When did your child stop taking daytime naps?

Angie - posted on 04/11/2011

My 3 yrold naps everyday - weekends. She gets up at 6am, and has a hard playful morning due to my wk. Then we come home and eat lunch and she is down by 1:30 and sleeps til 3ish, Dinner at 6 bed at 9.

Jen - posted on 11/23/2010

I feel unlucky with my little one. She stopped taking naps at around 18months because that's when she was climbing out of her crib and wouldn't sleep. And now it's difficult because I've got a 10 1/2 month old as well and I get no down time to relax or do what I need to. My daughter is high active and doesn't get much sweets or anything like that. So I wish you luck.

Stephanie - posted on 10/28/2010

My son still takes an afternoon nap. He is 2.5. During the week, he is in daycare, and I know that she usually puts him down at about noon. He will sleep anywhere from 45 mins to 2 hours. Same on the weekends. I try not to change things up on him to much on the weekends. He still goes to bed everynight at 8pm and is USUALLY asleep by 9pm. I get him up at 6:30am on the week days and on the weekends, its been around 7:30am lately.

Crystal - posted on 10/16/2010

My son stoped taking naps around a year or year n a half old. It was tuff because i was expecting his brother 2months after my son turned a year old. He is now going to be 4years old and still refuses to take a nap. My son is sactive as well but i have no trouble putting him to bed at night. Im pretty sure he will b ok without one...but every child is different. Good luck to you!!

Ali - posted on 09/14/2010

my 2 yr old stopped taking naps about 2 months ago. Now if he does take a nap, he goes to sleep later. I have a 1 yr old that takes naps still, so all three of us follow the same thing we do at night. Ie brushing teeth and reading stories. Then I tell my 2 yr old to read to himself or just stay quietly in his room. This let's me put the other to sleep, and allows me the time to do things I need to do without them. He stays quiet and calm for about an hour, then we have another hour beforebhis bro wakes up to spend together. Letting him play quietly and alone has really helped him learn how to be comfortable being by himself. And because he's quiet and not bouncing off the walls active he still gets to recharge.

Liz - posted on 09/03/2010

I have the same problem. My daughter is a bundle of energy. I stopped making her take a nap. If it happens it happens. As long as you don't notice any signs of sleep deprivation, let him skip naps.

Leanne - posted on 08/31/2010

if he gets really moody or grumpy I would get him to have a day nap, if not just enjoy the sleep you get at night

Cheryl - posted on 08/30/2010

I have 2 year old twins and if they don't get an afternoon nap then they are way too cranky and mean to each other. They take a nap from 1-3pm go to bed at 8:30pm and wake around 7am.

Rebecca - posted on 08/29/2010

Kids are just like us. When they are tired they will sleep. My son has a set schedule for napping and such at daycare so I do not have to worry about that but the weekends can be painful! He does not like to take a nap when he is at home and not around other children that are taking naps. I normally let him dictate to me if he is tired or not. He normally knows what he is feeling better than I do! Most of the time either nap or not he goes to bed between 9-10 PM and then will wake up at all ranges. (he is one of the crazy ones that gets up at like 2 AM wanting juice or to play or something...still have not figured that out...he normally goes right back to bed before I even get him his drink lol) Anyways...sorry for the rant. To sum it up, let your child let you know they are tired or not. Has always worked the best for me.

Diane - posted on 08/28/2010

my son turned 2 in april and only takes naps about 3 or 4 days a week. he sleep from 10 to 11 from 10:30 or 11:00am

Virginia - posted on 08/26/2010

My daughter is almost 29 months and I'm in the same boat. Nap = late bedtime, but no nap can mean cranky girl from around 5pn until bedtime at 8. I just play it by ear each day and let her have quiet time each day. If she falls asleep, fine. If not, that's fine also. I still get a break and she can follow her body's needs.

Courtney - posted on 08/24/2010

My daughter stopped taking naps when my husband and I moved in december, so she was one year and eight months old. Since then she has been sleeping from 9 to 7:30-9. I had been trying to get her to sleep more or take naps because she tends to get cranky in the afternoon. She slowly been adjusting to her pattern though, and after about two months she got over most of the crankiness. I suppose every child is different though. But i prefer her not napping because I don't have to schedual my day around it and she sleeps better at night. So just give it time and it will get better.

Donna - posted on 08/14/2010

Jonna, that was my exact schedule until two weeks ago when a switch seemed to have been flipped when he turned two. He has always woken early at birth it was 5am but it has slowly got later as he has got older. I have not changed anything in his routine he just refuses to go to sleep before 10pm if he has a daytime nap.

Jonna - posted on 08/14/2010

My kids didn't outgrow naps till after 3 years old and maybe even closer to 4 years old. And when they did outgrow them, their bedtime didn't change at all and neither did their waking in the morning. I would look into other reasons for his not sleeping well at night. I would still stick with a routine nap during the day (my 2 1/2 yr old wakes at 7:30 and naps from 11:30-2:30 and goes to bed at 7:30. Maybe try a schedule something similar to that and see if it helps. Good Luck.