When Do You Transition To One Nap A Day?

[cheerfuldom]

do you do it by age or what? what is your criteria for a kid "being ready" to go down for one nap?

long story short, one of my DCMs wants her (almost) 14 month old on one nap a day but the DCG is happily and regularly napping twice. Her is her schedule

Arrive at 7:30
go straight down for a nap until 9:30/10
wake up, eat, play
nap again from about 12:30 to 3
wake up, eat, play
pickup at 5:30

mom says bedtime is at 7

If she is actually sleeping during that early morning nap then I see no reason to take that from her. I did not agree with mom that I would either.
When would it be reasonable to start keeping her up more in the morning. Sometimes she is up more than what I mentioned but especially Mondays, she does sleep all that time.

I don't think mom is trying to get her to bed earlier in the evenings. In fact, she has mentioned numerous times that they (mom and dad) wished she could stay up longer in the evenings so they could see her.

[nannyde]

Are you sure they aren't trying to get her to go down easier or earlier?

An hour and a half at night with her after pick up is NOWHERE near enough time. Maybe have her do the two hour nap in the morning and bump the afternoon one until 3:30 so she can make it until 8 to 8:30 p.m.

They really need more awake time with her at night. An hour and a half at night means the drive home... suppper.. bath and bed.

When do they have her AWAKE?

[christinaskids]

I think it depends on the child but she is about that age. My son is that age and usually only takes one but takes more if needed. If she doesnt seem ready for nap for the morning onem, then that one could possibly be cut out.

[themoorethemerrier]

It doesn't make sense to want her down to one nap unless she's really fighting or doesn't sleep at all during one of the naps. Is dcm going by what she's reading in a book? Lots of my fellow moms followed what was supposed to be the "norm" and wondered why their 1yo was so cranky.

Maybe you could suggest to her that you think that dcg still could use the naps, but you could shift them to be a bit later so they'll get more time with her?

After a year of one nap/day, my almost 2 1/2 yo son voluntarily just went back to two naps a day. He'd grab his blankie for some snuggle time and start with the sleepy sillies. Rarely is he cranky. His molars are coming in and he's going through a growth spurt. Each of my children were different...

[Meyou]

I start to transition them when they stop sleeping during the am nap or don't seem cranky when the magic morning nap time comes around. If they can't last until noon they nap in the morning. That's usually from 18 months to 2 years old. I don't tell the parents or consult them and I don't care what they do at home.

[mac60]

I do just as Meyou does. Usually around age 2. I do have a 28 month old now that some days I give him a morning nap too, as he tends to be tired and whiny on most days. The child has run of the house at home I am sure, and I am sure doesn't get to bed at a good time.

[Meyou]

I do just as Meyou does. Usually around age 2. I do have a 28 month old now that some days I give him a morning nap too, as he tends to be tired and whiny on most days. The child has run of the house at home I am sure, and I am sure doesn't get to bed at a good time.

I do that too. Sometimes (maybe during growth spurts) I find alot of 2 year olds need a nap in the morning here and there.

I have a 2.5 year old that naps in the morning about 1 day per week. There are just some days she needs it. Mondays especially. She doesn't nap well at home and is often exhausted on Monday morning.

[cheerfuldom]

I know they want her to stay awake later in the day and she naps a lot LESS on the weekends so they think she can do that here (this is what I was told yesterday when discussing the issue). the thing is that this kid is exhausted as it is and just started sleeping thru the night when I upped the nap time here (about a month ago). I'd love for them to get more face time but also want this little one rested and happy while she is here. We've tried to cut naps before and it did not go over well at all for little one. Kickstarted the screaming during the whole nap time and the general crankiness all day. thanks for your thoughts, I guess I will have to play it by ear.....maybe slowly trim the naps and see what she can handle. I don't want her to be the only one up when everyone else is down so we have to work around our 12-3 naptime (late afternoon nap is not going to work for me if that means she is the only one up after lunch, there is nothing for her to do because every room has a napper)

[wdmmom]

I have a 14 month old that has eliminated morning naps at home...or so the parents say.

I made an attempt to keep him up several times and he's so mad/tired by lunch that he screams right on through it, won't eat and goes down for afternoon nap an hour earlier than the other kids.

When he comes, I put him back to bed for an hour. That keeps him on an even keel throughout the morning and after lunch. Then he naps again for 2.5 hours in the afternoon.

I do what works best here...not necessarily what the parents tell me works at home for them.

[Live and Learn]

At age two I switch to one nap a day.

[Blackcat31]

My kids must be weird. None of my dck's under age 13 months nap twice a day. :confused:

Sometimes I think it would be great if they did, but honestly I am glad they all sleep right after lunch for 1.5-2 hours because then I get complete silence for that time period with no kids awake.

[nannyde]

Twoish

[Ariana]

18 months is when I do it. My daughter dropped her 2 naps relatively early at 11 months but usually at 18 months they are developmentally ready for it. I also only have nap time for 2 hours. They should be getting a full 12 hours per 24 hour period.

[cheerfuldom]

I wouldn't mind cutting nap times for everyone shorter but none of them can handle that at all. I seem currently be in the situation where my daycare kids are tired all the time. It didn't used to be like this.....seems like three of them come here just to catch up on sleep.

[Unregistered]

do you do it by age or what? what is your criteria for a kid "being ready" to go down for one nap?

long story short, one of my DCMs wants her (almost) 14 month old on one nap a day but the DCG is happily and regularly napping twice. Her is her schedule

Arrive at 7:30
go straight down for a nap until 9:30/10
wake up, eat, play
nap again from about 12:30 to 3
wake up, eat, play
pickup at 5:30

mom says bedtime is at 7

If she is actually sleeping during that early morning nap then I see no reason to take that from her. I did not agree with mom that I would either.
When would it be reasonable to start keeping her up more in the morning. Sometimes she is up more than what I mentioned but especially Mondays, she does sleep all that time.

I don't think mom is trying to get her to bed earlier in the evenings. In fact, she has mentioned numerous times that they (mom and dad) wished she could stay up longer in the evenings so they could see her.

6 weeks to 3 months nap when they need it

3 to 6 months- 3 naps a day
9-10
12-2:30
4-5

6 months to 12 months- 2 naps a day
9-10
12-2:30

12 months and up- 1 nap a day
12-2:30

I think over 12 months is to old for 2 naps a day