Is There a Way to Rearrange a Nap Schedule?

I am so glad to hear that someone else has a child that does that. My child is now 4 but she did the same nap schedule until she was almost 2 so it might change for you. Same exact schedule to the tea almost. My mom was always telling me there is no way she needs a nap 1 1/2 hours after she just slept the whole night but then she would always surprise her and take sometimes over 2 hour nap and be fine the whold day. I enjoyed it because I would rather have me clean up time or just me time in the morning and have the rest of the day to do whatever. I hate currently that I have to stop whatever it is we are doing to go take a nap. I since now have 2 other children. So I would say enjoy it until it lasts. One day she doesn't didn't want to take a nap in the am and I only went one day without a nap and then we started taking afternoon naps and doing well with them. Good Luck!!

Hi!
I am with you on the sleep training and "cry it out", and I also have a wonderful, happy sleeper! Yeah us!!

I would try to move the morning nap back an hour each day and see if that helps. I think it is worth a shot to try and see how long he can go in the morning without a nap. I do home daycare and now have both boys(15 months old) on 11:15 lunch and 12:00 nap and they will sleep 2-3 hours for the nap. This has been the schedule since I moved from 1 nap to 2. My son is really not crabby in the evening and goes to bed at 8 and sleeps til 7:30 when the other kids get here(he will sleep longer on weekends). I have found the key is to stick with a switch in schedule for at least a week to see if he'll adjust--and he always does:)
Good Luck!
L.

I agree with Linda's suggestion. I did pretty much the same thing except stretched my son out like 30 min each day until we found the right afternoon nap time. And during the transition period, he had to go to bed earlier until his afternoon naps were sufficient enough.

Both my daughters were morning nappers...a pain b/c most activities are in the morning. Eventually, due to them being kept up to attend certain activities they did switch to afternoon naps. I would say between 18mo and 2 yr old.
Good luck

Hi E.,
My 15 mo son is on the EXACT schedule!! He, too, naps in the morning and not again until bed! It definitely is not the norm-Would love to hear about any interesting feedback you get!
Thanks!
B.
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E.,
My 18 month old daughter has the exact same schedule- bed at 7 or 7:30, sleep 12 hours, naps 2 hours or so after getting up. If she is doing something fun, like playing with her friends, she will stay up, but in getneral, it is naptime. If your son has a natural schedule, is there anyway to stay a little bit close to it? Maybe as was suggested, just move his naptime back a small amount each day until you are bth happy with the time. The later mine goes for her nap, usually the longer she sleeps- bonus! Good luck, and I look forward to hearing what worked for you.
E.