Giving up naps

[mrsg123]

When did your child do this? Dd1did at 2 y 7 mos or so. Dd2 is 25 mos and it's hell to get her down. I cant handle her not napping yet.

[Deleted]

DD1 was always a short and unreliable napper. She gave up napping at 24 or 25 months. For a while I established "quiet time" where she had to play quietly in her room for an hour or so but by 2.5-3 she was trashing her room so badly it wasn't worth it.

It wasn't great but I survived. Starting preschool at age 3 helped a ton. She still wouldn't nap but I at least got a break.

[MadamePresident]

Nod's just went through a 2 month nap strike. She was falling asleep randomly when she didn't nap, but I couldn't get her to sleep. I finally decided that nothing was more important than getting her to nap, so I committed myself to spending an hour in her room if needed. We did our routine of pray then sing. I would then sing again, but turn my back so I wasn't making eye contact and engaging her. I eventually stored singing and decided to wait her out. It's getting a little better now. She still doesn't want to nap, but she doesn't fight me on it. I figure if nothing else her laying in bed and resting for a while is good for her.

[dragonfly08]

My oldest stopped going down for naps at home just after her 2nd birthday. For another 4-5 months, I could get her to take a short nap if we were in the car at that time b/c she'd fall asleep and wouldn't wake up if I transitioned her from the car to her bed. But after that, the minute the car stopped she woke up, assuming she'd even fallen asleep in the first place.

DD #2 napped until she was about 3 1/2, and after that we did "quiet time" for 30-45 minutes after preschool but she was over that by her 4th birthday.

[meij]

When we took her pacifier away the week before she turned two.

It was awful for me as a SAHM. She was fine.

[ginkgoleaf]

DS is starting to give them up at 3.5. Some days he sleeps 1.5 hours, other days I can't get him to sleep for anything.

[Deleted]

J hasn't been consistently napping for the past few months. He is 29 mos now and will nap maybe 2 or 3 times a week. We take him up every day and put him down but he often just sings to himself. Or if he is restless and it's clear he won't sleep I give him some books to read. But he needs to have that quiet time.

Ever since we pulled him out of daycare though he doesn't have to be up before 6 anymore and he goes to bed when the girls do so he sleeps 730 to 730. So I'm not surprised he isn't napping consistently.

[moopoint17]

DS1 is 3.5 and there's no end in sight. On days when we try not napping, he's extremely irritable and usually end up falling asleep within minutes of being in the car.

[dcrunnergirl]

DD and DS1 gave up after turning 3 when we moved them to beds.

DS2 is 18 months and he still sometimes does two 2-hour naps or one 3-4 hour nap per day so I'm hoping he'll nap longer than his siblings.

[qcinoct]

DS1 was still napping until we got him out of the habit, about 1 month before he started kindergarten (so, 4.5 years old).

Unfortunately, a month later, DS2 decided he didn't like naps much anymore either. So, he stopped this fall (about 2 3/4 years old). However, he still needs it so badly, so pretty much our afternoons and evenings suck.

[sent]

DD is 11 months and napped for 15 min and 30 min today, going down grudgingly for the second nap.  She also woke up at 8 am and it is now 9:30 pm and she is happily watching Homeland with us.  I think this is happening sooner than we want.