https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:26:31 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/end-of-nap-transition#post-2924104 Sat, 19 Jun 2021 13:37:11 +0000 bhbee 2924104@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is our third kid, why does this still feel hard to figure out?? :silly: </p> <p>Our youngest is almost 3. And as she is a screamer mixed with the 3 year old behaviors, I’m hesitant to give her less sleep. But my gut is telling me maybe she’s done. </p> <p>If she sleeps any amount beyond a quick car nap she is up until 10pm. I’ve tried waking her up at an hour, even less, let her sleep longer for the whole sleep begets sleep idea, same result. Also skipping some days. She is sleeping in more for summer (between 7-8am) so maybe that’s taking her nap needs? But as I SAH with all 3 kids right now I really really need that evening time. </p> <p>However on the days I’ve let her skip naps, she is pretty much a wreck from 4pm on and it’s tough to keep her happy. We can’t realistically go outside at that time here because it’s an inferno and she burns easily. </p> <p>Should I cut off naps and if so, any tips on surviving 4pm to bed? Is there another nap strategy to take? In 2 months we’ll be back on getting up at 6:30am and she’ll have part time preschool, but only one day is past lunch so we have flexibility.</p> <p>Thanks for any tips or just commiseration :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/14-month-old-naps-and-sleep-refresher-please#post-2919483 Sat, 10 Oct 2020 11:49:09 +0000 cake2017 2919483@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hello- dd will be 14 months in 2 days- she’s been resisting the morning nap or takes it 45 mins. I prefer two naps a day it’s usually like this-</p> <p>wake time 6-630<br /> 1st nap at 9am<br /> lunch at noon<br /> 2nd nap at 1<br /> dinner at 5<br /> bed at 615-630.</p> <p>now she is fighting both or they are very short.<br /> I’d like to stay close to her three year old brother who naps at 1pm. </p> <p>thoughts? </p> <p>Today I put her down at 1230pm...</p> <p>I must keep the bedtimes the same and wake times. she sleeps through the night- i don’t go in because she sleeps or settles in 5 mins...</p> <p>tia. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-end-of-crib-mean-end-of-naps#post-2915751 Fri, 22 May 2020 15:34:08 +0000 agold 2915751@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My big girl will be 4 in August. A few days ago, we just changed her crib to the toddler bed version of it. She has always been a strong napper. But three days into the new freedom of the crib, she will not nap. She's a good girl and sits on her bed and sings and plays, but she won't sleep and will only stay in there about an hour. So, does end of crib mean no more naps? I'm sad for her, but mostly for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-toddler-hate-napping#post-2916294 Tue, 09 Jun 2020 13:45:02 +0000 bhbee 2916294@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I’m waiting for her to fall asleep so I have a lot of free time here ... 😬</p> <p>LO3 is 22 months and I already feel like she doesn’t need a nap every day. She doesn’t seem to have high sleep needs and she’s probably also wanting to be up with the big kids, but I NEED this nap from her especially if school is part time in the fall for the big kids. </p> <p>Last night she fell asleep around 9pm after bedtime around 8pm ... was rocking and rolling in the crib until then. (She had napped about 12-2 yesterday.) She has been teething and ended up in our bed around 5 and up by 7. Tried nap at 12ish today ... it’s 1:40 here and she’s been singing and dancing and playing the whole time (in the crib at least!). I’ll probably just get her up soon because if she sleeps much past 2 she wants to go to bed even later. </p> <p>Is there any hope this is just a phase? Should I never let her sleep more than an hour? I miss my oldest who napped amazingly! </p> <p>Plan to keep up crib time for a while regardless of actual sleeping. Being home full time with her siblings (5 and 8) for months I think she’s just decided she’s big too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-strike-1#post-2914515 Fri, 24 Apr 2020 14:51:42 +0000 periwinklebee 2914515@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 2 year old has been on a nap strike all week long. I've only gotten him to nap one day, and that was for 20 minutes. He also refuses to have quiet time in his room. And he has not made it up by extra sleep at night.</p> <p>He's on the younger side of two, and I feel like he's too young to stop napping altogether - he's obviously tired and cranky. But I would settle for quiet time in his room. I know the standard tip is to just keep putting him back in his bed with a basket of books or quiet activities until he learns to stay there. Unfortunately, I'm inevitably trying to feed his baby sister during part of the never-ending effort to get him to nap, which makes it hard to repeatedly put him back in bed. He sees that and starts running around like a little maniac. </p> <p>Obviously the whole situation is not helped by the fact that I'm supposed to be working, so getting him to nap or have quiet time would be really, really, really useful. Anybody else have a kid go on a nap strike that later went back to napping? Tips? