Nap for 3.5 year old

[Anonymous]

My 3.5 year old will still happily nap for 2 hours in the afternoon. But, we are trying to figure out his nap sweet spot so he will still go to bed easily at night - he just started sharing a room with his older brother who needs a 7:30 bedtime. If your 3.5 year old still naps, what is their schedule?

[Anonymous]

Ours is the same and still goes down around 7:30-8. However! We set up his room to be totally safe for him to wonder around for as long as he wants so I know he is up for a while having downtime. I don’t know what time he falls asleep. Probably closer to 8:30 or maybe even 9? When we have him skip his nap he’s totally asleep by 7:45.

[Anonymous]

No nap. Do you want your kid to sleep 14 hours a day? Comdd Cone on.

[Anonymous]

That's tough. Mine is 4.5 but can nap for 2 hrs if I let her. We get her up by 4 at the latest so she can still have an 8pm bedtime (finish last books around 8:20).

[Anonymous]

Bedtime at 7, asleep by 7:30. Nap needs to be done by 4 at the latest, preferably closer to 3.

[Anonymous]

We pulled DD out of daycare because of the nap just after 3.5. She wasn’t falling asleep until 10pm some nights. It was a vicious cycle. For me if they can still be in bed and falling asleep by 830 I would keep the nap. Once bedtime/falling asleep time gets closer to 9 I would drop the nap.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bedtime at 7, asleep by 7:30. Nap needs to be done by 4 at the latest, preferably closer to 3.

Your 3.5yo can sleep until 4 and still be asleep again at 730?

[Anonymous]

We had to drop the nap at three for both of our boys because of their inability to fall asleep early enough at night. The morning crankiness after a short night sleep was killing us. Once they adjusted to the no nap, everything was better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No nap. Do you want your kid to sleep 14 hours a day? Comdd Cone on.

Wait... is this serious? Yes. I want all my kids to sleep 14 hours a day!!!

My 3.5 year old takes a 1.5 hour nap, falls asleep by 9 usually (8:30 bedtime), awake at 7am. Works for us.

[Anonymous]

What time is he going to bed now?

Will it cause problem if he goes to bed at 8 and his older brother goes to bed at 7:30?

Will he disturn older brother if you put them both in bed at 7:30 and he's still awake for another 30-60 minutes?

You can try to shorten nap, but this doesn't always buy you an easier bedtime or more sleep.

[Anonymous]

When my 3 yo DS naps, we let him sleep for no more than 30 minutes. I need to work in the evenings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bedtime at 7, asleep by 7:30. Nap needs to be done by 4 at the latest, preferably closer to 3.

Your 3.5yo can sleep until 4 and still be asleep again at 730?

This was my thought too. I envy this person if it is in fact true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bedtime at 7, asleep by 7:30. Nap needs to be done by 4 at the latest, preferably closer to 3.

Your 3.5yo can sleep until 4 and still be asleep again at 730?

Mine will be 4 in October and can nap until 6 and be in bed by 7:45/8.

[Anonymous]

This really depends on how much sleep your 3.5 year old needs. My older child took a nap right up until she started Kindergarten (and on weekends for the first half of K) and still went to bed between 7:30 and 8:00 every night. My younger child went to sleep between 9:00 and 10:00 if she took a nap starting right around 3.5 years old (but was a cranky mess if she didn't take the nap). It's a trade off - if your evenings are going to be chill, maybe just start skipping the nap.

[Anonymous]

My 3.5 year old hasn’t napped in a year and still doesn’t go down till 830. You are all so lucky!!