https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 23 May 2026 18:40:48 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dropping-the-nap#post-2662924 Thu, 08 Dec 2016 14:16:18 +0000 winniebee 2662924@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@magnolia: When R doesn't take a nap (also 2) he sleeps 12.5-13 hours at night. And then takes a monster nap at least one day a week or on weekends. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dropping-the-nap#post-2662878 Thu, 08 Dec 2016 13:20:40 +0000 Mrs. Toad 2662878@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@magnolia: My son is 26 months and only naps sporadically. He has always been an awesome night sleeper. No nap for the last few days and he slept 12 hours straight at night. He is home with my husband, so we don't have to worry about early rising, so I still get to see him in the evening. Now bedtime is at 8pm instead of closer to 9:30. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dropping-the-nap#post-2662856 Thu, 08 Dec 2016 12:56:21 +0000 magnolia 2662856@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No answer but following. Can i do this for my 2 year old. He is really hard.to put Down for a nap and sleeps horribly at night. Mayne this is the solution or is 2 too young </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dropping-the-nap#post-2662826 Thu, 08 Dec 2016 12:04:07 +0000 My Only Sunshine 2662826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Sunshine: My daughter turned 3 in September and has been done with naps for a few months. We noticed she had a very hard time going to sleep on days she napped - she'd be up until like 8:30 when her bedtime used to be 7-7:30. And getting her down for naps was horrendous. Crying, complaining, etc.</p> <p>We dropped the nap and started doing quiet time. I put a CD player in her room and she listens to and reads those Read Along Storybooks - the ones that have a CD that tells the kids when to turn the page. I would say she falls asleep about once a week listening to those. The other days, at least she's laying in her bed for 20 minutes quietly. </p> <p>I don't feel like this is a perfect solution because she does still get kind of cranky in the early afternoon during the time she would have been napping, but dropping the nap seemed like the solution that worked the best for us. Bedtime became much much easier after she dropped the nap and she started sleeping later in the mornings, so she's getting about the same amount of sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dropping-the-nap#post-2662821 Thu, 08 Dec 2016 12:01:12 +0000 winniebee 2662821@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would push ahead and drop the nap. It will take her body a few weeks to adjust, but sleeping all night is important and it seems that the nap is messing with that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dropping-the-nap#post-2662807 Thu, 08 Dec 2016 11:39:05 +0000 gingerbebe 2662807@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Can you institute rest time? Just put her in her room with some books and toys and just tell her she needs to be quiet in her room or stay in her bed for an hour. That way if she's tired she can take a nap, if not she can read and quietly play for an hour. Even if she doesn't sleep some rest time is important. If she does sleep I'd cap the nap at an hour. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dropping-the-nap#post-2662797 Thu, 08 Dec 2016 11:26:03 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2662797@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD1 turned 3 in September. She's never been a great sleeper but has taken good naps for the past year and half or so. Lately she has been saying she doesn't want to take a nap. She will eventually fall asleep for about two hours but not before fighting it first. When she does nap, she's usually up in the night at least once, usuytwice and up for the day fairly early. When she doesn't nap, she is in tears by 530, will fall asleep by 7, but stay in her bed all night long for almost 12 hours. At this point I'm not sure what to do. Shorten her nap? Just let her decide when she's done napping? Drop the nap and prioritize an earlier bedtime? Help! </p>