Daytime Sleeps

Mel - posted on 01/21/2010 ( 1 mom has responded )

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My son usually naps at about 8 & then again at about 2. Each nap is about 2 hours. Although the last week or so he has changed a bit. He is going down about 9 and sleeping for 2-3 hours and then not really wanting to sleep again in the arvo, even though i'm trying to get him to have a nap. I do live in Queensland (Australia) and some days are really hot, so i thought this could be effecting him aswell. I'm happy to drop the afternoon sleep except he gets tired and grissly around 5. We usually give him dinner at about 5 and bath after dinner which sometimes calms him down. He is in bed again by 7and sleeps through til about 5am. He's always been an early to bed baby. I'm now tossing up do i wake him from his morning nap after 1.5 hours (or there abouts) or do i just deal with the grissling in the afternoon.

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Stephanie - posted on 01/21/2010

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your baby really should have 2 naps a day until about 14-18 months old, when they will transistion to 1 nap. how you go about getting him to comply is a different story. usually they should be ready after being awake for 3 hours or so. i wouldn't wake him from his morning nap tho. maybe try to get him to go down closer to 8 again.