Does this mean she's not ready? At first I got them to go down at 12, then pushed it to 1pm. This morning it took him half an hour to settle and he got really upset. She has some rest days, but most are still nap days. My concern is that she needs more sleep than 2 hours a day. My son is on a 4 hour schedule and has been on solids for about 1.5 months. Kaitlyn missed her morning nap once a week for church. Between the ages of 12 months to 2 years, your little one may be sleeping for about 12-14 hours of sleep per 24 hours. The afternoon nap is the only nap of the day. Our Facebook community posted. You could get a new toy or book or something to pull out only at that time of day to keep the baby happier. ! Converting isn't working the first few days, she would sleep 3+ hours. Thanks for your help! Do what you feel most comfortable with. That's great! Maybe if I try this, he'll eventually move to a later nap, around 1?? Good luck! BUT- waking up at 4:30 and lasting until a previous bed time of 830ish is too long. He also takes 2-two hour naps and a short cat nap to hold him over until bed time. She is definitely too young to not have it at all, but a catnap will work. Lunch is 11:00, then afternoon nap at approximately 1:15-2:45. I would start with 10 minutes later and see how that goes. A little over a week ago he started fighting the second nap, HARD. . Because of this I can't really feed her any earlier that her 6:30pm feeding and I also don't think she will be interested because when I do feed her at 6:30pm she is not all that interested as you would think if she was hungry that whole time.From reading your blog is sounds like she is too young to drop this nap. I have been putting them both down at 1:30, but he's been playing in his crib for 1.5 hours before falling asleep on the days that he has a decent morning nap. I think you may be right. How do you know when is the right time? My question is, is it time to completely drop that 4th nap, or move her bedtime to 6:30, or some other solution? I like to have my days predictable, so I go that route. I would love to have the same schedule everyday! The fourth nap is the nap that occurs between 4ish and 7ish PM. How long and how often? My baby will be 7 months next week. Should I shorten the morning nap or afternoon nap? I recommend this age because your child is ready on a maturity level to handle the freedom of knowing it is not a nap. It is a rest time. A two year old cannot necessarily comprehend that. He will slowly decrease the number of naps he takes in a day. You could also consider letting him sleep until 7 in the morning instead of starting at 6 AM. We've been doing 1 nap starting at 11:30am and she is sleeping around 2.5 hours for her nap. Plagiocephaly (flat head syndrome) 11 months old. This is the method I used with my oldest daughter. Thanks! Drena De . For his schedule that means that he is eating at somewhat odd times of day (10 am, 2 pm). He's now dropped to one nap. My 20 month old wakes up screaming every morning. Do you think CIO would help? And with children, remember they don't look tired like adults look tired. Read this post for a list of common sleep issues at this age: https://www.babywisemom.com/10-reasons-your-5-8-month-old-has/. Reddit, Inc. 2023. Taking a short morning nap is a common step in the process of dropping naps. You baby will also most likely take a longer afternoon nap once the morning nap is dropped, so you have a longer stretch in the afternoon to get things done. You want her to take a full feeding, but you can have her diaper changed between sides or halfway through bottle, then just put her in bed asleep. He sleeps nearly the normal length of time once he finally goes to sleep (so lunch has been later than usual). If she does take a nap, she is taking FOREVER (like 30min-1 1/2hr) to go to sleep at bedtime. However, it's wise to read up on the idea so you're knowledgeable if it occurs. I think it is possible, but not very likely.You can always try the morning nap back in and see what happens. My question is how can I get him to sleep longer so he is not over tired by dinner? Your child will stay awake from nap most if not all days of the week consistently. Here's an example of what your 10-month-old's sleep schedule might look like: This is hard because it's dinner time and I have to attend to my 2 year old (my husband is usually working). thanks for your help! I should add that if he does fall asleep in the morning and evening it is for about 20-30 minutes and he will not go back to sleep. 11 month old has awful coldDoes Vicks on feet really help?? Rhonda, sorry I never got notified of your question! Her afternoon nap is fine though, she can fall asleep easily (WT = 3 hrs) and sleep for 2-3 hours. It starts as a two year old not napping 1-2 days a week. I had been putting him down for his 3rd nap only when he needed it and finally this week I decided to drop it cold turkey. Do this until nap time is around 11:30 to 12:30. so, she has a pretty long awake time for her age. I know that's a large window. First, we need to define nap times for newborns. 