Reducing nap time

Miss_Bump · Mar 28th, 2012, 17:06 PM

On a normal day Evie will wake at 7 and have a nap at about 11 until 1-1:30

Recently she hasn't been tired enough to nap at 11 and has been sleeping at 12 or 12:30 instead

She will still happily sleep for 2 or more hours but I fine if she does this then she isn't tired enough to go to bed at night.

For the last few days I've shortened her nap to an hour so she would wake at 1ish but when I wake her she is usually pretty grumpy and then gets very tired just after dinner and can be grumpy again.

Do you think it's ok to stick to this new nap time and keep it shorter in the hope she will adjust or am I being mean?

AlwaysPraying · Mar 28th, 2012, 22:08 PM

What your doing is exactly what my dr told us to do when we had night waking issues and tried everything under the sun. It worked great. She said that the min that kids over 1 need is 1 hour. Anything more is good but not essential. My guy sleeps for ages in the day too and we are currently going through bedtime hell and I think I'm going to start cutting naps shorter as a result. I think he's just not tired. (before he wasn't sleeping through but I think it all boils down to getting too much sleep).

polaris · Mar 29th, 2012, 08:12 AM

Could you maybe see how she is on an hour and a half? It seems like a big drop from two or more hours down to one hour.

**OmarsMum** · Mar 29th, 2012, 08:17 AM

We had the same issue at that age, so I started to time his naps. 1-1.5 hours is the max then I used to wake him up gently. I used to spend around 15 mins with him in bed talking to him until he's fully awake & ready to go down. Now he dropped his nap, when he seems tired I give him a relax time but I make sure he doesn't fall asleep as a 15 min cat nap with affect his sleep at night. He's sleeping for 12 hours without waking up at all those days & he's not fighting sleep at bedtime so I'm happy with no naps.

Mar 28th, 2012, 17:06 PM	#1
Miss_Bump Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: South East Posts: 7,141	Reducing nap time On a normal day Evie will wake at 7 and have a nap at about 11 until 1-1:30 Recently she hasn't been tired enough to nap at 11 and has been sleeping at 12 or 12:30 instead She will still happily sleep for 2 or more hours but I fine if she does this then she isn't tired enough to go to bed at night. For the last few days I've shortened her nap to an hour so she would wake at 1ish but when I wake her she is usually pretty grumpy and then gets very tired just after dinner and can be grumpy again. Do you think it's ok to stick to this new nap time and keep it shorter in the hope she will adjust or am I being mean?

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Mar 28th, 2012, 22:08 PM	#2
AlwaysPraying Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: May 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 4,147	What your doing is exactly what my dr told us to do when we had night waking issues and tried everything under the sun. It worked great. She said that the min that kids over 1 need is 1 hour. Anything more is good but not essential. My guy sleeps for ages in the day too and we are currently going through bedtime hell and I think I'm going to start cutting naps shorter as a result. I think he's just not tired. (before he wasn't sleeping through but I think it all boils down to getting too much sleep).

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Mar 29th, 2012, 08:12 AM	#3
polaris Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Ireland Posts: 7,722	Could you maybe see how she is on an hour and a half? It seems like a big drop from two or more hours down to one hour.

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Mar 29th, 2012, 08:17 AM	#4
OmarsMum Mum (Mom) BabyandBump Team Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: UAE Posts: 16,994	We had the same issue at that age, so I started to time his naps. 1-1.5 hours is the max then I used to wake him up gently. I used to spend around 15 mins with him in bed talking to him until he's fully awake & ready to go down. Now he dropped his nap, when he seems tired I give him a relax time but I make sure he doesn't fall asleep as a 15 min cat nap with affect his sleep at night. He's sleeping for 12 hours without waking up at all those days & he's not fighting sleep at bedtime so I'm happy with no naps.

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