Anyone drop to 1 nap before 15 months?

[Anonymous]

Everything I’ve read says babies aren’t ready to drop a nap before 15 months. Mine just turned 1 in late December, but I’m so tired of fighting him to sleep and then having to wake him up. He clearly wants longer naps, but if I let him sleep more than an hour in the morning he doesn’t sleep in the afternoon. Yesterday, I felt bad and let him sleep 90 mins in the morning, and he just wouldn’t fall asleep for his afternoon nap. He wasn’t upset though, he just lays awake in his crib. On Saturday and Sunday, he completely refused his morning naps, so I put him down at noon and both days he slept a blissful 2.5 hours and woke up so happy.

Is it really too early to just transition to one nap? He sleeps a straight 11-12 hours at night, about 7- 6:30/7, so I was thinking I’d put him down at 11:30 and let him sleep as long as he wants. Anyone else transition this early and not have it ruin night sleep or create a monster?

[Anonymous]

Yes, my second child at 12 months.

[Anonymous]

Mine was ready at 14 months. Your child definitely sounds ready.

[Anonymous]

DD dropped first nap more or less by 11 months, definitely by 12.

[Anonymous]

Yes, twice! I tried and tried to keep two naps, but it was just too stressful. After two weeks of making my child cry through at least one of their two naps every day, it just seemed like pointless torture.... Everything turned out fine.

[Anonymous]

Yes, our daycare made us do it even though I thought DD wasn't ready. She wasn't, but she was fine and your DC will be too.

[Anonymous]

Yes, by 13 months. Daycare encourages one long afternoon nap and DC was ready anyways.

[Anonymous]

Those rules can be useful as benchmarks but the people making the rules don't know your child, you do.

[Anonymous]

Mine was 11 months. Not ideal, but he was at daycare and staying awake fully through the second nap.

[Anonymous]

Yes, at one year. My son was a horrible napper and I simply couldn’t fight him in the AM and PM. We moved to 11am, then later. He went to bed at 6pm.

[Anonymous]

My second kid dropped hers around 13 months and it was fine. Great, even.

My third kid I pushed to drop around the same time and it did effect her night sleep, but it turns out that dropping naps always affects her night sleep (it took her a while to recover from dropping naps entirely also, and that was entirely her doing). So I don't know if it was the timing that caused the issue or just how she is.

With what you've written, OP, I'd go for it. Except I'd work to push that one nap to starting at noon. 11:30 is a little early.

[Anonymous]

Thank you!! I took him out for a long walk during his usual morning nap time and put him down at 11:45. He wiggled around for a bit and is now out. Fingers crossed!

[Anonymous]

Yes, son dropped to one nap at daycare at 13 months. He was part of a slightly older group (the next youngest baby was a lot younger) and he may have been imitating the older kids.

[Anonymous]

My kid also dropped to 1 nap at 12 months- to be specific 12 months 2 days. We switched daycares at this time and new provider had her on a 1 nap schedule.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everything I’ve read says babies aren’t ready to drop a nap before 15 months. Mine just turned 1 in late December, but I’m so tired of fighting him to sleep and then having to wake him up. He clearly wants longer naps, but if I let him sleep more than an hour in the morning he doesn’t sleep in the afternoon. Yesterday, I felt bad and let him sleep 90 mins in the morning, and he just wouldn’t fall asleep for his afternoon nap. He wasn’t upset though, he just lays awake in his crib. On Saturday and Sunday, he completely refused his morning naps, so I put him down at noon and both days he slept a blissful 2.5 hours and woke up so happy.

Is it really too early to just transition to one nap? He sleeps a straight 11-12 hours at night, about 7- 6:30/7, so I was thinking I’d put him down at 11:30 and let him sleep as long as he wants. Anyone else transition this early and not have it ruin night sleep or create a monster?

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