13 month dropping to 1 nap, waking up at 5:30am HELP! I really think my kiddo might be ready to do it but she's only 10-months-old. She didnt eat her lunch very well and by the time she did go down for nap she only napped one hour. These actions fixed things and she was back to sleeping for both naps: 1.5 hours in the morning and 2-2.5 in the afternoon. My son (16 weeks) has moved from a 3 hour schedule to a 3.5 hour schedule recently. It did make weekends much easier when he didn't need to be home for 3+ hours for naptimes! Others might have sudden disrupted sleep at night. for her first morning feed, she wakes up Very Hungry and will really fuss if i dont get her the milk fast enough, but all the other feeds she is pretty relaxed and seems content to do the 4 hr pattern we are on and seems content and full at the end of each feeding. Quick question tho: if you give your dtr an early lunch, do you not give her any snacks in the morning so that she will eat lunch early?Thanks again for the tips! She sleeps through the night. She loves to sleep. See also:The Best Ages for Dropping Babys Naps. Yesterday he only slept 45 mins. I'd like to echo all the comments about how helpful and encouraging your blog is. On the other had, she's already 12 months old, and eats/drink/nurse well during the day (~22 lbs). Michelle, my thought is no, she needs more than two hours. 6 month old WONT NAP - Losing patience please please help me! I also read that your son is having some minor surgery. If your toddler doesnt take a morning nap, the afternoon nap times are very different from when your toddler does. Aren't kids suppose to show signs if they need more sleep? Currently defrosting 5 boxes of dairy free breast to dump down the drain. My daughter is just over 12 weeks old. She didn't so that on 2napsvery content, happy, no problems. I will summarize the information as listed in On Becoming Preschoolwise (page 100). You can find more details on dropping this nap in my post:Dropping the Morning Nap Guide. cause her bedtime is 8:00 p.m. but she eats at 5 awake time until 6:30 then she sleeps from 6:30 to 7:45. i am just scared to drop feedings and naps! If neither of those things help, I would look into other possible causes. I do to usually let him go past 3:30pm either when he does go down for a nap in the afternoon. My almost 11 month old has always been a nightmare with naps! The general rule of thumb is that babies between the ages of 13 months and 18 months will start dropping their morning nap. Lastly, if her first nap is 10am-12pm, she would be going longer than 4 hours between feedings. That might help you figure out how to squeeze in a 3rd nap without robbing her night time sleep. However, the story changed once we got home. This page may contain affiliate links, which means we may earn a small amount of money if you click through and make a purchase.All articles are written independently by the Netmums editorial team. This is a typical fussy time of day for babies when many dont sleep well in general. You can also try a weaning process. She normally wakes up from nap #2 around 4:30, so waiting another 2 hours or so (her current approx. There was also one night where she cried and fell back asleep for ~1 h, and then cried again. I would drop the fourth nap and put him to bed early if he needs it and just see what happens. I agree that's a long time to be awake between naptime and bedtime, so hopefully you can help him extend that nap. I could see she wasnt quite ready yet. As your child gets older, the nap will shorten and/or bedtime will move back slightly. If you have to wake him up from naps, you could try letting him sleep 2.5 hours instead of 2 hours. Any tips you can give me I would so appreciate! Think of it as his middle-of-the-day nap. A Few times he slept until 3:00. Another thing to keep in mind is that my son only needs 10 hours of sleep at night. I had to really cut back on snacks with my dtr, she would snack and not eatt meals, so hope that answers your question. It seems like I should be combining those 2 naps into one, but I don't know. Some need a week. Dropping naps. She sleeps great for all of her naps and at night.I feed her between 4 and 4:30, then put her down for a nap an hour later. Teechin, is the early waking in conjunction with the time change? Make sure the nap doesn't go too long (and how long too long is depends on her). How much is too much sleep? I'm hoping he'll just get used to it. But, should I be concerned that she is sleeping so much? is she hungry or just getting used to the later bed time? Between 12-15 months old, babies usually drop down to 1 nap. This is her typical schedule now:7am feed and play8-11am nap11am feed and play12-3pm nap3pm feed and play4-7pm (or earlier)feed and play8/8:30pm bedtimeShe sleeps well through the night and goes down very easily for naps (typically after a few yawns). He usually does NOT wake up from this nap though. With my son, we dropping this nap cold