https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 18 Apr 2026 22:52:40 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-know-when-its-time-to-transition-to-one-nap#post-2478722 Mon, 29 Feb 2016 15:07:14 +0000 snowjewelz 2478722@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is almost 15 mo, and we literally just switched last week.</p> <p>For us, she wasn't fighting either naps; but they were getting shorter, and the biggest thing was that she was fighting an already late bed time. We're still in the thick of it and it's tough cause everything's all over the place, but we think this is the right time for her to transition so hopefully we will emerger from the other end all happier! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-know-when-its-time-to-transition-to-one-nap#post-2478702 Mon, 29 Feb 2016 14:57:14 +0000 petitenoisette 2478702@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Have you tried putting him down later in the am?<br /> At 12 months mine does same as @Foodnerd81 and fights the 2nd nap. If she takes a really long (~2 hour) first nap she will def not take a second but then we have to put her down early for bed (like 5:30!). BUT she absolutely falls apart if we don't put her down for her morning nap on time so I figure we just deal with it on the other end until she's ready for one.</p> <p>However, in your case with a great night sleep like that and the fighting of the first nap I would say he's probably ready to transition. I'd try to slowly put him down later and later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-know-when-its-time-to-transition-to-one-nap#post-2478690 Mon, 29 Feb 2016 14:45:43 +0000 JoJoGirl 2478690@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Astro Bee: 11 months! She was solidly on one nap by her first birthday. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-know-when-its-time-to-transition-to-one-nap#post-2478689 Mon, 29 Feb 2016 14:45:08 +0000 Kemma 2478689@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We dropped the second nap once my kids started pushing the second nap back till after 1600 which in turned pushed bedtime back till after 2100. Both my two had transitioned to a single nap by around 10-11 months old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-know-when-its-time-to-transition-to-one-nap#post-2478681 Mon, 29 Feb 2016 14:42:55 +0000 Foodnerd81 2478681@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO was the opposite- she would take a great morning nap but refuse to nap in the afternoon, which meant she'd be a disaster by dinner time. After it started happening more often than not I started pushing her morning nap back and just powering through the afternoons. It was rough but once I got the nap past noon it actually got a lot easier to do things in the morning. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-know-when-its-time-to-transition-to-one-nap#post-2478676 Mon, 29 Feb 2016 14:41:09 +0000 Astro Bee 2478676@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: How old was she when she started refusing? It's so hit or miss with my DS. Sometimes he naps right away, sometimes he'll play in his crib for awhile and then nap, and sometimes he just won't nap at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-know-when-its-time-to-transition-to-one-nap#post-2478635 Mon, 29 Feb 2016 14:21:48 +0000 JoJoGirl 2478635@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's when we dropped it - when she refused to take a nap :) I even posted here about "re-nap training" and bottom line was she was done with it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-know-when-its-time-to-transition-to-one-nap#post-2478631 Mon, 29 Feb 2016 14:18:24 +0000 Astro Bee 2478631@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is only 11 months old, and everything I've read suggests that he should still be on two naps, but sometimes it's hit or miss for the morning nap. </p> <p>His wakes at about 7 every morning, and was going down for his first nap between 9-10, for 45-50 mins. His second nap would be sometime between 1-2, again for 45-50 mins. Very occasionally, he would have a 1 1/2 hr nap in the morning. Probably because he didn't nap long, he would be ready for bed by 6 in the evening. Until 8 1/2 months we used to put him to bed at 7:30, but his nighttime sleep wasn't very good, with lots of wakeups. Since moving to the earlier bedtime, he usually sleeps 12-13 hours through the night. Maybe once or twice a week, he will wake up once between 10:30 or 1, at which time I will feed him and put him back to bed.</p> <p>However, for the last couple of weeks, he has been fighting his morning nap. I've left him in his crib for up to an hour, during which he would play with his toys, talk to himself, and sometimes cry towards the end. So I'd go get him. He would usually go to sleep really quickly for his afternoon nap (only 45 mins) those days, but then be really cranky by 5:30, so we'd have to put him to bed even earlier. </p> <p>This weekend (Fri-Sun) he only had one afternoon nap each day, today he's had a morning only (so far). I'm not sure if I should be putting him in his crib or not in the mornings. If we go out anywhere he falls asleep in the car. But if we stay home, he doesn't want to sleep! Why is baby sleep so confusing? What should I be doing? </p>