15 mos doesn't nap

[childcaremom]

Has anyone ever experienced this with a child of this young an age?

We have a consistent schedule and a consistent routine. She is hit or miss as to whether or not she naps. 2 hours would be a long nap. Somedays she will chat to herself. Today she is crying off and on.

I have always had good nappers and this group is making me wonder what in the world is going on. :confused:

ETA: I may ban soothers. And I think this may be the culprit. My 2 not-so-great-nappers have soothers that spend as much time being thrown from the pnp as they do in their mouths. Then once outside, they scream for them. I had gotten this one off the soother at nap until she was sick. But she has spent so much time crying at rest this week that I caved today. And then listened to the screams of frustration as her soother lay outside her pnp. I need a nap (or a tylenol).

[Blackcat31]

Has anyone ever experienced this with a child of this young an age?

We have a consistent schedule and a consistent routine. She is hit or miss as to whether or not she naps. 2 hours would be a long nap. Somedays she will chat to herself. Today she is crying off and on.

I have always had good nappers and this group is making me wonder what in the world is going on. :confused:

ETA: I may ban soothers. And I think this may be the culprit. My 2 not-so-great-nappers have soothers that spend as much time being thrown from the pnp as they do in their mouths. Then once outside, they scream for them. I had gotten this one off the soother at nap until she was sick. But she has spent so much time crying at rest this week that I caved today. And then listened to the screams of frustration as her soother lay outside her pnp. I need a nap (or a tylenol).

My own son took his last nap at around age 14 months.
He never napped again after that. (I recognize that he was not in the "norm" though)

As for soothers being tossed.... I don't have that issue because I teach my DCK's from Day 1 to not stand in the PNPs. Ever.

They can't very well toss their soothers out if they are laying/sitting down. At least not easily.

If they did toss it, I'd retrieve it ONE time. After that, I would not do or say anything. Just let natural consequences take their course. It may take several days for them to understand the concept of "tossing it = don't get soother" but they DO come to that conclusion 9 out of 10 times, at least in my experiences.

Patience on my part was a BIG necessity (oh, and the ability to hide my displeasure since any attention is still attention) and an occasional glass of wine at the end of a long day.

[Play Care]

What time is she arriving at day care and when is she being picked up?
What does your morning schedule look like? Are you able to get outside or be physically active? How is the nap environment? Is the room dark and cool? Is she by herself or with others? Any fans or other white noise? Does she nap at home?

Sorry for all the questions, while I do think 15 months is young to stop napping, it's not impossible IF the child is sleeping in, being picked up earlier (and then maybe put down earlier at night?) etc.

I always say my goal for toddlers is to "run their tooshies off" :: because they have a lot of energy.
Then, for my under 2's, it's alone in a room with blackout curtains, fans for white noise, and cool and cozy.

[childcaremom]

What time is she arriving at day care and when is she being picked up?
What does your morning schedule look like? Are you able to get outside or be physically active? How is the nap environment? Is the room dark and cool? Is she by herself or with others? Any fans or other white noise? Does she nap at home?

Sorry for all the questions, while I do think 15 months is young to stop napping, it's not impossible IF the child is sleeping in, being picked up earlier (and then maybe put down earlier at night?) etc.

I always say my goal for toddlers is to "run their tooshies off" :: because they have a lot of energy.
Then, for my under 2's, it's alone in a room with blackout curtains, fans for white noise, and cool and cozy.

She is only here for 9 hours. Doesn't sleep in and has a consistent schedule at home. Mom adapted home to mimic care (sched-wise). She naps at home. Nap room has white noise, is dark, cool. She will play with others for a bit and plays well independently. We spend a lot of time outside. She is not overly active and never has been. She is slowly getting more adventurous. Very cautious.

Do you think she may be stressed? She had a very difficult transition (lots of tears) and was scared of the other children. I have a few new kids in care now (2 new in last 4 weeks) and one is very loud and demanding. Hmm. I think that may have something to do with it as her naps have been very off the past weeks for sure.

[permanentvacation]

The baby I have now started when he was 9 months old. He didn't nap then!!! Three months later, at 1 year old, he STILL won't nap! I've tried EVERYTHING!

Honestly, if I had more money, I would have stopped watching him a long time ago!

However, over the past 2 years, none of the babies I have interviewed with sleep for more than 20 minutes! I believe that the parents are coming home from work, picking their babies up from daycare, going home, and doing 'dinner, bath, and bed' with them. Most of my babies' parents over the past 2 years tell me their child sleeps from 7 pm - 7 am. Well, with getting 12 hours of sleep at night, of course they aren't taking much of a nap during the day.

Due to the babies not taking naps, I had decided a while ago not to take babies anymore. But this one mother begged me to take her baby even though I told her a few times that I don't watch children under 18 months old. She kept begging me, so I finally gave in. I have regretted that since the first day he was here. He's a cute baby and I like him, but he makes nap time pure Hell! The other kids can't sleep, one of my other mothers has not quite complained, but informed me of having trouble with him at home in the evenings most likely because he's tired, I can't get any of my computer work, paper work, preschool planning done, and most days, can't even eat my lunch without having to stop and tend to this one baby.

I just started a new thread a few minutes ago that my potential new substitute seems to headed for the hills before she even started working here because of the kids' behavior when she arrived. Now, if the baby weren't here screaming because it's nap time, the other kids would have been dead asleep. But since the baby keeps them up, they were crawling to toys, twirling on their sleeping bag, and the baby was screaming in defiance of napping. It was complete chaos here! I wanna run away at nap time too! No wonder she did!