My son is 10 months and for the last few days has not wanted to go down for his morning nap. He has always gotten very tired again around 10:00, but now seems perfectly content to stay awake and play. One problem is he seems to hit a wall of exhaustion around 11:30. He is having a hard time eating lunch when he is so tired. I was just wondering what ages everyone's kids gave up the morning nap and went to just an afternoon nap. Did that seem to happen suddenly or gradually? Just wondering if this is really the end of my "productive morning time" or just a phase. Thanks for any advice.
J.
Looks like it was just a phase or more likely a gradual giving up of the morning naps. He has gone back to his morning napping most of the time. It was very interesting to hear everyone else's responses and learn. Thanks for the support.
Hi J. well i have been a nanny for the past 17 rys and i have 3 girls myself and the ages vary but mostly around 1 yr.the morning nap stops. I would just feed him earlier and let him sleep when he is ready. You can always give him a snack when he gets up. I put my 21 month old down anywhere between 11 30 and 12 30. Hope this helps and have a great day
My son stopped his morning napping at 1 yrs old. I have heard of it happening earlier though. Check to see if he is teething. If he is cranky throghout the day this could be an indicator that he is. I know when my son is teething he doesn't sleep well. Good luck!
To be honest, my daughter was never on a sleep or eating schedule like that. I was advised to let her eat when she is hungry and sleep when she is sleepy. If he is sleepy at 11:30 let him nap and feed him when he gets up.
Also, 10 months is about the time my daughter started taking just one nap per day. That is unless we had a particualrly eventful day.
I hope this helps.
J.
I can only account for my 23 month old, my other kids being 5 & 6 so I don't really remember, but she stopped taking her naps, period, for me after she had turned 1. I think it's great that your child takes, or in this case, took two naps a day. That would be a miracle for mine.
It could just be a phase. You'll just have to wait it out and see. I hope this helps.
E.
Sounds about right. Before a year old both my children where down to one nap a day. At first is was in the middle of the day and lasted about 2- 3 hours. That was my "productive time". My daughter was completely done with naps by four years but my son took naps until he was almost six. If your son will lay down for a nap befor lunch, when he wakes up he will be ready for a meal. I still feel that my children are living breathing pieces of joy. The bigger they get, the bigger hugs I get.
My son is three now. His morning naps were ongoing until around 9 months. He became more independent about napping more after lunch than in the mornings. Instead of an hour to one and half hours each morning and afternoon, I now have two to three hours after lunch. His routine is familiar for him to understand after lunch is nap time and does not fight me. It allows me more time to do the things needed and he is not a bear around dinner. His bed time is 8PM and happy to crawl in upon request.
EVERY child is different when it comes to napping. You just might have to adjust your schedule now. Does he take a longer nap at 11:30? You might choose to have your and his "lunchtime period" at 11:00, put him down at 11:30, and then get cracking on whatever work you have. I have 4 kids and don't remember when any of them switched to just one nap, but when they did, it was one longer nap.
J., My 2 year old daughter took 2 naps a day til she was 18 months old. And my youngest daughter who will be 1 year old next week is still doing 2 naps a day. I guess it just depends on the child, some need more sleep than others I reckon. :)
My just turned one and he is stilling taking 2 naps on most days, but if I need to go out then I have him skip his morning nap and just take a longer one in the afternoon. Some advice that I have received and tried is "room time" to help keep the "productive/alone time" even when they do give us their morning nap. You can start out just by putting them in their room for 5 or 10 min. depending on their age and since it is new and work up to 45min - 1hr. of time that they just need to stay in their room and play, rest, read or do what they want to, they just can't come out. You can put up a gate if you don't want to close the door. This has worked well for me. Now I only do this for maybe 15 min. and I put my son in his bed since I feel he is still a little young to have the whole room to himself with out me in there depending on what he can handle, but it is a great way to keep that time even if they are not napping. It also helps my son just unwind a little from all the stimulation of the day. When he come out he is normally happier if he had been getting fussy.
Well it seems when they were close to a year old. BUT I suggest trying to put him down for a nap (if possible)
give it 15 to 20 mins. And usually IF he is tried enough he
will fall asleep. Kids will fight sleep thinking they will
miss something. I'am sure his nap time is YOUR time to do what you need to do. So it it works good, if not you may just have
to adjust to your little man's eagerness to spend more time with you:)
