in May 2023 Babies 🇬🇧

Fake nap drop or real?

My 22 month old is fighting and fighting his lunchtime nap. It started with grandparents (he’s with them 3 days a week) but they were usually able to get him to go off in the pram at least for half an hour but now he’s started refusing to nap for myself and my husband. I feel like it’s taking so long to get him down it’s soemtimes so late in the afternoon I don’t know if it’s worth it as bedtime then gets so late. His night sleep has definatlry gone downhill too. It’s not awful but we’ve gone from sleeping through to at least 1 or 2 wakes. I’m not sure if I should take it as a sign he’s ready to drop completely or if this is just a blip. A friend of mine mentioned hers didn’t have a lunch nap for about a month then suddenly started again. I’m just worried he’s too young to drop completely. If we’re out in the car or walking at the right time, he will usually go off but it’s rare he’ll sleep longer than 30 mins. Should I just commit to no nap and see what happens? I know on the days he’s not had one with grandparents we’ve usually just done a much earlier bedtime, but even that’s become a battle and often ends up being later anyway. Not sure what is the best thing to do. Anyone in similar positions? X

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It’s probably a sleep regression, but don’t burn yourself out. Offer it and if they don’t do it go about your day. My daughter dropped her nap when she turned 2 and I could only occasionally get her to nap in the car.

Take it day by day if I were you. I got so sick of ‘trying to get him to nap’ I put a timer on. If he wasn’t asleep within 20 mins of me trying to put him down I would cancel that nap Some days it’s super easy to mine down/ he just goes off to sleep and others it’s a challenge and like you say it gets too late. Sounds like it could be development Leap as well if bedtime impacted x

My 22m old can go for 3-4 days in a row with no naps (he just wouldn’t fall asleep however hard I try), and the next week he naps like a champ for 2.5h each day. I just take it day by day, set a timer and if he’s not asleep within 40 minutes of trying I call it a no nap day :)

Yeah our LO didn't go for a nap for four days and now has had a short nap the past two days. I also offer the nap and if she isn't asleep after twenty minutes, I also call it and we do quiet time another 20 mins or so with books. Without quiet time, bedtime would be a shit show 😂

I would only try for a short time, and if he isn't down for a nap within 20 mins or so then I would just leave it. It's probably just a phase but I do know another mum with child the same age who has dropped their nap but he sleeps through the night so I think that keeps him going x

In the same boat my lo skipped hers today. This is the second time

Currently going through this and i finally worked it out. So mine fights their nap, but I literally take her in the car and she has no choice. I found when she naps for a hour or a hour and a half. She will go to bed easy and only have the bare 1 wake up. (This is normal for us). However if she doesn't nap at all in the day shes up all night! As shes overtired I believe your bub isnt ready yet and is trying to also cut it.

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