turkey just as we had previous naps. Hi Val,You've helped me out in the past, so I'm hoping you can come to my rescue again! It really is almost always a 10 month old, though sometimes it is an 11 or 12 month old. So I guess that's why I am not really sure. But I wouldn't say that absolutely no 13 month old will ever not just be a two hour a day napper. her naps are typically 2.5- 3 hrs long and i am typically waking her up for the next feed.the problem is, after 6 or 7 pm she doesnt want to sleep. That said, it's common for babies to start outgrowing their two-nap schedule after their first birthday. Dropping to One Nap at 11 months. That is great Susanne! However, she is sleeping fine in the morning (1.5 hours) then taking forever to fall asleep for her afternoon nap (1.5 hours). Eventually I move back to 5 feedings a day to help with the getting the routine back down and then she moves back to 4. This doesnt mean your two year old is ready to go to no naps. Thanks, Hi, I have a question about when to drop the morning nap. I thought it might be time to drop his 3rd nap (which was around 5 or 5:30 for 30-45 minutes) because he occassionally started waking up early from his other naps or in the morning. I think she is ready to drop her third nap, but I am worried she is too young (only 26 weeks).Currently her schedule looks like this:7AM- Wake up/Feed9AM- We go running and she falls asleep in the stroller11AM- Wake up/Feed (sometimes she wakes up earlier and sometimes I wake her up)1PM- Nap2:30-3 Wake up/Feed5/530-6:00 Nap (I almost always wake her up now)6:45-7 Dinner 8:25-Down for the nightLately she has been staying up longer than 2 hours almost all her wakes times- sometimes even 3! Please remember naps ARE important. She is just over 4 months old, and a week or two ago we dropped her 4th nap. Hi Again! And I refuse to have his bedtime be before 7, thats the earliest it can be. For most babies, this doesn't happen until at least 12 months old but sometimes as early as 10 months. Is she still too young for a catnap at this time? I consider any sleep that happens after 7 PM to be bedtime. We just let her nap as long as she needs to. They just dropped it and had two feedings in a row. 3-Any recent schedule changes or disruptions. Michelle, if she isn't sleeping well with two naps, you can try one, but you might need to change what time of day she starts her nap. . It is really often for the first 6-8 months, then it changes every so often until 12 monthsit does eventually start so slow down . and make all those nap transitions! He takes 3 naps right now and goes to bed around 7:15 or 7:30 at the latest. He usually then falls asleep for the second hour and that way still gets in his morning hour nap and because hes only slept an hour in the morning hell sleep for two in the afternoon. She has been helping parents with their parenting concerns since 2007 and loves helping others absolutely love being a parent. However, when she was taking the two naps it was an hour in the morning and 1.5 to 2 hour long in the afternoon. Somedays he will take a 15-45 min nap, otherdays he wont. Amber, sorry I haven't checked back in a while. Around 2.5-3 years old, naps disappear altogether. She would then come home, eat lunch, and go to sleep for about 4 hoursmaking up for her missed morning nap. First, thank for this blog, it's amazing! By age 5, most children no longer take a regular nap. But I'm trying not to stress about it. Sleep deficits (meaning not enough sleep) causes a child to not sleep well.However, I honestly wouldn't necessarily put morning nap and afternoon nap being directly impacted by the lack of an evening nap the night beforeespecially since night sleep is still good. She was very, very tired when we got home. I might try feeding her sooner than 7 and see if that helps her to be happier when going down for the night. My son didnt drop his until he was about 10 months old. My girls bedtime isn't until 8pm so I let her sleep the latest 3.30 normally but she is usually up by then. Soon, it was every other day. We know "sleep begets sleep." This means that adequate daytime rest leads to fewer night wakings and longer night sleep. Get the days best CHAT sent straight to your inbox, I have read and understood Netmums' Privacy Notice and Terms & Conditions, 11 month old crying every 10-20 minutes all night long - please help before I go. After playing with nap times and watching her readiness, I dropped the morning nap cold turkey four days ago (she's almost 17 mos). He usually wakes up at 5:45am or 6am and then goes for a nap at 9am for 1.5 hrs. Yesterday she had one 2 hr nap and that was it. Dont be afraid to try dropping the nap if you think your child is ready. If you need some further advice or support, I can always refer you to our Sleep Supporter here at Netmums, called Maggie. 145. pomegr4nite. She wasnt ready. Dropping from 25th to 9th percentile HELP! Timing and signs of readiness for dropping naps is always a question for parents, even those who have done it all before.