Help, Naps 😩
Hi,
My sons 18months old and for the last week he's refused to have his nap, his normal routine is waking up at 8am then he has a nap 12pm-2pm then bed at 8pm. But for the last week he's been refusing his nap so he's waking up at 8am then having no nap and not going sleep till about 11pm, he's so overtired that hes either crying and moaning at everything or he's wide awake running round playing. I've tried sitting quietly reading a book to him, just sat rocking him ect he just will not have a nap.
Is anyone else going through this? What age did your child stop having naps?
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What is your bed time routine?
Have you tried a later nap? But capping it so he’s still waking at 14:00. He might not be tired enough after 4 hours.
If he skips a nap I would bring bedtime forward to 19:00 or even 18:30.
Also, was meant to say - my little girl will be 3 in December and still naps.
I know some kids fight it and do try to drop it (my girl did), but if they’re miserable in the afternoon, or will fall asleep in the car, then they still need it.
He might realise how tired he is in a few days and go back to napping himself.
he has tea then plays for hour, a bath an then a story while he has his milk and falls asleep. But this last week he has his milk then gets up and won't go to sleep
yeah Im hoping it will all catch up with him and he'll be napping again 🤣
Hello there my daughter was the same, what I did was give her lunch first or something to eat/ snack then let her food go down then put her down at 1pm and it worked a treat they get hungrier at that age xx
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