Napping Question and Sleep in General

my little guy is 16 months also and I feel you on the hole nap thing and all what I do is my litle guy get one nap at 12:30 -1:00 in the after noon and all and wakes up about 3pm and he has dinner and all and then he will go to bed for the night about 8-9pmm and sleep through the night and all. I will rock him for his nap and all and for his night night time but the when he gose t sleep I put him in his bed.

I would sugest only one nap a day and let him play and all where him slef out and all and when he is ready he will crash my son dose that alot and all fights sleep and all as well.

well good luck
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My son is also 16 months and just in the last few weeks has switched. From what I am told, just wait for them to switch their schedule for themselves. They will know when they are ready to have just one nap. As far as that one nap, he tells ME when it is time to nap. He will be playing and start to lie his head down on the floor or any pillow or couch. When I ask if he is "sleepy sleeps", he will shake his head and say "yesssss". Surprisingly, the time that he is ready for a nap is the same time EVERYDAY! I have been told that this is normal, as long as they are ready for this switch. Just like you established a bed-time routine, we have established a naptime routine. We go up to my bed together, lie down and he flops around a while and then falls asleep and I will then move him to his own bed. The naps last about 2.5-3 hours. That being said, my advice is that not every baby is the same, so they don't start the transition at the same age, just know that it will be soon, and you need to watch your son's cues. Also, babies seem to thrive on routine, so I would suggest you also start a naptime routine that fits your lifestyle and it should make the tears lessen. If my son starts to cry instead of falling asleep, we do what we refer to as "hitting the reset button" where we will go downstairs again, let him play until he tries to lie his head down again (usually 10-15 minutes) and then try again. It usually doesn't take more than 2 times! As far as sleeping at night, my son has also started waking up again. I have noticed that his molars are starting to break through. We are sure that this is the problem for my son. We don't like to just medicate, so if crying lasts a while (like the other night), usually, I will take him down and we will watch TV (not big TV people, he rarely watches) but it calms him down when nothing else works since he will cry until he starts gagging. After 10-15 minutes, he is calm enough and we will try bed again but lately he just starts crying again. We eventually (after 3 hours of crying) tried 1/2 dose of tylenol and amazingly 30 min later, my husband brought a sleeping baby back to bed (Evan sleeps on a mattress on the floor in our room). So, my suggestion to you about this, is to check those pesky teeth!!! Hope my experience helps!

My first 2 went to one nap around 12 months. Before that their naps varied. They are 2 and 3.5 years now and still take one nap after lunch. We eat lunch, clean up and go up for naps. We read a story or two and sing a song and they go down. They will nap 1.5-3 hours usually. If they go down too late in the afternoon, bedtime becomes difficult. It does sound your son is ready to cut back on napping to just 1 time a day - I would move it back to earlier in the afternoon though so he's got more time before bedtime. Changing naps can take a little time to adjust. But if you stick to it, his body will adjust.

it takes some time for them to adjust to one nap. I would move the one nap to 11:00, don't skip the morning one straight out and expect him to go right to sleep in the afternoon. He will just be overtired and not be able to settle. Start at 11 and then after a few days move it in 15 minute increments. Eventually you will have him down at 12:30 or 1. If you have errands to run try and do them as early as possible to avoid having him fall asleep in the car because that will mess up the schedule for the whole day.

With the night waking, just be consistent with whatever you do. I know how hard it is to have a child who won't go back to sleep in the middle of the night. Just be firm and consistent.