https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:04:24 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-to-1-nap-transition-woes#post-1920966 Wed, 29 Oct 2014 11:22:11 +0000 Foodnerd81 1920966@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SproutBee: we are still working out our eating and sleeping schedule- sometimes she just isn't hungry enough for a good lunch before but I don't want her to wake up hungry. I think he will get used to it and the naps will lengthen as he does. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-to-1-nap-transition-woes#post-1920786 Wed, 29 Oct 2014 09:38:59 +0000 SproutBee 1920786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Little guy always cries/screams when he wakes up, so there's no leaving him there quietly. If I left him alone, it'd be a CIO for a "nap awakening", which I'm not sure is even a thing. Or is maybe just called torture. </p> <p>At daycare, they feed him lunch beforehand, and home it's been hit or miss but I def need to make sure we do it. </p> <p>Hoping he'll figure it out (or maybe will get better when his little cold passes?) cause I can't imagine surviving full days with only one 40 min break!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-to-1-nap-transition-woes#post-1920596 Wed, 29 Oct 2014 08:35:36 +0000 illumina 1920596@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Could you try leaving him in his crib for a little longer after the 40 minute point, unless he's crying? We did the opposite to @Foodnerd81: and just moved the nap from 930 to 1130 one day and it was fine. I can understand him napping less at daycare because of noise/distractions etc. so maybe you could try training him a little at home.</p> <p>One other thing...when we went to one nap, we did lunch before the nap so she wouldn't wake up hungry..is your guy eating enough beforehand for lunch or snack? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-to-1-nap-transition-woes#post-1920267 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 21:59:14 +0000 Foodnerd81 1920267@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I gradually pushed the morning nap back, instead of going straight from 9:30 to noon. But still we had a week or two with crap naps. Now she is usually good for 1.5 hours at least. It just takes a little time. In the meantime... Coffee (for mom. Not baby). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-to-1-nap-transition-woes#post-1920263 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 21:53:45 +0000 SproutBee 1920263@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just looking for a little advice/encouragement here...</p> <p>My LO is 14 months old and moving to the toddler room at daycare where they only do one nap (around 12:30). My guy has always been a crap napper, but had been doing well with one 1.5 hr am nap and one 40 min pm nap. The problem is that whenever we've tried one later (12:30) nap at daycare or home, he only sleeps for 40 min! That's not enough sleep if it's his only nap! Just getting depressed when I see that all the other toddlers are sleeping 2-3 hrs except for my little guy, who they have to rush away to not wake up the others. </p> <p>Will his nap naturally lengthen like I've read about? Or should I "nap train" him at home and not get him out of his crib until a total 1-1.5 hrs have passed? He puts himself to sleep, but teaching him that didn't seem to ever lengthen his naps. </p> <p>I just don't understand why he had been doing one longer nap a day pretty regularly on the two nap schedule, but can't on the one nap schedule... </p>