https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 08 May 2026 09:24:17 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dropping-to-one-nap-help#post-1364818 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 15:51:11 +0000 immabeetoo 1364818@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yellowbird: it took 3 weeks before he settled into a more normal one nap time. Until he did it was a super early bed time. I would just stick with it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dropping-to-one-nap-help#post-1364798 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 15:45:32 +0000 MrsF 1364798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Also - in "healthy sleep habits, happy child" (my usual go-to book) he suggests pushing the nap back very gradually. We tried this at first but I think it was just confusing her. We ended up just having to decide what time was good and switch to that cold-turkey. I think it was easier for her once she knew what to expect. I'm sure different techniques work for different babies! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dropping-to-one-nap-help#post-1364791 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 15:43:21 +0000 MrsF 1364791@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just went though this at 15 months. It took a week of M being VERY tired and both of us being cranky, but now she's sleeping later in the morning and able to stay awake until a reasonable time and then napping for almost 3 hours in the afternoon. I was super stressed about the transition but it hasn't been as hard as I thought it would be. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dropping-to-one-nap-help#post-1364779 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 15:38:09 +0000 yellowbird 1364779@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is almost 17 months. She's been an AWESOME napper since around 11 months. She takes two 1.5-2 hour naps a day, but I think she is transitioning to one nap. </p> <p>She's been fighting her second nap for a couple weeks now. She seems to go down just fine but around 10 mins later she starts complaining. She complains for a couple seconds, lays her head down for a minute or two then complains again. Sometimes she'll fall asleep but today she's not falling asleep at all. </p> <p>She's been down for almost an hour right now, but she hasnt slept at all. She's complaining a little bit but mostly just looking around/rolling. </p> <p>The only problem I'm seeing with one nap is that she gets super tired around 3 hours after waking and she's in a bad mood. If i put her down she'll sleep for 2ish hours. I need her to lengthen her awake time to more like 4-5 hours for normal naptime and so she wont be extremely grumpy in the afternoon. </p> <p>Will it just take a couple of days of her being really tired to adjust or is she just not ready yet? </p>