https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:28:09 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/done-napping-at-24-months#post-2789356 Thu, 30 Nov 2017 12:21:28 +0000 ChiCalGoBee 2789356@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Turtle: I love this article from Precious Little Sleep. From 26-30 months we had huge struggles with naps. However, my son never sleeps more than 10.5-11 hours at night so he still needs the daytime sleep. He turned 3 this month and still naps 4/5 out of 7 days, so it's been worth all the struggle and stress for me to keep making it happen. Even an hour usually makes our evenings so much happier and less tantrum-filled, so I keep fighting the good fight. And honestly some days he will sleep 2 hours and I have to wake him, so I know he still needs it!</p> <p>If she's getting 12-13 hours at night MAYBE she doesn't need it, but again, this article suggests that it's worth it to keep trying. Best wishes! :heart: </p> <p><a href="https://www.preciouslittlesleep.com/baby-drop-naps/" rel="nofollow">https://www.preciouslittlesleep.com/baby-drop-naps/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/done-napping-at-24-months#post-2789354 Thu, 30 Nov 2017 12:20:11 +0000 gingerbebe 2789354@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had a lot of nap issues between 2 and 2.5 years old, but he returned to napping. We just kept it consistent. It was not an option to skip rest time in his room. If he stayed awake the whole time playing, fine. But lights were off, white noise was on, blackout curtains were up.</p> <p>Like @Sweetiepie: we did move from a 1230pm nap to more like 1pm. Bedtime was originally 730pm but with books and yapping, it inched closer to 8pm by the time we left his room.</p> <p>Now at 38 months, DS1 still naps. He goes down later - around 130pm-2pm - but he sleeps for that nap and we wake him by 430pm, if he's still asleep. He is in bed by 8pm.</p> <p>Unfortunately, daycare puts the kids down by noon, so he has a hard time sleeping there 2-3 days a week. If he gets a catnap in, he's okay, but if he skips totally he's a mess and has to go to bed by 7-730pm. </p> <p>Long story short, I would never give up on a nap at 2, although I realize outliers exist. I have an 18 month old now going through a regression and he's been taking 10-40 minute naps for a month and we're just pushing through. He started extending slowly out to 60-90 minute naps again at home this weekend, but is still not sleeping well at school. It happens.</p> <p>I do think if you have to bail on a nap, overall sleep totals are important. At 2 years old, I would want my kids to have 13 hours of sleep in a 24 hour period at minimum. DS1 has 12-13 hours of sleep at 38 months and DS2 (when not in a regression) totals 13-14 hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/done-napping-at-24-months#post-2789348 Thu, 30 Nov 2017 12:11:11 +0000 Dahlia 2789348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD starting fighting just before 2 and now at 29 months she only naps 3-4 days a week. Last week when we were at my parents she didn't nap at all. </p> <p>We still put her in the crib every day and try to convince her to have quiet time. Sometimes it works and she plays quietly, sometimes she sleeps, and sometimes she screams hysterically until we get her up. It's frustrating and I miss that quiet time, but I can't force her to sleep! </p> <p>For what it's worth, my mom says I stopped napping around 2 too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/done-napping-at-24-months#post-2789336 Thu, 30 Nov 2017 11:51:04 +0000 2PeasinaPod 2789336@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS2 started fighting naps at 24 months as well and it lasted for almost a month. It was of course also during the transition to a different classroom too. But, once the transition happened, he started napping more regularly again. He definitely still skips naps here and there, but has been getting better about being more regular.</p> <p>I'd still continue to try. Stick with the same routine as you do for bed and make sure the room is dark enough. She might start to get back into it, even if it's just for an hour.</p> <p>One thing we didn't do was move bedtime up. That made it worse, because he was getting enough sleep at night, but couldn't make it through the day anymore. If you continue to put her to bed at the same time she would normally go to bed without moving bedtime up, she may be more tired during the day and nap for you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/done-napping-at-24-months#post-2789332 Thu, 30 Nov 2017 11:41:31 +0000 wrkbrk 2789332@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Turtle: Yikes! That does seem early! I understand though that it harder when they are not in school because at school they basically just force them to nap haha. That said, 12-13 hours per day of sleep is what my two year old gets and that is with a daily 2 hour nap. So she is probably ok and just combining all her sleep!