap until 23 months of age.

 

I chose 15 months, because that's when we were getting more consistent with only one nap. But it was probably more like 16 or 17 months before the new schedule was really going well. Mine still, at 19 months, get cranky around 10 or 10:30, but a little snack usually seems to help.