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dropping-nap-at-25#post-2910785 Wed, 26 Feb 2020 14:50:30 +0000 annem1990 2910785@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son is about to be 2.5. The last couple of weeks naps have been few and far between. He just sits in his crib for an hour and talks. Sometimes this leads to more meltdowns at night, sometimes he seems fine. Is this too early to drop it? Should I keep doing that quiet time in bed for a few weeks to see what happens? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/13mo-naps#post-2897006 Mon, 16 Sep 2019 09:21:23 +0000 bhbee 2897006@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What was it like for you at that age? Anyone try to do one nap?</p> <p>My 13mo has been refusing naps. She has figured out a ton of physical milestones lately and I’m hoping that’s the issue and it’s temporary because she’s clearly tired during the day. It’s tricky because with the other two kids’ schedules I can’t do an ideal nap schedule anyway, and she’ll only sleep in the car if she’s super exhausted and it’s a super smooth ride (so not very often). I can put her to bed early usually (and I prefer it since I often do all 3 kid bedtimes solo) so that helps.</p> <p>Any tips for getting even a short morning nap appreciated :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dropping-the-final-nap-is-this-the-end#post-2885759 Tue, 28 May 2019 07:42:46 +0000 LCTBQE 2885759@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 2y9mo old boy has reliably taken a good 2-3 hr nap on weekends until a couple of months ago when he started staying awake throughout nap time off and on. Over the holiday weekend he skipped nap Saturday and Sunday and finally had a really good one yesterday, but we put him down for it super late (2:45pm-4:30pm, usually we’d try to get him down around 1pm). The difference in his afternoon/dinnertime behavior with and without nap is angelic vs impossible, of course. Daycare reports the same, he frequently but not always skips. </p> <p>Night time sleep is great, he does 8:30pm-7:15am. He is still in his crib if that makes a difference. I know his bedtime is pretty late, we put him down earlier but that’s when he actually falls asleep. (Hard because we both have super long commutes and he just doesn’t seem tired before 8pm.) does this sound like naps are just coming to a natural close, or is there something that I should try? I had it in my head that most kids don’t drop the final nap until 3.5 or so. What is normal? And any tips for transitioning greatly appreciated 🙏🏻🙏🏻 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-napping-3#post-2868636 Thu, 24 Jan 2019 20:43:43 +0000 pachamama 2868636@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>And how did you know they were ready? Did they nap a few times a week for a while? Tips? My son just turned 3 and we have a newborn and I think naps are phasing out 😭😭 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-year-old-and-naps#post-2838826 Thu, 09 Aug 2018 12:40:17 +0000 Silva 2838826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Alright, we've created a bit of a monster with my son for naps. We do a bottle, rock and sing, and then sit in a chair near his crib until he falls asleep. Its been like this for months (he used to fall asleep while drinking the bottle so this is a transition from that bad habit).<br /> Lately it is taking longer and longer to get him to fall asleep. Today I left after 50 minutes and he still wasn't asleep. I ended up going back up to give him some books to look at because he had stacked all the buddies and stuff in his crib and was jumping onto it. Now he is at least sitting quietly and looking at books. </p> <p>I am committed to continuing to push naps, even though he certainly tries to skip them whenever he can. When he doesn't nap he's a mess from about 3:30/4:00 on. Yesterday he didn't nap because we were out and about, and he fell asleep at 5:40 for bed, the second I set him down in his crib. I also just think a 2 year old needs naps.</p> <p>So. I should nap train? Like completely change the routine, get rid of the bottle, and just commit to doing it for a few weeks? How do you nap train a toddler? He was trying to climb out of his crib, but I flipped it around so the short end is up against the wall and that has stopped for now.</p> <p>The other issue is that he does seem to take awhile to wind down, naturally. Like at bedtime he will just talk to himself and sing for 30 minutes to an hour. