https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 04 May 2026 02:30:42 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-dropped-to-1-nap-how-was-night-affected#post-2195168 Mon, 01 Jun 2015 10:31:38 +0000 looch 2195168@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have nothing constructive to add, I just popped in to say 5:45 would have been considered sleeping in for my son at that age!</p> <p>I was never successful in getting my son to sleep in later, I was too chicken to try the wake to sleep technique. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-dropped-to-1-nap-how-was-night-affected#post-2195161 Mon, 01 Jun 2015 10:25:46 +0000 Pirouette 2195161@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we had this issue a few times during the transition, because she too transitioned at around a year and just WOULD NOT go down for a second nap for anything. once we went to one nap strictly for a little while, she started waking early and needed a second nap, and then she stopped resisting the second nap so much because she was so tired. if we couldn't get the second nap on those days, we'd just do something chill and let her rest for a little while even if she didn't nap. to fully complete the 2-1 transition took FOREVER, i think because she dropped the 2nd nap so early. but we just went with the flow and switched back and forth between 2 and 1 based on her day.</p> <p>@Foodnerd81: hahaha our blips are the "OMG she slept till after 7" too. false hope! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-dropped-to-1-nap-how-was-night-affected#post-2194900 Sun, 31 May 2015 23:52:45 +0000 Mrs. Deer 2194900@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We too went through this and we had to go back to 2 naps (she started waking around 4:30 AM consistently). Within a day or two of two naps again the early wake ups stopped. It made our schedule really tight because she really was staying awake longer than what worked for two naps, but I just made it work. Then we tried again about a month or so late and she transitioned fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-dropped-to-1-nap-how-was-night-affected#post-2194895 Sun, 31 May 2015 23:05:14 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 2194895@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Night wasn't really affected, but they just consolidated their naps from two shorter ones of 1.5 hrs each, to one long nap of 3 hours. It was awesome once they officially made the leap from 2 to 1! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-dropped-to-1-nap-how-was-night-affected#post-2194875 Sun, 31 May 2015 21:59:45 +0000 meesker 2194875@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think Ferber might say you have a hidden nap when you rock her back to sleep in the morning. You could try getting up with her at 6 (I know, an awful thought), with nap at 11-1:30/2:00ish, and bed at 6:30/7:00. If she does ok with that and sleeps 7-6, then you could start pushing bedtime (and hopefully wake up time) back 15 minutes at a time until she is sleeping 8-7/7:30 again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-dropped-to-1-nap-how-was-night-affected#post-2194849 Sun, 31 May 2015 21:14:57 +0000 hilsy85 2194849@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had to move his bedtime back after a while but total number of hours stayed the same/improved. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-dropped-to-1-nap-how-was-night-affected#post-2194826 Sun, 31 May 2015 20:31:34 +0000 Jass 2194826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So if her nap is long you can try stretching her bedtime by 15 minutes and she how it goes. May be 8:30??<br /> is her total sleep same? May be she is getting more daytime sleep and less night time sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-dropped-to-1-nap-how-was-night-affected#post-2194825 Sun, 31 May 2015 20:29:39 +0000 Mae 2194825@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Jass: I waited 6 weeks hoping it was just a regression after her naps went to shit but I really don't think it was. She just legit did not seem tired enough for 2 naps! She'd take forevverrrr to go down, if she went down at all, then I'd have to wake her up because by the time she went down she'd need to be up 45 min later or else we blew our chance at nap 2 because she didn't have a long enough awake time (bc if I didn't wake her up she'd skip nap 2 and then we'd have an awful night). sigh. We are sort of roughly at 5-5 now. She's been waking at 6ish but I rock her back to sleep until 7/7:30 because otherwise her day is too long. So she has 5 hours from 7:30-12:30 then she usually wakes about 3 now and falls asleep again at 8. If she'd just sleep on her own until 7:30... life would be golden ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-dropped-to-1-nap-how-was-night-affected#post-2194822 Sun, 31 May 2015 20:21:34 +0000 AprilFool 2194822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO got her molars at the same time as dropping to 1 nap and sleep was crap for about a month. It passed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-dropped-to-1-nap-how-was-night-affected#post-2194821 Sun, 31 May 2015 20:20:37 +0000 Jass 2194821@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well there is regression at 11- 12 months which affects naps and my Dd is taking forever to go down for night. Somedays she doesn't fall asleep till 9. So I am hoping this is a phase plus she has her 4 molars coming.