https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Apr 2026 07:11:26 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-help-2-year-old#post-2704712 Wed, 01 Mar 2017 19:53:40 +0000 winniebee 2704712@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ChiCalGoBee: I would just leave him up there for the duration of his nap and see what happens! I'm awful and haven't started weaning. He has gotten all 4 two year molars this month and has been a bear! Excuses excuses. This spring. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-help-2-year-old#post-2704687 Wed, 01 Mar 2017 18:21:07 +0000 ChiCalGoBee 2704687@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: The thing is, before we weaned from the pacifier he was consistently taking 2-3 hour naps every single day. I can't imagine that he suddenly lost those sleep needs in a month? Like, had he been missing a nap or two each week before we gave paci up and then giving it up was the tipping point okay, but this all started with getting rid of the pacifier so I struggle to think it isn't related? I guess I just need to start leaving him up there no matter what. Sigh. Sorry yours stopped napping early-it sucks! How is paci-weaning going with your little guy, BTW? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-help-2-year-old#post-2704668 Wed, 01 Mar 2017 17:14:17 +0000 winniebee 2704668@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Gah! DS1 started dropping his nap at 28 months. He "needed" to nap, but he wouldn't. I would leave him in his crib for 1.5 hours and he would still be awake taking, playing or crying. He would skip a day, then nap two days, then skip two days, etc. He was totally done napping at home at 34 months. Now, there were occasions when I drove him around for naps because he only would sleep 11 hours at night and frankly he was a bear without the nap! But I gave that up around probably 3 years, 3 months. I would say continue to reinforce quiet time and maybe bump the nap back by 30 mins to see what happens. Otherwise, this may be the beginning of the end! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-help-2-year-old#post-2704658 Wed, 01 Mar 2017 16:50:48 +0000 ChiCalGoBee 2704658@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm at my wits end with naps, and wanted to see if any of you could offer suggestions I haven't thought of. My son is 2 (28 months), and is now only napping 3-4 days a week. We dropped the pacifier about 5 weeks ago, and he hasn't been the same since. I was assured he'd figure it out on his own, but it's been awful. He has had a strain of sickness this whole time (cold and flu season and he's in his first year of school, sigh), but I think it's mostly just that he still doesn't know how to calm himself down to get to sleep. He isn't ready to drop the nap-when he DOES nap it's 2.5-3 hours, and he still sleeps about 10 hours overnight on those days. On the days he doesn't nap it's still 10 hours of sleep in a 24-hour period (he doesn't do early bedtime, no matter how hard I try), which I know isn't enough for his age. We are doing the same wind-down routine we've always done: Go upstairs, change diaper, put on shorty pajamas, have milk, read books, turn off light, rock in chair, go in crib. His room is as dark as a cave, so I know it isn't the light that's bothering him. Some days he just plays around, other days he screams and cries when I leave the room. Is there a sleep regression right now I didn't know about? Am I missing something obvious? Please weigh in, as the lack of nap is so rough-he's an absolute bear by 5 P.M. Thanks. </p>