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crib-to-bed-transition-and-naps#post-2832161 Tue, 03 Jul 2018 14:12:05 +0000 Waterbaby 2832161@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I need some help! We thought my son was ready for a toddler bed because he was climbing in and out-usually during th day and playing. But recently he climbed out after his nap and once in the morning- coming to our room. His room is carpeted and we have a gate on the stairs, but we figured it was time (he will be 3 in October). Anyway- he did not nap the first day but slept at night. Basically- naptime has become a complete mess and I am miserable trying to get him to stay in his room/bed. It’s horrible. He needs a nap- the afternoons are awful when he doesn’t nap- he is a mess and will fall asleep in the car if we go anywhere. He was taking 2-3 hour naps in his crib before all of this. All of this to say- can I turn it back into a crib? Any advice? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-drop-the-nap-altogether#post-2831552 Sat, 30 Jun 2018 13:42:15 +0000 Foodnerd81 2831552@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How old was your LO when they stopped napping on a regular basis? </p> <p>I actually can’t even remember how old my older daughter was, but she still has quiet time in the afternoons anyway, at almost 5. Probably around 3.5 napping became pretty rare? My younger one is 2.5 and a couple times a week will just not nap, but she stays in her crib for an hour and a half playing with stuffed animals and talking to herself (and getting herself undressed, but at least she leaves her diaper on!). But then after a couple days of not napping she will take 3 hour naps where I have to wake her up because it’s getting so late, so I know she needs it still. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/young-2-year-old-refusing-naps#post-2812872 Thu, 29 Mar 2018 14:01:04 +0000 Foodnerd81 2812872@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dd2, turned 2 in December, lately has been refusing to nap. Probably 1-2 times a week I put her in crib like normal, she’s laying down and calm, and just doesn’t go to sleep. She gets up, talks to herself, walks around the crib, plays with her stuffed animals, throws some of them out of the crib... she’s not crying (or will cry for a few minutes) so I just leave her for and hour and a half to two hours, and put her to bed a little early. </p> <p>What gives? She just turned two, she cannot be dropping her only nap, right? She dropped her morning nap early, at 11 months, so I’m a little concerned! </p> <p>Anyone else’s young 2 year old do this then go back to normal naps? I can’t really make it earlier or later because of other activities, so it just is what it is. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dropping-napnap-regressionwhat-is-this#post-2803512 Sun, 11 Feb 2018 13:56:12 +0000 Goldengirl 2803512@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 15 months, sleep trained, decent napper. He's been on two naps, but the past week suddenly started screaming bloody murder when he's put in the crib. I've tried changing the time of his nap, pushing it later, doing just one nap, etc. etc. and nothing is working. He is clearly exhausted, falls asleep the second he is in the car and falling asleep drinking before bed :( I don't know why he's fighting it so hard. He's going down without fuss for bedtime, but only sleeping around 10/10.5 hours at night whereas before he was 11-12.</p> <p>Did anyone else's 15ish month old go through something similar? Today he just wailed in the crib for an hour without putting his head down for a second, it was terrible. I don't even know what time to put him down anymore because he's showing clear tired signs after only a couple hours awake in the morning... but he also seems find staying awake for several hours once he gets over that tired hump. No idea what to do, appreciate any advice from veteran moms!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/done-napping-at-24-months#post-2789266 Thu, 30 Nov 2017 01:31:08 +0000 Mrs. Turtle 2789266@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I looked at past posts about this and everyone says their kid started napping again after a week or two. O turned 2 this month and we are going on about a month of basically no napping. She has napped some for my parents, but is now completely refusing at home. She will sometimes doze off in the car, but that's not even reliable anymore. </p> <p>Could it be that she's just done? WHY ME!?! She makes it through the day ok-although is definitely tired in the late afternoon. But honestly, does better than I would've expected. We've moved up bedtime to about 6:30, so she's getting 12-13 hours per night and is sleeping pretty well at night. </p> <p>We are about ready to give up, as it's causing a lot of power struggles and she just isn't napping at all. We do want to keep her on "quiet time" daily, but that has only been lasting 30 min or so. </p> <p>Do we need to keep pushing? Any fancy tricks? Any tips for a successful daily independent quiet time? We are thinking of a specific box of toys/books that are only for that time so they seem special?