Can we talk naps?

[jedi]

How long is your A15 taking naps? I have tried almost everything to get Ethan to go to bed around 7:30pm but nothing works. He still needs a nap, asks for one in fact. But here I sit, 9:40pm and he's still awake. And he's keeping his brother awake. I'm wondering if his naps need to be less but damn I'm not ready for that.

He's not fussy or sad or mad. He's being a little asshole and making noise trying to piss his brother off.

He sleeps on average I'd say 11 hrs at night and naps for 2-3 hrs.

[avocadotoast]

B naps around 1:30 or 2:00 for an hour and a half or two hours (sometimes more if he's at home). Bedtime is 7:30, but he usually doesn't fall asleep til 8:30 or 9:00. He wakes up about 7:00 or 7:30 in the morning.

I honestly don't care that he doesn't fall asleep right away at night. He's happy, he kicks around, asks for water, and about half an hour after I put him down we have "chair time" which is my favourite part of the day. We sit in the dark and sing songs and talk about what he did that day and go tover body parts... he's really cuddly (because he doesn't want to go back in his crib, I'm sure). I guess it might be different if he shared a room or kept a sibling up.

[armpants]

M takes a nap at 12. It's generally between 1-2 hours. He'll normally stay in his crib to 2, even if he wakes up earlier. He goes to bed at 7, but he's getting up in the morning at 6:15 so he needs that early bedtime.

[Betweenthelines]

Sounds to me like he needs an earlier/shorter nap.

Ds naps from 12pm - 3/4pm. I never let him sleep longer than 4pm because he goes to bed at 730 and is usually asleep by 8pm

[mommabakes]

DS has been refusing his naps for the past couple of weeks. He also fights bedtime and wakes up at 5, so...

I'm still trying to get him to nap for an hour, but it's just not happening. I am very much not ready for him to be done with them.

[redandblue]

M naps at around 12/12:30 everyday for approximately 2 hours (sometimes more at home or a little less at dc). Bedtime is 7, and he is usually asleep within 15 minutes. Up anywhere between 6-8 (normally 6 am, but last week was 7 and since Saturday has been 8).

jedi I agree with Betweenthelines that perhaps you want to try an earlier nap and keep it shorter. I would also recommend waking him up earlier in the morning and trying to put him to bed earlier so that his brother can go to sleep after him. Just a suggestion. You can also try doing this slowly (like adjusting the time by 5-10 minutes each day until you get to the time/routine that works for you). But then there are also some kids that's just don't need as much sleep, or broken up into naps etc. Sorry, it sounds frustrating.

[jess213]

DD1 has 1 nap around noon that lasts for 1-2 hrs. She's down for the night around 7:30-8. I'd echo Betweenthelines and redandblue, I'm sorry this is frustrating! Hugs girl

[RunsforWineandCarbs]

C goes down between 11:30 / Noon for his nap and sleeps until 2 pm. Then goes to bed at 7:30.

[jedi]

Thanks guys. Naps are usually starting at 12:45. Now that s1 starts school (tomorrow) I might be able to push that back. It will also be easier to get him up earlier. I'm also hoping that school will wipe Isaac out so much that Ethan being loud and noisy won't matter.

[jedi]

And only let him nap 2 hours too

[Pizzaslut]

I have no advice. J goes down between 8:15-8:30. I have to sit in the room or at least stay close or he won't fall asleep. His ass is still up between 5:15 and 5:45. I try to leave him in there until 6:15 but sometimes I cave. He naps about 1.5 hours. He was taking longer and longer naps because he wasn't sleeping well at all there for a while, so I asked that they wake him up after 1.5 hours.

[jedi]

Well tonight H put him down around 7:10, still awake when s1 went to bed at 8:30. But asleep shortly after that.

[jedi]

I got him up at 7 and only let him nap 1.5 hrs

[librarylady]

A naps at 1. She sometimes has "crap naps" where she wakes up at 2:30 but usually she naps at least two hours. It's not uncommon to have to wake her up at 4 so that she doesn't nap too long. She goes to bed between 7:30-8:00, depending on how she napped that day. She wakes up between 6-7. Although today she was up crying for daddy a little before five. Not normal at all for her, so I'm afraid we are about to hit some sleep problems. We have been in sleep heaven for a few months now, so I guess we are due. MH was able to lay on the floor by her crib though and she went back to sleep for another two hours.

[jedi]

Sept 6, 2017 12:45:00 GMT -6 librarylady said:

A naps at 1. She sometimes has "crap naps" where she wakes up at 2:30 but usually she naps at least two hours. It's not uncommon to have to wake her up at 4 so that she doesn't nap too long. She goes to bed between 7:30-8:00, depending on how she napped that day. She wakes up between 6-7. Although today she was up crying for daddy a little before five. Not normal at all for her, so I'm afraid we are about to hit some sleep problems. We have been in sleep heaven for a few months now, so I guess we are due. MH was able to lay on the floor by her crib though and she went back to sleep for another two hours.

They are twins except that Ethan does not fall asleep when we put him down at night. Last night was better. He fell asleep around 830-9

[librarylady]

Haha amichelle723. I hope DD3 cools it with the crap nap. Baby crap naps are even worse because they are sooo short!