https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 22 Apr 2026 23:22:28 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-transition-from-2-to-1-nap/page/2#post-2769747 Fri, 25 Aug 2017 07:48:17 +0000 MrsADS 2769747@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@nugget16 I don't remember exactly since it's been a while, but I think his nap definitely got longer when we pushed it to only one (hit and miss). We would just have the one nap start pretty early for a while. No way he could make it to noon, often it would be like 10:45 or 11 until 1:30 or whatever and then a super early bedtime (6-6:30pm). And even that was rough because he was exhausted but wouldn't go to sleep. He probably needed a 2nd nap until he was quite a bit older, but he refused it so we just went with it. We definitely had a lot of cranky times. But even now (just turned 2), he is very sensitive to being overtired and he just loses it when he is tired. Some kids hold it together a little better, I think. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-transition-from-2-to-1-nap/page/2#post-2769682 Thu, 24 Aug 2017 19:17:46 +0000 erinbaderin 2769682@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've heard that they really need two naps until at least 15 months. For W a few times it seemed like he didn't need both naps but he just needed a bit more time between naps and to start cutting them off - like, I had to start waking him up at 10 and letting him go until 1:30. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-transition-from-2-to-1-nap#post-2769681 Thu, 24 Aug 2017 19:11:55 +0000 Alba4 2769681@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For DS1- @15 months<br /> DS2-@13 months</p> <p>We are finally on a one nap schedule here and my DS2 just turned 14 months. I feel like daycare pushed this schedule earlier than they did for my first son, but I personally like it so much more! He now takes a solid 2.5-3 hour nap. He will fall asleep in the car on the way to the park, etc @9/10, but I quickly wake him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-transition-from-2-to-1-nap#post-2769652 Thu, 24 Aug 2017 16:06:36 +0000 maddyz 2769652@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS1 had two naps until 16 or 17 months and then it was ages of the morning nap slowly moving later and later and getting longer until it was one nap.</p> <p>DS2 is 11 months and most days has a morning nap and always has an afternoon nap (he naps when DS1 does). Eventually i think he will just stop taking the am nap. It's short and often in the stroller or carrier because we are out doing things with DS1. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-transition-from-2-to-1-nap#post-2769626 Thu, 24 Aug 2017 14:46:43 +0000 nugget16 2769626@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsADS: I know this post is old but I am experiencing the same thing that you posted. How was his overall demeanor when you made him power through to only take one nap? And when you did give him a nap what time did you lay him down and how long did he sleep for on average? Thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-transition-from-2-to-1-nap#post-2661823 Tue, 06 Dec 2016 05:17:13 +0000 FannyMae 2661823@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Pretty much around 10 months or so - she started waking at about 5, feeding and going back down immediately until 830 or later. She then goes for a nap between 12.30 - 1, and sleeps for 2.5 hours - 3 hours.<br /> @peaches1038: if he is delaying his naps by playing in his crib for quite a while, maybe he isn't ready to be sleeping? all I can suggest is maybe over the holidays try and delay him going for a nap very slowly day by day in 15/30 min increments. pushing the first nap back slowly until it kind of overlaps with what would be the second nap, and hopefully he will not be too overtired and it will become one longer nap. if he can manage that, perhaps he will learn to do longer naps at daycare too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-transition-from-2-to-1-nap#post-2661821 Tue, 06 Dec 2016 04:45:34 +0000 delight 2661821@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was about 15 months and our daycare did the transition. We kept two naps at home on the weekends a little longer. Life is so much easier though with one nap!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-transition-from-2-to-1-nap#post-2661811 Tue, 06 Dec 2016 02:00:31 +0000 mamainthesun 2661811@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think around the one year mark, but his one nap was longer! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-transition-from-2-to-1-nap#post-2661800 Tue, 06 Dec 2016 00:35:52 +0000 BabyTsMom 2661800@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>13 months. He had been fighting the second nap for about a month and I was tired of stressing out about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-transition-from-2-to-1-nap#post-2661795 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 23:36:53 +0000 Jess1483 2661795@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS1--11 months<br /> DS2--still napping two times most days at 17.5 months, but can do one nap when it works better for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-transition-from-2-to-1-nap#post-2661794 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 23:33:17 +0000 sapphire 2661794@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>12 months. We stopped two naps when they changed to that schedule at daycare to keep her schedule consistent. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-transition-from-2-to-1-nap#post-2661614 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 14:46:39 +0000 Dahlia 2661614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>12 months at daycare, 15 months on weekends. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-transition-from-2-to-1-nap#post-2661576 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 13:59:13 +0000 ineebee 2661576@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Right at 15 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-transition-from-2-to-1-nap#post-2661563 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 13:49:39 +0000 PawPrints 2661563@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>14-15 months. I was happy when it happened, I felt like we could hardly ever leave the house because there was so little time between her naps. After the transition we finally started to be able to do real weekend outings. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-transition-from-2-to-1-nap#post-2661543 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 13:15:37 +0000 Anagram 2661543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our youngest is 15 months and just transitioned. Well, she's still kind of transitioning. Most days she's on 1 nap. Some days she takes a morning cat nap in the stroller and then her afternoon nap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-transition-from-2-to-1-nap#post-2661535 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 12:52:11 +0000 MrsBrewer 2661535@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm just starting to transition to 1 nap now at 18 months </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-transition-from-2-to-1-nap#post-2661534 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 12:49:13 +0000 Iced Tea 2661534@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow, I didn't realize we were keeping two naps so late. My daughter is 21 months. Some days one nap is sufficient but other days she's a mess without two naps. I'd love to move to one long nap soon; my previous attempts went poorly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-transition-from-2-to-1-nap#post-2661473 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 11:57:39 +0000 snowjewelz 2661473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>15 months. Her 2nd nap was getting later and later affecting bed time; I *think* that's why we switched! It sucked a little at the beginning b/c she wakes early and needed to nap by like 11:30 so then evenings were rushed for a while to get her down by 7:30 the latest. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-transition-from-2-to-1-nap#post-2661470 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 11:54:22 +0000 raspberries 2661470@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He started transitioning at 14 months and finished around 16 months - he was moved to the toddler room at 15 months, so they started transitioning him to 1 nap about a month before. He still took 2 naps on weekends for a while, to catch up on sleep I think, but he's 16 months now and consistently only takes one 2-2.5 hour nap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-transition-from-2-to-1-nap#post-2661413 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 10:28:57 +0000 SweetiePie 2661413@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If anyone is more protective about sleep, trust me, it's me! I drive my family (both sides) nuts and I don't care at all. 😆</p> <p>I want to start by saying that a couple times I thought he was transitioning but it WAS just a phase! So stay consistent with your usual routine and if he is still resisting after a couple of weeks, it might be time. But even then, it's not instant or cold turkey. </p> <p>For us it started to happen around 15 months but it was a long transition that took 2-3 months of gradually adjusting the nap times. They say when it's time, some days they'll need two, some days just one. And that's the way it was for us. Some days he'd take both no problem. Others he would fight the afternoon nap like crazy. The morning one he always took! So we pushed that nap a later little by little. And we shortened that morning nap little by little. It was solidly 1.5 hours and I took it down to 45 mins (gradually) by gently waking him. This often got us an afternoon nap that was a little later than usual but still doable to keep the same bedtime.<br /> Then we eventually got the morning nap to 11/11:30 and we just had to do a very early bedtime those days. Like 5:30 or even 6! It didn't impact his morning wake up at all! That's how I knew we were doing it right and he needed that extra PM sleep.<br /> It also took him a little while to figure out that the 11/11:30 nap should be longer. So slowly we pushed it later and slowly he started sleeping longer. At first it was 1.5 hours because that's what he was used to. Before long he was going 2.5-3 hours which he still does today at 2y3mo. </p> <p>It's a long transition, the longest of all nap transitions! It's not as obvious and easy as some of the other transitions. Babysleepsite has a lot on the 2-1 transition. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-transition-from-2-to-1-nap#post-2661410 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 10:25:14 +0000 hellobeeboston 2661410@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS 1 - right around 14 months switched to 1 nap because he started in daycare and they only did one long afternoon nap.</p> <p>DS2 - He is 14 months now, and is starting to have days were he only has one long nap. if he stays asleep for 1.5-2 hours for his morning nap he won't usually take an afternoon nap at all, i'd like to try to get him to just taking 1 long afternoon nap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-transition-from-2-to-1-nap#post-2661404 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 10:13:55 +0000 psw27 2661404@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Right around a year. It actually made things so much better because two crappy 35 minute naps were replaced by 1 almost 2 hour nap! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-transition-from-2-to-1-nap#post-2661397 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 10:02:29 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2661397@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>14 months for 1&amp;2. DD3 is 11 months and is starting to show signs of dropping to one. It'll definitely make my life easier to be on one nap! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-transition-from-2-to-1-nap#post-2661386 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 09:35:17 +0000 2PeasinaPod 2661386@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@youboots: Same here for both of my boys. I get a little sad when I hear about everyone else's kiddos not dropping the second nap until well after a year! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-transition-from-2-to-1-nap#post-2661385 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 09:34:23 +0000 lilteacherbee 2661385@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS1 dropped to one nap at 20 months</p> <p>DS2 is still taking two naps at 16 months </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-transition-from-2-to-1-nap#post-2661382 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 09:28:04 +0000 ValentineMommy 2661382@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS1 was somewhere around 18 months.</p> <p>DS2 is still taking 2 naps at 16m. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-transition-from-2-to-1-nap#post-2661373 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 09:13:30 +0000 MrsADS 2661373@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're fully on 1 nap now at 15 months but he's pretty overtired and could probably still use 2, honestly! He just fights the afternoon one so bad. I think at 12-13 months it was mostly 2 naps, and around 13-14 months it was hit or miss whether he'd take 2. Even now he has days he would definitely take 2 (he is an early riser so he gets tired early!) - but he would take a nap from like 9:30-11 and then want to go back to sleep at like 4pm... which is no good. So we try to keep him up a little later and just have 1. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-transition-from-2-to-1-nap#post-2661332 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 07:42:06 +0000 Orchid 2661332@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 16 months </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-transition-from-2-to-1-nap#post-2661331 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 07:40:30 +0000 muffinsmuffins 2661331@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He started at a home daycare at one and was still on two naps. Our provider would see how the morning was going and if they were out and about or busy she would just push through for no nap in the morning. If he was cranky, she would put him down for a cat nap of about 20 mins and wake him. We did the same at home and within a month or so he was down to one 2-3 hour nap from 12:30 on and has stayed that way since. I have to say I love the one big nap! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-transition-from-2-to-1-nap#post-2661323 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 07:18:26 +0000 catgirl 2661323@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just after 18 months. There were a few times I thought she was dropping it before that but we pushed through and she would always go back to two after a few days. When we finally dropped it she refused to sleep in the afternoon for 8 days. At that point we went cold turkey. </p>