https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 20 Jun 2026 07:25:22 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-time-for-toddlers#post-243982 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 17:31:36 +0000 Andrea 243982@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Sunglasses: Oops, sorry - maybe I should have a more helpful answer, too! </p> <p>I think having incentives are good. We can get her to nap at home if there is an exciting activity planned for the afternoon. They are at an age when they can be reasoned with a bit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-time-for-toddlers#post-243978 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 17:26:42 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 243978@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It does sound like he's over naps. It's bound to happen. One day. Mavrick fights them and he's 2. But I know when he's exhausted. Some times, he goes a day without a nap. So I'm sure by 3 he will be done with them. (sorry if this isn't the answer you are looking for) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-time-for-toddlers#post-243976 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 17:22:46 +0000 Honeybee 243976@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hmmm, could you stay with him until he gets settled down/sleepy? We sing songs and rub DD's back until she starts quieting down, and then when we leave the room, she falls asleep within minutes. Sometimes, though, if she's really wound up, I'll just leave her in her room to play for a bit (she can't open her door on her own), and she'll usually settle down and go to sleep once she's alone. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-time-for-toddlers#post-243939 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 16:53:06 +0000 Andrea 243939@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD has been fighting naps since 15 months so I am sure she will be totally done by 3. She never naps at daycare. They just let her play. We can't force it if she isn't tired. She seems fine without the nap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nap-time-for-toddlers#post-243835 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 15:43:52 +0000 erwoo 243835@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 3 y.o. has been fighting me on taking a nap for a few weeks now. He'll willingly go and then not want to nap when we're done reading and then sometimes just stay up standing in his crib. Today, he stood there for 20 minutes saying he didn't want to nap. "I don't want to, Mommy" is what he kept saying. Over and over again. Then when I was on the phone I saw him through the video monitor trying to climb out with his sleep sack on. I stopped him 3x. Then told him to take a nap; otherwise, he won't get his favorite vanilla Oreos when he wakes up. I totally threaten him all the time. I don't know if it's a good or bad thing but it works most of the time. After 20 minutes of whining he finally stopped and it was quiet. He was asleep. </p> <p>I would have went to get him except that I know he's tired and needs a nap to recharge. When he doesn't nap he's super whiny and cranky and cries over everything. And nothing I say will help and then I will have to time him out and that's when the screaming and stomping starts. It's a lot of work. So I do force him to nap by not getting him every time he whines to get out of his crib. I'm worried that when we transition him to his big boy bed soon he won't have a crib to contain him. Maybe he'll just fall sleep on the floor then. I think I'll be okay with that as long as he naps. </p> <p>What do you do when your toddler doesn't want to nap? Do you force him/her to nap like I do or do you let them stay up and do quiet time (which I sometimes do if we come home too late to nap)? The 3s are super challenging! :D </p>