Nursery want to drop the nap?!

They have struggled to get her down all week and are suggesting she doesn’t need the nap anymore.
I’m not so sure!
I’d love to think “whatever let’s give it a try” but she is such a terrible sleeper at night, I’m afraid to even try!

Is she too young to go all day without a nap?? Should I just take her lead? I feel flustered!!

6:30-7am wake
12:30-1:30 nap
(But has been 12:50-1:30/1-2 this week!)
7:30pm bed

(Usually a couple of night wakes 🤦🏼‍♀️)

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My son doesn't nap anymore. He will only occasionally have a 20 minute snooze if it's been a long day x

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Is she at nursery every day? If so I’d give it a try - but maybe bring bedtime forward to 7 x

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If we have a no nap day, it’s 6:30 bed. Try it and see what happens! Just don’t let them sleep in the car on the way home! 😂

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Has bed always been at 7:30? Have you tried putting it an hr later? My son will only do 11 hrs overnight and sometimes a little less. If he was to have his last wake window pushed a little shorter he will sleep far less that the 10/11 hrs but with a 7 hr wake window before bed, it helps his sleep through the night and be tired enough for his nap

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Generally speaking yes it’s too early to drop napping. Most common is between 3-4 years. The odd day here & there fine but all the time no. That said if nursery is only a few days or even if 5 days you could do no nap and then still do nap on a weekend or days you have her. It can be different for home/nursery days. I would say this is more likely a bit of a nap regression and nursery giving in a bit too quickly. Nursery is also generally a very distracting place to nap. I would ask nursery to keep offering the nap for now. On the days she doesn’t nap, bedtime would be 6/6:30 latest. On the days she does nap you could do as normal.

We had this with my girl when she started at the childminder. She wouldn’t nap but was still on 2 naps with us. Bedtime would be 6pm. Eventually she started napping there once a day and we were still doing 2. Then she was down to 1 nap and does that consistently at both places.

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