If a 24 month old won't nap

[tiki]

DD turns 2 on Tuesday. She used to be a fabulous afternoon napper (1-2 hours at daycare, we often had to wake her up after 3 hours at home) but in the last month or so it's all fallen apart. She's had probably 5-10 days since the 4th of July when she refused to nap at all, and the rest of the time it takes us an hour and lots of crying to get her down. Do we just stop trying? Does anyone else have a kid who stopped all napping relatively young? She is definitely a mess in the evenings when she doesn't nap, but will not necessarily go to bed any earlier. 

[konapoppy]

I just came on here to ask a similar question 🤣 😢😢following

[lemoncupcake]

Yep, we stopped trying around 19-20 months for that reason with our first. It was taking an hour+ of work to get an hour nap, so it wasn’t worth it. She still occasionally naps at daycare but a most never at home.

We still make her chill out, usually watching EV, but I wished we had implemented a quiet time in her room instead of nap.

[Patsy Baloney]

It was around this time that nap turned into, “Let’s be quiet in bed from 1-3pm.” Sometimes, she’d konk out. Other times, she’d look at picture books and play with her stuffed animals. I’d sometimes have to pop in if things got too loud, but it worked out well for everyone. She got to stay up if she wanted, we still had time to chill without the kiddo, everyone was happy.

[blondemoment123]

My 21 month old does the same thing. Naps 2 hours at daycare but won’t at home. I’ve just stopped trying. 😢

[pierogigirl]

One of my kids (DS2) napped right up until kindergarten started and one (DS1) stopped napping entirely just after 2 yrs. old.

[madringal]

Keep trying! I have three kids and they all did that right around two years old. I just kept at it and eventually they all began napping again. My older two napped until I finally had to cut them out the summer before K. My youngest is almost 4 and still naps 2-3 hours a day.

[krystee]

I thought mine was going to stop at that age for similar reasons so I stopped trying for awhile, but he went back to naps for another six months shortly after.

[timorousbeastie]

DD went on a nap strike right around 2. I posted about it here, and was told that’s a pretty common age for a temporary strike. I kept trying for a nap every day, and eventually she went back to napping again. She is 5.5 now, and still naps ~50% of the time (and has quiet time even if she doesn’t fall asleep).

[brooke77]

Mine is 2. He has never been much of a napper (1 hour max). He has recently refused napping about half the time. I always offer, but if he’s screaming, I’ll let him skip it.

[lessel]

I feel like there’s a pretty rocky nap regression around that age. Some kids get to the other side of it and continue napping well into 4, like my kid. But his BFF who shares a birthday just never really went back to napping routinely. He only will if they’ve had like a majorly adventurous day and he’s totally wiped.

[loira]

My DD went through a nap regression around 2 and we powered through for a few weeks and she went back to napping... Until she was around 33 months and then it stopped for good. She's always been a solid 11-12 hour a night sleeper though, and doesn't seem to need it now at 3.5 years old.

[maudefindlay]

All 3 of mine stopped stopped napping at 2 to 2.5. Earlier bed times were awesome. One of them stopped for 6 months and then around 3 started taking naps again for a few months and then stopped for good. We did not force naps with any and save for the random nap here and there they were just done. I don't think that is necessarily a young age to stop. Seems fairly common.

[tiki]

I can confirm that nap has been rejected both days this weekend. Overnight sleep remains 11 hours, 9pm - 8am. I miss the nap so much.

[macmars45]

My DS started refusing naps regularly at 22ish months. He napped 1-2x/week for maybe 6 more months. He had rest time every day until he turned 3 last April. Now I don't even put him down for a nap unless he is having a really rough day or seems extra tired/sick. He still sleeps 7:30/8pm-6:30/7am every night so apparently that's all the sleep he needs. *shrug*

[pooh8402]

E1 did that ish too and I wasn't having it. It was a phase and he started napping easily again after a while. He's 4 now and still sometimes naps at home but naps every weekday at daycare.

[estrellita]

I gave up with E around 2.5. He wouldn't even do quiet time in his room. He is 4.5 and usually still naps at daycare 😭

[momin2013]

DS was never much of a napper, and dropped his nap entirely around 22 months. Bedtime had begun to get later around that time and when he dropped his nap his bedtime moved back to earlier, which worked fine for us.