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/done-napping-at-24-months#post-2789331 Thu, 30 Nov 2017 11:40:47 +0000 Shantuck 2789331@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had a similar issue but around that point as well but since my son was in daycare, it was only an issue on the weekends for us (he succumbed to the peer pressure of his classmates napping during the week apparently). We ended up laying/napping with him to get him to nap since we didn't want him to give it up and he saw it as a special treat to nap with us. He was an only child at the time and we were only dealing with weekends but we were able to extend naps for a long time that way. In fact, I often still get him to nap at 5.5 by crawling into bed with him. I'm happy to make that sacrifice and take a nap myself! :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/done-napping-at-24-months#post-2789310 Thu, 30 Nov 2017 10:02:07 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2789310@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DD dropped her nap at 23 months. She only sleeps if she is sick. She has rest time in her room and sleeps 13 hours overnight. About once a week she seems overtired, but the rest of the time she’s fine. I did move the start of her bedtime routine to 6:30 instead of 7 when she stopped napping. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/done-napping-at-24-months#post-2789284 Thu, 30 Nov 2017 08:27:26 +0000 SweetiePie 2789284@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine started fighting as well and I found that he just needed a little more awake time in the morning before nap. So previously I had been rushing him home from school/camp and putting him straight to bed. But I found he needed a little wind down time. So we pushed nap back about an hour and then bedtime back an hour. So now he gets up 7am, naps 1:30-3:30/4, Bed 8pm.<br /> It did happen closer to 2.5 though. </p> <p>Personally I’d never give up on nap at only 24 months. I truly believe they still need it you just might need to tweak and experiment. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/done-napping-at-24-months#post-2789283 Thu, 30 Nov 2017 08:25:05 +0000 arosebyany 2789283@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My nephew also dropped his nap around 2 and was getting 12 to 13 hours a night. DS is just shy of 2 and we're still in 2 naps some days so I cross my fingers he's a ways away from that. Im soooo sorry, I live for DS naps lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/done-napping-at-24-months#post-2789281 Thu, 30 Nov 2017 08:18:01 +0000 Mama Bird 2789281@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, she could be done! DS stopped napping at home at 18 months. DD sort of stopped at 2 - sometimes she'll nap, but much more often she won't. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/done-napping-at-24-months#post-2789279 Thu, 30 Nov 2017 08:09:57 +0000 hilary 2789279@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One of my twins stopped napping around 2. We kept quiet time and she has to be in her room for an hour. Now she plays on her bed (in the same room where her twin brother is napping) until we come get her. There was definitely a stretch where she did not stay quietly/willingly in her room for quiet time, but it was important to us so we persisted. I was terrified when she stopped napping though. But now we're on the other side and things are going relatively smoothly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/done-napping-at-24-months#post-2789277 Thu, 30 Nov 2017 08:05:51 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2789277@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Is she happy? Every kid is different so it's possible! That's how it went when my dd dropped it but we were able to switch to "rest" or "quiet" time. She was 2.5. My son (26m) goes some days without napping but can't go indefinitely so it could be she naps every other day or something? Sorry, that seems so early to drop naps totally! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/done-napping-at-24-months#post-2789272 Thu, 30 Nov 2017 07:13:11 +0000 justjules 2789272@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS started to fight naps around then. There was about a week where get he wouldn’t nap in his crib so he had to take a stroller or car nap. Is she still in a crib? I now allow 2 books in the crib that DS (now 25mo) likes to look through if he has a had time falling asleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/done-napping-at-24-months#post-2789271 Thu, 30 Nov 2017 06:45:50 +0000 LadyDi 2789271@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have no advice, just wanted to say I feel your pain. My DS is 29 months and has been fighting naps. He went from regular 1.5-2 hour naps one day to nothing the next! I am going to have a newborn in February and I was counting on his naps for survival, so I really hope it's just a phase! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/done-napping-at-24-months#post-2789267 Thu, 30 Nov 2017 04:36:39 +0000 turquoisemama 2789267@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DD definitely went through a fighting nap stage around 24-28 months, somewhere in there. I think I figured out that it was because it was getting hotter out and I wasn't putting her in her sleep sack at nap time anymore. She just wasn't feeling as cozy. I started cranking up the AC and put her back in the sleep sack and that seemed to help. I think it was a power struggle phase too though. She is now 34 months and still naps most days; unless she sleeps in extra late. She'll sleep 14 or so hours a day altogether. I would keep trying for a little while if you feel strongly that she still needs that extra sleep. I think if you give in, it might reinforce her not wanting to stay in her bed. Try to keep up the consistency. I feel like 24 months is pretty young to quit napping, so I think you still have some hope! </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>