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[mayerling]

At what age did your baby drop from 3 to 2 naps and from 2 to 1 nap?

 

[Skippy123]

at about a year they dropped to 2 naps and at 1 year and 6 months they dropped to 1 nap. I bet no naps will pop up soon, maybe 2 1/2? We are 3 months of away from 2 years old.

 

[monarch64]

A still does 3 at 8 months old. One from 10 a.m. to noon, one from 4 to 5 p.m., and one short one between 7-8 p.m. (Last one is about 15 minutes long.)

 

[Puppmom]

I don't remember when we went from 3 to 2 but we went from 2 to 1 at 15 months old. Now, at 2.5, DS still takes 1 nap of about 2.5 to 3 hours.

What has changed over time is the start time of the nap. At first it was 11, then 12 and now it's about 12:45.

 

[geri]

DD went from 4 naps to 2 naps at about 9 months (the 4 isn't a typo, she was a shocking catnapper and never slept more than 40 mins for a day nap till then when we finally managed to get some longer stretches) and then she dropped to 1 sleep at about 13 months. At almost 2 she has an hour and a half to 2 hours most days.

 

[FrekeChild]

I don't remember when she went from 3-2 naps, but she went from 2-1 naps at just around a year. She now sleeps once a day (roughly noon) for anywhere from 1.5 to 3 hours, depending on if she's sick, teething or woke up in the middle of the night. Oh, and it also depends on when she wakes up, usually between 8-9am. Bedtime routine starts at 8, usually asleep by 8:30-8:45.

 

[Shoopy]

3 to 2 naps at 6 months
2 to 1 nap at 11 months
Dropped naps at 2

She's 3.5 now. She naps at school for about an hour. Does not nap on the weekends. Sleeps 12 hours at night.

 

[pancake]

3 to 2 at around 8-9 months.

Still has a 1 1/2 hour morning nap at the moment so I think dropping to 1 nap is a long way off yet.

 

[NewEnglandLady]

3 naps to 2 started around 6 months, but the transition took about 2 months.

2 naps to 1 transition is starting now (at 11 months). Sort of. She still takes two solid naps while at home, but tends to only take 1 nap at daycare. I still ask for her to be put down for 2 naps at daycare because I think she's too young to go to 1.

 

[Circe]

I do not for the life of me remember my kiddo ever taking more than 2 naps a day, but from 11 months onwards, he's been wiggling away from 1 of them. These days - as mentioned above - depending on teething, etc., we're usually talking a 2 hour ish nap around noon, ranging to two hour+ naps, one at 11:30 and one at 4:30 if he's feeling cooperative. It's actually the uncertainty that bugs - v. hard to plan around! Currently 14 months old.

 

[lliang_chi]

I think about 5 months he went from 3 naps to 2. He used to nap in the AM around 9AM, then again around midday, then again around 6PM.

Now he naps late morning, around 10AM and around 2:30 or 3PM on the weekends. At day care he most times skips the afternoon nap.

Daycare thinks he's moving to the 1 nap, but I really don't think so. He's EXHAUSTED if he doesn't take that second nap. He's 11+ months.