https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 13 May 2026 02:52:31 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-no-longer-naps#post-1199169 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 10:29:11 +0000 Andrea 1199169@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Honeybee: yes, she has always slept 12-ish so I wasn't expecting an increase. Hope your DD sleeps more soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-no-longer-naps#post-1199076 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 09:55:19 +0000 Honeybee 1199076@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: so she was already pretty well doing 12 hours at night, before dropping the nap? DD does about 10, so I thought we'd see an increase. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-no-longer-naps#post-1199072 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 09:52:16 +0000 Andrea 1199072@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Honeybee: Night time sleep didn't increase by much, if anything. But she's out like a light at 6:30 pm until about 6 am. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-no-longer-naps#post-1199069 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 09:51:58 +0000 Honeybee 1199069@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamaof2: we put her and DS to bed at the same time (7-7:30) but DD usually stays up and reads her books/talks to her animals until 8:30. So she is in bed for a full hour before she usually goes to sleep; she's just not falling asleep any sooner. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-no-longer-naps#post-1199060 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 09:49:19 +0000 Honeybee 1199060@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: haha, I guess we have a wait ahead of us, then, since DD doesn't start pre-k until next fall! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-no-longer-naps#post-1199055 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 09:47:53 +0000 Mamaof2 1199055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Honeybee: Are you putting her to bed at the same time? When my 2.5 yr old doesn't nap she goes to bed an hour earlier and wakes up at her normal time. If you aren't already I would make bedtime earlier if she doesn't nap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-no-longer-naps#post-1199035 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 09:41:32 +0000 mrbee 1199035@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Honeybee: we didn't see a big increase in night time sleep until he started pre-k! Now he comes home exhausted from learning and passes out 2-3 hours earlier than he used to!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-no-longer-naps#post-1199029 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 09:38:40 +0000 Honeybee 1199029@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: @Dandelion: @mrbee: @Andrea: another question: How long did it take before your LO started lengthening his/her nighttime sleep, aftefr dropping the afternoon nap? I thought DD would immediately start sleeping more at night, but it's been a week of no naps and she's still sleeping the same length at night. Should I hold out hope that her nighttime sleep will, eventually, lengthen? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-no-longer-naps#post-1199003 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 09:31:26 +0000 mrbee 1199003@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We learned to be careful with movies! I used to use them when desperate, but our son got soooo naughty afterward. So now we only do very short videos...</p> <p>Great idea on easing into an hour of quiet time!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-no-longer-naps#post-1198995 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 09:28:44 +0000 Andrea 1198995@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Honeybee: I think I did 10 for a few days. Then 15 for a few and so on. I think we were able to jump from 30 min to 1 hour quickly though. By then she really got into quiet time and didn't notice the time. Oh, and always make sure your LO goes potty before quiet time starts. She would use that as an excuse to leave her room in the beginning! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-no-longer-naps#post-1198983 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 09:22:35 +0000 Honeybee 1198983@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: oh that's a good idea! Working up to an hour might be a good solution for us. How much did you increase the time each day? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-no-longer-naps#post-1198982 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 09:21:28 +0000 Andrea 1198982@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started with just 10 min of quiet time and then slowly increased it to one hour. Now she really enjoys her quiet time and stays in her room. I have a box of quiet time toys for her room. Puzzles, paper dolls, painting, etc. I love watching her use her imagination during this hour. :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-no-longer-naps#post-1198966 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 09:13:15 +0000 mrbee 1198966@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Honeybee: an hour... unless he falls asleep first! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-no-longer-naps#post-1198960 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 09:11:57 +0000 Honeybee 1198960@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: I think we'll have to try the movie, too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-no-longer-naps#post-1198934 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 09:01:51 +0000 Honeybee 1198934@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: a door lock might work! How long does Charlie stay in his room? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-no-longer-naps#post-1198933 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 09:01:29 +0000 winniebee 1198933@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Honeybee: my girlfriends 3.5 watches a movie every afternoon.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-no-longer-naps#post-1198927 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 08:55:58 +0000 mrbee 1198927@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We used a door lock for a while... after two days, we didn't have to use it anymore because he "knew" the door was locked!</p> <p>He likes to pretend to read books... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-no-longer-naps#post-1198884 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 08:29:44 +0000 Honeybee 1198884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Dandelion: this is the only alternative I could think of. My only concern is that she still won't sit still through a whole movie. She gets up and runs around, jumps on the couches, etc... maybe if we tried a movie in her room on the Nook she would make it through the whole hour. :) I'll try that tomorrow! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-no-longer-naps#post-1198873 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 08:25:25 +0000 Honeybee 1198873@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: I do try to give her "big kid" toys during her rest period, but that isn't a big enough enticement to stay in her room. :) she might be bored, though... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-no-longer-naps#post-1198869 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 08:23:20 +0000 Dandelion 1198869@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How do you feel about movies? You could put one in and tell her she can watch it, if she stays calm and rests while she watches. I did that a lot with DS when he was giving up naps. He had one of those little fold out couches with disney characters on it, and it was his spot for "rest time" while he watched. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-no-longer-naps#post-1198866 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 08:22:58 +0000 looch 1198866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Honeybee: or you could have her bring in a special toy? Does she have a dollhouse or a larger item you could set up in there to entice her to stay? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-no-longer-naps#post-1198857 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 08:18:47 +0000 Honeybee 1198857@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: hmmm, we could try the play room. I just needs her to play quietly because DS still takes a long nap, and I don't want to have to monitor her because I need a break, too. We could try the play room today and see what happens!</p> <p>Eta: I do try to give her access to toys during her quiet time that DS doesn't get to play with (beads, felt storyboards, her watercolors, etc...). So I do try to make her rest period fun/special. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-no-longer-naps#post-1198852 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 08:15:45 +0000 looch 1198852@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Why does the quiet time have to be in her room? Is another room in the house an option? I wonder if she is bored. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-no-longer-naps#post-1198846 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 08:13:15 +0000 Honeybee 1198846@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is 3.5 and has officially dropped her afternoon nap. Before this, she had a choice between taking a nap and taking a rest period in her room (quiet play for 1 hour); up until this week she was choosing naps about 75% of the time. Now she won't nap, which is fine, but she also won't stay in her room by herself for a rest period. Spending an entire hour putting her back in her room every 5 minutes is exhausting, and by the time naptime rolls around every day, this momma really needs a break!</p> <p>What does your child do during his/her former naptime? If s/he takes an independent rest/quiet time, how do you enforce it? </p>