Nap Advice?
How is everyone doing on one nap per day?
My little boy has always had low sleep needs but has been consistent on a schedule of approx 9pm - 8am sleep overnight and a 1-3pm nap.
He started going to bed later and later so we cut the nap to 1-2pm which was fine. He absolutely will not go to bed any earlier for a nap and it ends up a huge screaming battle.
I think he's trying to cut his nap and I just do not know what to do. He gets up at 7/8 and it's 2pm before he needs a nap - I've had to really support him in getting asleep before 2pm. If we get up earlier, it's exactly the same and is 2pm before he's willing to nap. If he naps 2-3pm he's staying up until at least 10.30pm but, if he doesn't nap at all he is exhausted by 5pm refusing to eat dinner, hitting, crying and then has danger naps. He'll then go asleep at something like 6pm and be up for the day at 3/4am starting a new cycle.
I have no idea what to do to regulate this - I know he needs freedom to adapt to his own schedule but I'm the only one who does bedtime as well as working 6 days a week and managing the house. We need some semblance of routine whether it's nap or no nap.
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We are also in the nap needing/nap late stage!!
My little girl went down at 10.30!!
It’s a hard battle of sleep at the minute…
I’m think we need some kind of cat nap. But maybe try just 20-30 mins. You aren’t alone… it’s draining having zero evening xx
@Brigeeta Ashley it is so tricky! I'm persevering but exhausted. Happy for him to drop the nap if needed but just think I've got used to the consistency 😂
It’s so hard, but I have a rule that if it gets to 2-230 without a nap, he isn’t having one and we do an earlier bedtime. Works for us at the moment x
Some days we are napping, some days not. Usually on weekends, no nap as my older son aged 5 is about and little one gets too distracted. But even so when he has a nap, he ends up staying awake until 8.45-9pm and there's no evening left to do anything. Usually wake by 7-7.30am xx it's a tough one this transition stage and initially when they do drop their nap, they act a little erratic but then they get used to ( just going by my experience with my older son)
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