No nap?

Is anyone’s baby on no nap yet? My daughters been going down and waking up from a nap miserable (I’ve tried everything I can think of to help her but nothing does) tried her on no nap and she did fine just a bit fussy by late afternoon just not sure if it’s too early

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Can be because of teething or some development .. try changing the nap time. Nap is very necessary for them i would just try everyday

I’ve tried pushing it back an hour, feeding her before so she’s not hungry, offering her a drink so she’s not thirsty, different ways of taking her for a nap and so many other things. She’s been teething since before Christmas and it’s exhausting having her be so upset and literally nothing calms her at all I just don’t know what else to do. I don’t see how a 30 minute nap is worth it when she’s getting herself so upset

With mine it depends on the day, but at least 3 days a week she will not nap and will just go to bed a bit earlier. The days she doesnt nap like yours she is fussy in the evening. I still try for the nap but if after 1hour in het cot she is not asleep then I give up for the day

You know your baby well mama do what work best for you both ❤️ i know its so exhausting to see our baby like this my baby is also going through sleep regression doesn’t settle until i hold him at rock him back to sleep so do what best for you both and maybe early bedtime if she is tired in the evening ❤️

It’ll just be a phase x

Same story as !
My LB started stopping naps at about 15 months😂 he goes about 4/5 days of the week with no naps. And goes to bed earlier. He has always been low sleep needs and consistently dropped naps way before most children. I know it's advised for their development that they continue napping but I've tried everything and he's literally wide awake😂

What time does LO wake? I was finding if I got up *super* early then he would nap but I was just taking like two hours of night time sleep off him to give him 45 minutes in the day and it didn't make sense😂

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