<br /> I have read alot about this transition, I am obsessed with sleep so here goes the novel:<br /> This is one of the toughest transition in sleep and takes long time(months). Longer wake times result in overtiredness which can lead to earlier wakeup. So on those days if she wakes up early you can try a shorter morning nap like 30 mins and longer afternoon nap.<br /> If you're planning to stick to one nap then start with 4 hr waketime for nap and bedtime at 6 hours after nap ends. Then stretch wake time by 15 minutes after 3-4 days until you reach 5 hr waketime. Goal is to have 5/5 waketwaketime for nap and bedtime.<br /> Hope this helps, you can always try 2 naps and can limit total daytime sleep to like 2.5 hrs and see if it helps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-dropped-to-1-nap-how-was-night-affected#post-2194813 Sun, 31 May 2015 20:10:25 +0000 Mae 2194813@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Tanjowen: she has been walking for months so i know it isn't that, but she may be getting molars. The doc said she felt like they were swollen at the 12 mo appt. Stupid teeth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-dropped-to-1-nap-how-was-night-affected#post-2194805 Sun, 31 May 2015 19:58:38 +0000 Tanjowen 2194805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Probably not what you want to hear, but my Lo went through this stage fro 13-15 months. It was a combination of learning to walk and molars. Depending on his wakeup time, we switched between 1 or 2 naps for the day. There was a lot of 5 a.m. wakeups. I usually would give him a bottle and lay in the guest bedroom with him and about 60% of the time he would eventually fall back asleep, but I drank a lot of coffee.</p> <p>At 17 months it really seems to finally be sorting itself out and morning wakeups moved to around 6:30 am. (bedtime is 7 p.m.).</p> <p>I think it's a blip/regression and will just suck for a time. Caffeine to the rescue! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-dropped-to-1-nap-how-was-night-affected#post-2194795 Sun, 31 May 2015 19:43:44 +0000 Foodnerd81 2194795@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't remember it having a big effect on night sleep. But it's not like she is an awesome night sleeper in general. </p> <p>I bet the early wake ups are a blip. Unfortunately our blips are the rare several days in a row where she wakes up after 7 and I thank the sleep gods, then she goes back to 6 am wake ups and I curse the morning.<br /> Or there was this mornings 4:15 wake up call... :crying: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-dropped-to-1-nap-how-was-night-affected#post-2194792 Sun, 31 May 2015 19:41:56 +0000 artsyfartsy 2194792@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Blerg. We're in this awkward stage too. Not enough time for two naps. One works great and he goes down for bed much easier, but now he wakes up earlier!!</p> <p>No advice. Just in the same boat! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-dropped-to-1-nap-how-was-night-affected#post-2194791 Sun, 31 May 2015 19:39:55 +0000 Mae 2194791@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So our LO used to sleep 8:15/8:30-6:30 and take two solid naps every day. Then the time change happened and we moved her bedtime successfully but she never moved her wake-up time, so for the last few months she has woken at 7:30 every day. Which made her 2 naps sort of rough because she didn't have quite enough time to take them. So after over a month of crappy naps we finally bit the bullet and moved her to 1 nap just after 12 mo. </p> <p>Which at first was awesome. LO fell asleep immediately for naps with no fussing, is sleeping 2.5-3 hours, and going down super fast for bed too (so now she falls asleep around 8 or 8:15). The first few days there was no change in her morning wake time. </p> <p>But the last 4 days she has woken up between 5:45 and 6:15. And it blowsssss. </p> <p>I'm hoping it is just a blip, but I'm concerned that because she is taking such a good nap now she isn't as tired overnight and this is her new wake time. Which again.... sucks. I am not a morning person. I miss my 7:30 wakeup kid. </p> <p>When you moved to 1 nap did it affect nighttime sleep? </p>