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[quote=Anonymous]My son will be 3 at the end of June. He still loves his nap and would sleep from 1 til after 3 if we let him.

The problem is that he will stay up til like 9 or later on those days.

So, we've started to cap his nap to one hour -- 1-2 p.m. on the dot. And...he seems exhausted. He melts down a lot, especially in the mornings (wakes up grumpy) and evenings (huge tantrums around dinner time and bedtime).

WWYD -- should I suck it up and stay the course of the one hour naps, knowing he is going through a transition that will hopefully pass? Or go back to longer naps and deal with the late nights? FWIW I don't think the latter is a great option...

This is my second child so I know this is a rough age and it will pass, but just wondering what's best protocol here.

My older son's transition to stopping the name came in the form of him not wanting to nap. Yes he was fussy at bedtime, but it wasn't this situation where he still LOVED the nap but was wired late into the night. [/quote]

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