</p> <p>UGH. I wanted her to nap until she was 4. :sad: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-poops#post-2775417 Mon, 25 Sep 2017 15:57:11 +0000 Portboston 2775417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 2 year old son has never been a great napper. Recently he’s started sabotaging his naps by pooping. I typically go in at least once and as many as 3 times to change a poopy diaper. It’s starting to get to the point of ruining his nap completely because by the time hes all pooped out, he’s overtired. I’m a SAHM so I really cherish nap time. But having to sit and watch him on the monitor constantly until he falls asleep/go in there constantly is starting to make me crazy. It’s worse if we leave the house in the morning and he doesn’t “have time” to poop but never leaving the house in the mornings is not an option for me. Unfortunately we’re nowhere close to potty training. I doubt anyone has tips to help stop this but I’ll take commiseration. 😫 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/need-to-occasionally-skip-morning-nap#post-2775167 Sun, 24 Sep 2017 14:14:15 +0000 nugget16 2775167@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have tried at each monthly milestone since 1 yr birthday to transition our almost 15 mo old to one nap and she seems to still need 2. I'm ok with it except I recently took a very part time job at a church(9:30-noon) that she goes with me and it is during her morning nap. She usually naps from 9:15-10:30 and 2:00-3:15/3:30. She does ok until about 11 am but then it gets dicey but not unmanageable. When she only gets an afternoon nap, it's usually around 1pm (we get home at 12:30 and then have lunch) and the length will vary from 1.25 hrs to 2.5 hours.<br /> Some weeks I am needed at work more than others and by mid week she's SUPER cranky after waking from afternoon nap and the evening isn't fun for anyone so I usually start bedtime earlier.<br /> So I guess I'm asking if I'm doing the right thing by an earlier bedtime on days it seems she needs it (and has only had one nap) and do you think this will eventually help her wean off morning naps??<br /> She typically goes to bed by 7pm and wakes between 5/5:30 but we don't get her up until 6:00am. I guess I have high hopes she will eventually transition to a longer afternoon nap and start sleeping in a little longer in the mornings so she won't need that morning nap.<br /> When did your LO transition to just one nap and what time do they nap and what time is their bedtime?</p> <p>Any tips? Suggestions?</p> <p>TIA!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-refusing-weekend-naps-fomo#post-2765614 Mon, 07 Aug 2017 12:46:47 +0000 cityliving 2765614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Please help! We recently moved and my 21-month-old DD has done well with the transition and sleeps well in her crib, BUT she has not napped in her crib since this took place. She is still napping for 1.5-2 hours/ day M-F at daycare, so I know she still needs the sleep and about 50% of the time this happens she ends up passing out in the stroller around 4 or 5pm on a walk. I figured it was just an adjustment period and wanted to wait it out since we’re only trying on the weekends, but it has now been 4 weeks of this. We’ve tried a lot of things I would not normally allow at bedtime in the hopes that it will be easier to encourage and then fix once it has happened even once, but even nap luxuries have not swayed her.</p> <p>The only thing that has even sort of worked is having my husband rock her and allow her to sleep in his arms in which case she’ll take a 30-minute snooze but will immediately wake up if he tries to move her. We’ve tried staying in the room with her, allowing her to play quietly in her room with all the lights dimmed and noise maker on in hopes she’d put herself down to nap on the floor cushion eventually (I passed out in the rocking chair but she was still going strong), allowing her to cry it out (this has always worked for us at night quickly but for this she will scream seemingly indefinitely and tries to climb out which has never otherwise been an issue), tried putting her down on the floor cushion since it is more similar to the daycare nap mats (she just kept rolling around and then getting books to play with) etc., etc. I even tried letting her nap in our bed with us this weekend out of desperation – she just rolled around and laughed for over an hour. This weekend before an evening stroller walk she demanded we bring a blanket, and then immediately passed out, so I feel like her Sunday 5pm stroller nap was premeditated. Does anyone have any ideas/ suggestions? I’m at a complete loss. Thank you!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-on-skipping-a-nap#post-2762513 Thu, 27 Jul 2017 17:48:01 +0000 Ms. RV 2762513@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>After some waffling, we have decided to go to DD's (almost 2) school picnic. She naps like clockwork 12:30 to 2:30. The picnic park is 11:30 to 1. It is at an amusement park that has a Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood and she loves Daniel Tiger right now. I am hoping that the excitement keeps her awake/not cranky... but I would love any advice on skipping a nap at that age. She has never skipped a nap before. