Transitioning from 3 to 2 nap days

Hi all!
I've been unsuccessfully trying to get my baby to nap twice a day rather than 3 times. He seems to be ready for it as he sometimes fights the last nap of the day. Problem is that he's been sick with high fevers so he was napping a lot (like 5/6x a day) and now that he is much better I'd like to start with that strategy again.
Problem is: I don't want him to be sleep deprived but I need to push his wake windows much longer and then I cannot control the time that he's asleep so sometimes he does 30min nap and I feel that if that's twice a day then defo not enough.
Help! 😅

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I wish my daughter would have 2 naps a day but can only get her to have 1!
She naps 11am until 1/1.30pm

Wow! That is a long ass nap, you must get loads done ✌🏽

@Ana not enough really I end up collapsing on the sofa worn out as she's on the go constantly 🙃

all valid! 🙏🏽

We’ve managed on two 30 min naps quite frequently before - takes a while to settle and now her first nap is still around the 30 mins mark but the second is usually at least an hour x

Quite often if my baby wakes after 30 minutes we manage to go in and settle him back to sleep to turn it in to a longer nap

Oooh probably that is the trick

I feel that if he sleeps only 40min each nap then he's not getting enough (at the end of the day) so I feel bad for only allowing him 2 naps but not sure how to get into the 2 nap system 😐

does he settle himself to sleep when you put him for a nap?

Both 😂 I notice the queues and put him in his cot. He is asleep when we get there most of the times.

when it comes to waking up from naps, I go by her reaction. If she wakes up happy and smiling, I know she had enough sleep. If she is grumpy or just staring into the empty space, then I resettle her and most of the times she will sleep another cycle.

This is an actually great tip! Thanks for sharing 🙏🏽 Imma try that today 💞

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