{"id":1387,"date":"2015-04-02T18:02:28","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T18:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happybabysleepsolutions.com\/?p=1387"},"modified":"2015-04-02T18:02:28","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T18:02:28","slug":"dropping-daytime-nap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happybabysleepsolutions.com\/dropping-daytime-nap\/","title":{"rendered":"Dropping Daytime Nap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NO MORE NAP!?!!? I know, it\u2019s a sad day for a lot of parents \u2013 I was there too!<\/p>\n<p>Here are some indicators that your child really just does NOT\u00a0need that afternoon nap any longer.<\/p>\n<p>They rarely fall asleep at naptime<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It takes them a long time to fall asleep at nap time<\/li>\n<li>3-4 days a week, they are NOT falling asleep<\/li>\n<li>If they do nap, bedtime is difficult and much later than it used to be<\/li>\n<li>At bedtime, there is A LOT more game playing because your child is not tired<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I can remember with my own children, they would be happily singing and having a little party in their crib but this would go on for an hour or more every night.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1389 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/happybabysleepsolutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sleeping-340277_1920-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"sleeping-340277_1920\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happybabysleepsolutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sleeping-340277_1920-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/happybabysleepsolutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sleeping-340277_1920-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/happybabysleepsolutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sleeping-340277_1920-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/happybabysleepsolutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sleeping-340277_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then they would wake up tired the next morning, need their afternoon sleep, party until 9:00 PM and this whole cycle just continued. For me it made better sense to pull the daytime nap and have my children go to bed at 7:00 PM.<\/p>\n<p>For me that was the way I preferred it. I liked having my evening\u00a0free. However, I have had clients who tell me, \u201cYou know what? I don\u2019t mind if she goes to bed a little later in the evening. I really enjoy that little break in the day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s perfectly fine to keep the afternoon nap. I\u2019ve had clients who have 3 or 4 year olds are still happily taking an afternoon nap. You just need to know that bedtime\u2019s going to be a little later.<\/p>\n<p>By later I mean 8:00 PM or 8:30 PM\u00a0 &#8211; try not to go have your child go to sleep any later than that.<\/p>\n<p>If you decide that it\u2019s time to end that daytime sleep, I prefer that you do things 100% percent. It\u2019s easier on the body\u2019s biological clock if we keep things consistent rather than nap one day and not another. Inconsistency with naptime will affect bedtime too!<\/p>\n<p>Once you\u2019ve made the decision, just go for it. The nap is gone. What I suggest you do instead is something I call Quiet Time.\u00a0 This will save your sanity\u00a0during the day and your child will get some important independent playtime.\u00a0 This could include looking at books, playing cars or building Lego \u2013 whatever is enjoyable for your child and QUIET.\u00a0 Setting a timer can be helpful so your child knows when quiet time is over (30 minutes for quiet time is reasonable for a toddler).<\/p>\n<p>You should expect that for four weeks you might have some rough days where your child may be cranky, because his or her body has not adjusted fully to dropping the daytime sleep\u2013 this is normal so try to push through it. Once your child\u2019s body has adjusted to the new schedule, he or she is going to have lots of stamina to make it through the day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you decide that it\u2019s time to end that daytime sleep, I prefer that you do things 100% percent. It\u2019s easier on the body\u2019s biological clock if we keep things consistent rather than nap one day and not another. 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