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/18-mo-fighting-bedtime#post-2754395 Sun, 02 Jul 2017 21:12:38 +0000 travellingbee 2754395@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our 18 mo has been such a good sleeper in the past and went to bed easily. He was going down at 8pm until we went on vacation to a different time zone and everything got screwed up. Since we have been back he will not go to sleep before nine, and it is a huge epic tantrum disaster every night. He is so miserable and freaks out if I put him in the crib. It ends up going like this: I try to hold him to soothe him but he is too hyped up and wants down so I put him in the crib and he cries and cries and cries and cries. Then I pick him up and hold him and he lays down on my shoulder and settles down, then I put him back in the crib and he cries and cries... repeat... until he finally passes out, usually on my shoulder. He is teething, but this started before he was teething this last tooth. It's driving me batty that he's going to sleep so late and I can't seem to get his bedtime back. And this business with fighting sleep from the boy who used to happily lay down in his crib! I just don't know what's going on. Anyone else have trouble getting their kid to go back to a regular bedtime once the bedtime is gotten screwed up by travel? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-toddler-transition-to-2-naps#post-2753273 Thu, 29 Jun 2017 05:54:50 +0000 Alba4 2753273@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 12 month old is starting to fight naps... could he already be transitioning to 1 nap? He goes to daycare 2 days a week and they sometimes nap him only once a day?! </p> <p>I feel like my first son transitioned later, like at 15 or 16 months. </p> <p>When did your toddler transition to 1 nap? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-a-toddler-to-nap-without-nurs-ing#post-2736771 Tue, 16 May 2017 16:29:13 +0000 mrsbubbletea 2736771@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hello creative bees! I need help thinking outside the box on ways to get my toddler (2.5y) to start napping without nursing. That's the gist, read on if you want all the boring details. </p> <p>I am trying to slowly gently/gradually wean him since I am 12 weeks pregnant. My loose goal was to wean by 20 weeks. We stopped nursing to sleep for bedtime months ago, and now we do a combo of cuddling and rocking to sleep. It takes forever and I just don't see that working at nap time. Now, I nurse him and he's asleep within 15 min. Then I sneak away and he'll sleep up to 90 min, and then I go back and nurse and cuddle for the rest of his nap (total of 2-2.5h). Not saying it's a great routine, but it works for me, and I get to nap or read my kindle. My house is too tiny to get anything noisy done anyways. </p> <p>He's rarely napped in the car all his life, and napped even less in the stroller. To make it even more tricky, 3 afternoons a week, he has school, and I need to get him up from nap and to school by 2 pm. </p> <p>My ideas:<br /> -Give up on naps, and start a quiet time with a movie or something, maybe he'll fall asleep<br /> -Do something crazy busy all morning after getting up early, and start trying either stroller naps or car naps (doesn't seem sustainable)<br /> -do the busy morning routine and just try lying down with him st nap time and let him work it out </p> <p>Ugh. Help!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-taking-naps-after-daycare#post-2736657 Tue, 16 May 2017 14:10:16 +0000 Coral 2736657@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Apparently, DS (22 months) has been having issues napping at daycare and doesn't fall asleep until an hour or hour and a half before I get him at 3pm. It seems like he either doesn't want to miss out on what the "big kids" are doing or is distracted by the baby there. He also won't sleep when she puts him down in the morning. </p> <p>This means that he immediately naps for a couple hours after we get home. So, he will wake up around 5, eat and play for a couple of hours and then go back to bed at 7. </p> <p>I miss my kid! Could this just be a stage? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-2-or-almost-2-year-old-skipped-naps#post-2734206 Wed, 10 May 2017 23:10:43 +0000 Dahlia 2734206@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Did they eventually start napping again? If so, how long did it take them to get back to normal?</p> <p>DD is 22 months and has skipped her nap 4 of the last 5 days. She goes in her crib and chats and reads to herself but doesn't sleep or sleeps only 5 minutes. I'm not ready for her to be done with nap, so please tell me this is a phase and she'll start napping again soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-toddler-in-bed-for-nap-time#post-2730297 Fri, 28 Apr 2017 13:01:08 +0000 winniebee 2730297@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>R is 28 months and we recently switched him to a bed in his brother's room. Bed time started out horrendously but seems to have slowly improved, though he still gets out of bed multiple times at night before settling in for the night. Fridays and weekends are his days to nap at home. He's been napping on a cot at school since Sept. He typically naps 2-3 hours at home and always went down w/o a peep in his crib. Last week, sitter was here because of school vacation and she got him down for naps in the bed every day. We were away over the weekend. He had school this week and napped there. He was yawning and ready for his nap and ran up for nap time and pretty much just wanted to go to bed. Then got out 30 times. He laughed, ran around, made up excuses, and eventually scratched my face and hit me when I tried to hold him to calm him down. I only had 2 hours before I had to pick up his brother so I ended up rocking him for a few mins to get him to go to sleep. </p> <p>What are your tips for getting your spirited toddler to stay in bed at nap time? