3 years 5 months Girl Nap

It’s that difficult stage where she’s in between and hits a wall around 3pm and if you give her the wrong colour cup, she could have a meltdown 🙈😆 If you think she really needs one still then wake her up early and maybe go for a drive after lunch so she has a short car nap. When my daughter was between naps, she had them some days and not others. She stopped napping completely around November and started again 2 weeks ago but only at childcare 🙈

@Edel soooo difficult , I was trying to get her out of the house an hour again and she was crying over everything . Laid down For a little and now trying to figure out what to do the rest of the day bc she is definitely going to be a mess . Car naps rarely happen too ! It’s a miracle if they do

My son needs naps but won't take one until he's ready to pass out on the floor around 5, so I take him on a walk in the stroller and it knocks him out. On days we go out sometimes I'll drive around a little extra so he naps then too.

@Jacqueline oh no, my little one always napped in the car if I had to squeeze one in! 🙈 what time does she wake in the morning and bedtime? It’s a hard phase and she’ll be overtired and then wake at night too 🙈 just thinking of what I did…. On days she didn’t nap, we used to have rest time when she started getting tired around 2/3pm and we would sit and watch tv with a snack, then go out for some fresh air to the park, home for dinner and play and an early bedtime. Usually she went maybe 2 days without a nap and on day 3, it caught up and she napped. It meant her routine was all over the place and bedtime was different times but I didn’t mind once she wasn’t a nightmare with loads of meltdowns 😅🙈

@Edel yes that’s exactly it she gets overtired and wakes up or extremely restless all night . We do bedtime 6-6:30 usually Sleep by 6:15 . But she has had a hard time falling asleep bc she is so stuffed up too . She sometimes will actually nap when I try but most of the time she just fights it . Outside has been a struggle with how cold it is . During the week she does rest at school from 1-3 . She is usually 6pm-6am sometimes 5:30 am . Her routine is all over the place lately as well . I just never know what to do bc I know she needs it but once it gets to 2:00 I don’t want a late nap either !

Try doing a nap every second or third day! That might cut down on the fighting

@Jadie I’ll try again tomorrow she was sick so she napped on Wednesday at home but Thursday I kept her home another day no nap and no nap yesterday at school tried today no nap So I’ll try again tomorrow . She is so restless most nights bc of being overtired but she still won’t nap !