My 25 month old son has only napped 3 times with the last 8 days, and Im going CRAZY! We have always struggled with nap time with him, and now that DS2 has arrived, it's become even worse.
Anyone have an insight on what I can do? He needs the naps, and this is not the right time for him to go all day without naps. Please help!!
GOLD / wonderful coffee bean / 18478 posts
Can you tell us what methods you have already tried and are not working?
cherry / 161 posts
@Andrea, I honestly haven't tried any "methods," I guessthats what I'm looking for.
We've always turned on a movie for him to zone out too, and curled up with him, told him it's nap time, and that's what usually works. We have started turning off the tv and curling up with him in our bed (we co-sleep).
GOLD / wonderful coffee bean / 18478 posts
@Katm558: Have you tried CIO? It doesn't work for my daughter anymore (20 months), though. The only thing that work for my daughter now are car rides and me rocking her to sleep (sometimes). We've also tried your TV and co-sleeping strategies but those don't work either. It seems like movement is what she needs in order to make her tired enough to take a nap even though she can't survive the whole day without a nap either. It must be some kind of power struggle thing at this age.
blogger / pineapple / 12381 posts
We have always struggled with naps too! I wish I had something really great to give you, but all I can say is that consistency is key. You co-sleep (as do we) and we've found it's particularly difficult to get her to go down unless we're laying down next to her. Papadopt mostly does babywearing for her naps, which seems to contain her and keep her sensory deprived enough to go down.
admin / wonderful grape / 20724 posts
Mrs. Bee wrote some posts on naptraining and sleep training! Maybe they will be helpful?
http://www.hellobee.com/2011/09/27/nap-training/
http://www.hellobee.com/2012/01/13/charlies-sleep-evolution/
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