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-nap-length#post-2723028 Tue, 11 Apr 2017 16:39:03 +0000 CatchAFallingStar 2723028@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 27-month-old daughter either doesn't nap at all or naps for 3 hours unless I wake her, which makes for a very late bedtime. How long does your toddler nap? Do you wake them? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-help-2-year-old#post-2704658 Wed, 01 Mar 2017 16:50:48 +0000 ChiCalGoBee 2704658@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm at my wits end with naps, and wanted to see if any of you could offer suggestions I haven't thought of. My son is 2 (28 months), and is now only napping 3-4 days a week. We dropped the pacifier about 5 weeks ago, and he hasn't been the same since. I was assured he'd figure it out on his own, but it's been awful. He has had a strain of sickness this whole time (cold and flu season and he's in his first year of school, sigh), but I think it's mostly just that he still doesn't know how to calm himself down to get to sleep. He isn't ready to drop the nap-when he DOES nap it's 2.5-3 hours, and he still sleeps about 10 hours overnight on those days. On the days he doesn't nap it's still 10 hours of sleep in a 24-hour period (he doesn't do early bedtime, no matter how hard I try), which I know isn't enough for his age. We are doing the same wind-down routine we've always done: Go upstairs, change diaper, put on shorty pajamas, have milk, read books, turn off light, rock in chair, go in crib. His room is as dark as a cave, so I know it isn't the light that's bothering him. Some days he just plays around, other days he screams and cries when I leave the room. Is there a sleep regression right now I didn't know about? Am I missing something obvious? Please weigh in, as the lack of nap is so rough-he's an absolute bear by 5 P.M. Thanks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-still-needs-2-napsok#post-2697709 Tue, 14 Feb 2017 14:53:40 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2697709@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Anyone else's LO still not drop to one nap at about 16m? Sometimes he will take one long one (3 hrs) and I refuse to give him a second. Sometimes he does ok but if he woke up the night before he is FUSSY for a nap!</p> <p>My older child was nap resistant but I'm feeling sort of paranoid about why this is happening. He seems too old for this. I think teething is a factor for his night wake ups but still, I feel like he should be switching to one soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-nightlightstoys#post-2695067 Thu, 09 Feb 2017 20:07:20 +0000 SweetCaroline 2695067@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With DD moving to a big girl bed, I've been wondering if she needs a special nightlight/glow worm/etc. I've also wondered about the OK to wake clock, but perhaps that's phase 2. She's always slept in pitch black, but being in a bed that she can now get out of, I wonder if she needs something.</p> <p>What does your toddler have that might soothe them after you put them to bed but before they fall asleep? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newly-turned-2-year-old-doesnt-need-a-nap#post-2676129 Sun, 08 Jan 2017 20:19:55 +0000 HappyBaker 2676129@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS just turned 2 last week. For the past 3-6 months we've really been struggling with him waking up WAY too early. We'd put him to bed at 7:00pm and he'd wake up and be ready to start the day around 4:45am. He was napping at home and at daycare from 1-3ish, and didn't fight bedtime that much. We experimented with putting him to bed earlier / later / added blackout shades and nothing has helped. We tried letting him cry it out but he gets croup every few weeks and there never seems to be an okay time to let him cry where he isn't going to end up coughing a ton. </p> <p>This past weekend, he fell asleep while we were running errands in the car around 10:30am and slept for like 30-45 minutes. He slept till 6:00am both days this happened and was great the rest of the day / wasn't a nightmare around his usual nap time. </p> <p>Is it crazy to drop the afternoon nap so early? I'm thinking we'd probably just start letting him take a tiny catnap or car nap in the late morning but not a huge afternoon nap like usual? I'm not sure how we will get daycare on board with this, but sleeping until 6:00am the past two days has been AMAZING!</p> <p>Anyone else have a kid who stopped napping super early? </p>