DrSally
11-17-2006, 11:58 AM
Hi,
At last we got DS sleeping through the night from about 7:40p-6:30/6:50am. He used to get up 12a and 5a to nurse, and then up around 6/6:30a for the day. He would take an early morning nap around 8:30 and then again around 1/1:30p. I tried moving the morning nap back to 9/9:30a, but am having a really hard time getting him down--screaming, not sleeping, etc. Today he finally went down at 11am for his first nap. I don't want to keep fighting him if his nap needs have changed now that he's getting better sleep at night (uninterrupted). If I do an 11am morning nap, the next nap would prob be 3p, and then we'd never get out during the day (we usually go somewhere after his afternoon nap) with how dark it's getting.
I guess my question is, do you think I should still be going for 2 naps or is it time to consolidate to 1 nap, perhaps at 11a or noon? He gets about 11 hours at night, so I assume he would need about 3 during the day at this age. I doubt he would get that in 1 nap. Usually it's 2, 1.5 hour naps on a good day. At what age did your child go to 1 nap and what did you find was the best time of day to do this? TIA
At last we got DS sleeping through the night from about 7:40p-6:30/6:50am. He used to get up 12a and 5a to nurse, and then up around 6/6:30a for the day. He would take an early morning nap around 8:30 and then again around 1/1:30p. I tried moving the morning nap back to 9/9:30a, but am having a really hard time getting him down--screaming, not sleeping, etc. Today he finally went down at 11am for his first nap. I don't want to keep fighting him if his nap needs have changed now that he's getting better sleep at night (uninterrupted). If I do an 11am morning nap, the next nap would prob be 3p, and then we'd never get out during the day (we usually go somewhere after his afternoon nap) with how dark it's getting.
I guess my question is, do you think I should still be going for 2 naps or is it time to consolidate to 1 nap, perhaps at 11a or noon? He gets about 11 hours at night, so I assume he would need about 3 during the day at this age. I doubt he would get that in 1 nap. Usually it's 2, 1.5 hour naps on a good day. At what age did your child go to 1 nap and what did you find was the best time of day to do this? TIA