DS (2.75 yo) dropping nap only on weekends

[Anonymous]

Just had a new baby, and my older son started dropping his naps but only on the weekends. Any tips on how to get him to start napping again?

[Anonymous]

That ship has probably sailed. My kids both stopped napping at 2.5. The good news is they reliably slept for 11 hours at night! The best you can do is probably an hour of afternoon quiet time.

[Anonymous]

What’s diffeeent during the weekend? Is he less tired? Try to put him down a little later? My older kids slept until 5 and 3.5. My son is 2.5 and still napping 2 hours every day… I hope it lasts!

[Anonymous]

Mine dropped the nap at 2.75. Weekends were first.

[Anonymous]

Mine is 3 and dropped the nap at home first (around 2.75) but continued napping at daycare.

[Anonymous]

DS dropped the nap at 2.5 but it started during the week with his nanny and then on the weekends.

[Anonymous]

You are done. Sorry. It’s the way it is. He doesn’t want to miss our ok yo time when you’re with the baby. Both of my kids were done with naps by 3. Literally a switch flipped. One day 3 hour naps, next day, zero. Done.

[Anonymous]

You can try quiet time or try to continue to force it... but I found it completely not worth it. My kid is difficult to get to sleep, and when she naps, bedtime is later and harder. She naps at school, not at home. The differences are 1) more stimulation at school, probably and 2) peer pressure at daycare. Don't underestimate the peer pressure aspect, which you can't really enforce at home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You are done. Sorry. It’s the way it is. He doesn’t want to miss our ok yo time when you’re with the baby. Both of my kids were done with naps by 3. Literally a switch flipped. One day 3 hour naps, next day, zero. Done.

This was my experience just shy of 3. One day 2 hour nap, next day nothing. A switch flipped. Now 5 years old. We still have a neighbor family who’s almost 5 that naps 90 mins still.

[Anonymous]

Let him watch a Disney movie or something in the afternoon so you get some down time. And enjoy the early bedtime that non nappers bring.

[Anonymous]

thanks all -- follow up question for those of you who do quiet time: how long do have the kid do it for?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:thanks all -- follow up question for those of you who do quiet time: how long do have the kid do it for?

I started at 30 mins snd built up to 60. I played music in her room that had a timer set. When it went off she could come out. Unless your kid really enjoys alone time I think longer than an hour isn’t fair.