When Did Your Kids Give up Naps?

Hi. both of my kids stoped napping at about 3.Both are in bed by 7pm. they atr 8 and 5 .Befor for bed we take our baths get in to pj. then it's mommy time.We snuggle and read or talk about what ever they want to talk about .at frist it was hard but now they love it .morings are the best now .I give them a half hour to wake up they they get ready and we laugh and sing . i love my morings now . befor it was mayham. My 8 year old has type 1 dibeites and has to take shots and test her blood .now she on top of it and there is no crabappleing at all good luck with your little guy and have fun.

Use intuition. I found that kids don't go from napping to no-napping overnight. Mine began to resist around that same age. Sometimes I went along, depending on what we had going on later in the day. Sometimes I fought the battle. Sometimes they asked. Didn't force oldest to give up naps completely until he hit kindergarten, and I still tell him to take a nap at 12 when I know that he needs one. They work for me so do we ever really outgrow them?

My oldest gave up naps around age 4 on the weekends. He still "rested" at naptime at school. They are required to rest now (he is 5) in his pre-K aftercare group, but they don't expect any of them to really sleep. Just a 'bonus' if they do. He reads books, lays there, etc. just for the sake of down time.
My youngest turned 3 in October. He does not nap on the weekends, and we learned it's just not worth the fight to force him to try. He generally goes to sleep a little earlier on Saturday and Sunday because he has not napped, and that's a pretty good deal for us since it's the only "alone" time we get. He still has naptime at school and naps for about an hour usually 3 days a week. The other 2 days he just lays there and tries to stay out of trouble ;-) and has quiet time. His teachers also say they don't necessarily expect them to nap, but to at least take some quiet time. Sometimes he sleeps, sometimes he doesn't.
I also find it's all in phases. Even my 5-year old will occasionally nap (when not forced to try) when he falls asleep in front of the TV or in the car. It will happen a few times a month and then not again for several more months.
Hope that helps.

My daughter mostly gave up naps at 2 and a half. However, she still naps at school occasionally. We live in FL and the law is that they require nap time in all day cares until they go to kindergarten. Sometime she sleeps and sometimes so doesn't but she still rests on her mat. We try to do the same at home. It is almost impossible to get her to nap at home but we do encourage her to rest quietly with some books in her bed. Other times she'll fall alseep on the coach on her own. You may need to adjust bedtime to a little earlier during the transition. Every child is different and you'll be able to tell if he needs a nap or not.

My oldest will be 4 in May. He gave up naps around 3, I can't remember if it was right before or right after (wow-that is terrible of me) He will still occasionally nap if it has been a very busy energy expending morning or if gets up unusually early (like 630am) but those are few and far between and most days he does great.... when my youngest who just turned 2 naps he will go "relax" for about an hour, and he usually plays quietly or looks at books and sometimes watches TV

Every child is different if he is ready you will know...and just don't expect him to be ok nap free everyday

My Oldest is 3 and turns 4 in April, but she is Seeming to be giving up naps If i Am in The car she falls asleep but at home I have to force her to have some down time, she does Nap sometimes but when she doesn't she's in bed at 8 pm, my 2 year old boy, is still napping after lunch but he has his days as well that he doesn't nap but by 6 pm his really tired and I have to force him to stay up at least till 7:30 and be down by 8. So I think your Little one is right on Schedule.

Once my Son turned turned 4 that was the end of the nap. He turned 4 in December and before that he would take 2 hour naps during the day. He does sometimes take a nap every once in awhile but I quit trying. It was beginning to become more and more of a hassle to get him to take one so I stopped. He now goes to bed at 7pm and falls right to sleep. He does start PreK this year and they don't take naps. I wouldn't worry about it, every kid is different and if he doesn't take a nap during the day put him to bed earlier at night, this will give you some time to yourself as well. I hope it works out.