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When it was taking longer than 45 mins to get them down - we gave up!

I don't know, I'm at a loss. I thought we were dropping nap 3 or 4 months ago, and night sleep didn't improve. Then I gave in and went back to nap, and it improved nap sleep again. So we're still hanging on for now. I only let him nap an you, though.

Going down for nap was never an issue, but bedtime was taking 1-2 hours to fall asleep (happy and calm, but that made me feel worse...) Seems to have been a phase.

C goes through phases where she'll nap every day for 2 weeks and then have a week where she'll skip the nap most days. We're currently in the latter. The worst part is that less napping usually translates to earlier awake times in the morning, so I'm really not ready to throw in the towel on the naps. Especially with the babies coming, I'm going to keep pushing for quiet time in her room. If she sleeps, great. If not, there's not much I can do. But if I can at least make the quiet time part of her routine, it'l'l be a success. We SAHM's need the hour or 90 minutes of peace and quiet to rev back up for the afternoon/evening.

If she wakes up later than 7.30, there will be no nap.

@hilsy85: Don't worry, L woke up at 5am or sometimes even 4.30 like clockwork for the longest time! I didn't think the early wake ups would ever end. A few months ago, she started sleeping later and later. It was unbelievable! I think once he starts preschool he will be super tired and will sleep in longer.

This morning I had to go in and wake her at 8.15 because we were running late for daycare. I could never have imagined a day when I would wake my kid!

Originally I said that if he would still nap at 18, then I wouldn't drop them- I loooooved the quiet break

But after he turned 3, he started skipping 3-4 days a week. He wasn't bad, he would just lay in bed and read books, so we had quiet time, which was fine.

The big problem got to be that he would stay up until 10 or 11 at night on days that he had napped. That got old quick!

He can nap now if he would like, and we still give him quiet time, usually books or iPad time so we get a break, but we are all happier for dropping those daytime naps since we can get him down around 8 and he sleeps until around 7. I never would have believed it, it's not the end of the world like I thought it would be!

No advice since I'm not there yet, but I hope you get some rest! It must not be fun dealing with this pregnant. Hoping it's just a short phase.

@hilsy85: we're in nap limbo too but I'm hoping that A will be happy to do quiet time so I still get the break in the afternoon. Fortunately A will be off to kindy / preschool for three afternoons a week from August so I imagine she'll need to nap on the days she's home in the afternoon.

When he started kindergarten and they didn't do naps.

For quiet time, we do the usual nap routine- dim the lights, tuck him in, and read a book. We use a dog/baby gate on his room since he and our dog are separated, so that keeps him from leaving his room. These days I'm usually fighting little bro for a nap, so I just give him the iPad on the couch and tuck him in with a blanket right there or put a Disney movie on the tv/dvd. He's always been pretty independent with play and books and rarely fights quiet time.

If he's still falling asleep easily for the nap after 10 mins of fighting it, I think he still needs it. We are going through weeks of good napping/night sleep and then weeks of no naps. I'm guessing by 3ish they will not need the nap anymore. No advice on the fighting bedtime/early wake up stuff though- I'm sure you've tried different stuff like making bedtime earlier if he's insanely cranky/tired? On days my LO doesn't nap, she passes out by 6:30/7.