On Schedule Toddler Totally off Schedule for NapTime...

Often little ones skip their first nap somewhere around 12mos.and go for a longer afternoon nap right afterlunch. You may want to try letting him skip the first nap and try putting him down for a nap after lunch - that worked for us. Exercise earlier in the day helps too. :)

I think its time that he is only taking one nap a day and that starts around 1 year of age.HE sounds like he is over tired when he is ready to go down for his nap. I would let him take a 12or 1pm nap and stop the morning.
GOod Luck

He's ready for only one nap, around 16-20 months is when theny drop the second nap and are ready for only one until about 4 years old. The timing of it will adjust itself over time. It usually lasts for about 2-3 hours midday after lunch usually. Good luck and I hope that helps!

Yes, because he's getting older. He probably wants to stay up and play, despite being tired. My son has always been like that!

I'm guessing he's ready to go to one nap a day. Maybe try keeping him up in the morning until around noon. He'll probably take a decent nap (anywhere from 1 to 3 hours) and then will be up for the rest of the day. My daughter started doing the same as your son but she was around 14 months old. All kids are different. Good luck!

you should be counting your lucky stars to have gotten this far with two naps! that's amazing! my son stopped napping altogether at 24 months and he was and still is a very consistent sleeper. anyway, i agree that your toddler is just ready for one nap. my daughter, now 2.5, got rid of her afternoon nap and only napped in the morning for a while. it has since gotten a bit later and is now at noon. you probably need to start pushing teh 10:30 nap a bit later (unless he likes that nap) and sorta combining the two naps into one. good luck!

Mine is 21 months and we are having the SAME problem! Although we are already down to one nap. When she does take it around 2, she often sleeps until four and clearly still needs the nap. Let me know what you find out that works for you! Perhaps its a gearing up for two kind of thing. An assertion of independence?

R.

Sounds pretty normal. I don't know if I have any suggestions for you, but my almost 15-month old daughter will really fight the second nap in the afternoon and I've basically given up on the weekends with it. When she is with the nanny during the week, I don't think there is a problem, but the nanny wraps her and puts her in her crib (I don't know how she does it!). On the weekend, I let her sleep on top of me in the recliner. She does seem to go down a lot easier with the morning nap at around 10:00-10:30 A.M. but she will fight me a little bit. She goes to sleep between 7:00-7:30 at night and wakes up about 6:00-7:00 in the morning.

My 21 month old son is going through the SAME fight when he goes down for a nap. (He only takes one afternoon nap though.) As a matter of fact, this afternoon he was clearly tired and cried until I held him and patted him to sleep. My friends say that this is just another sleeping stage and he will get through it. Hang in there, you are not alone! :)

Hi. I'm guessing that the days of two naps are coming to an end. My son seemed to adore both of his naps each day until just about the same age -- a little under 2 years. Then, suddenly, he went down to one nap a day -- sometimes in the morning, sometimes in the afternoon. No matter how tired he seemed/acted, he would only sleep once a day. For awhile his schedule was really disrupted. If he went down too late in the afternoon he'd sleep for hours (couldn't wake him up...) then, of course, he'd be up all night! I'd say it worked itself out after a couple of months, and he ended up taking one afternoon nap until about age three. After that, no more naps! But by then he was in preschool, so I still had time to get things done! Best of luck to you and your sweet boy...

he's older so he's wants to exert his control, or at least practice to see how far he can get a way with it. And he's ready for just 1 nap. I have a toddler turning 3 today and he's still on a schedule with 1 nap a day. It can be anywhere from 1 to almost 3 hours depending on his activity that day. He usually naps right after lunch - and sometimes it's a struggle. They're just like us adults - if something really fun is in their little minds, they would rather skip the nap even if they are super tired and sleepy. But don't let them get too tired and sleepy before putting them down - that will only make it harder and get them to melt down. Better to just put them down for a nap even if it only means quiet time on their bed for an hour.

Hi there.
My 2 year old and one year old both take two naps still. When we went through the same thing we added more activity and that lessened the struggle to sleep. We added a late morning walk in our neighborhood, we also go to the park when the weather allows. We have also been known to drop in the mall and walk a little. Boys need lots of activity.
I took away the second nap the summer before they go to preschool. Then they adjust to one nap and learn how to be ready for school.
Hope that helps.
P.

I think it was at about that age my daughter switched to one nap at 12ish.
E.

I'm surprised he's still at 2 naps at this age! You should follow his lead and simply cut his morning nap. He'll seem cranky at first, but will adjust and actually sleep better in the afternoon. FYI, my first born cut naptime altogether at 2 1/2 yrs old!
Mom of 2 boys.

Definitely time for 1 nap a day. Best time for us to switch to was around 12:30 pm so you may need to push lunch a little earlier and just try to keep him up till then. I have to avoid car trips in the late morning. If I drive longer then 10 min and he falls asleep even for a minute in the car, he won't fall asleep later no matter what!

You're quite lucky that at 21 months your toddler still takes 2 naps a day. Usually around 11 months they start the conversion to 1 nap a day and quite a few stop napping altogether around 2. Instead of trying to stick to his old routine with a fight, try putting him down later like 12:00 or 1:00. This way he might sleep a bit longer and it may be easier on both of you. I wouldn't try it any later in the day or you'll have a child that won't go to bed until 1am.

He seems to be about the age where they switch to one nap--this is normal. Will he go to bed earlier on those days when he doesn't nap? My littlest is now 23 months and she started this fight a few months ago, and continues to fight as I lie down to nurse her to sleep, at which point she's instantly down. They are funny that way; the world is expanding for them, and they don't want to miss a thing!