I'm just looking for advice on transitioning from two naps down to one. What's a good age to do this? More importantly, what's a good way to do this? My boys are still doing well with two naps at 14 months old, but I know we'll have to transition soon and any advice will help.
Well, my boys have been on a schedule pretty much since they were born. They were premature, so we had a feeding schedule, and later, for my sanity, we added a napping schedule. Lately, though, they've been skipping the afternoon nap every few days, so I think it's time to start moving morning nap up. Thanks, everyone, for your advice. As a first time mom, it's good to know that there's other moms out there to help me figure out how to handle my crazy little boys. :)
You didn't say why they need to transition from two naps to one? Most babies do this on their own when they are ready and no longer need a second nap.
I don't think it's a thing you DO. They will let you know when they don't want to.
Why do you have to transition. The more sleep they get, the better they are. Is it a school issue? I would love for my son to take just some nap a day, any nap..right now he does not like to nap
I'm curious why you feel that you must "transition" two naps down to one? A child needs to sleep and honestly, if two naps gives you much needed quiet time, why change this? Unless they are napping too late in the afternoon and it's affecting their bedtime, then I would advise to limit their late nap to not go past 3 P.M. I've never heard of a "transition" and you are VERY lucky you get two naps a day because my son rarely naps at all. I NEED a break, even so I can nap myself and it rarely happens. I say don't ruin a good thing for yourself. Children will outgrow their need to nap (or not) as they get older.
I am a mother of 2. I need transitioned them. I let them do it when they were ready. Children need that time of rest for growing. There is no reasong for them to be cut back to just one nap. They are to young. I would let them do it on there own.
Hi, R.. Well, there may not be any transitioning needed at all. The boys will simply not be able to take two naps a day when they are physically ready to reduce to 1 nap per day. It's too soon, usually, for them to get to that stage, but it's good that you're aware of the inevitability of the one-nap-age. You can get your mind and heart ready for it, and plan to keep them active during the time that they used to nap.
Even after they begin skipping one of those naps, they may go back to needing 2 naps once in a while. When they've had a particularly active or stressful day, they might need a little snooze in between to recharge once in a while.
My son never did well on any kind of a nap schedule. He quit napping quite early in life and just stayed awake all day, but then he would sleep all night most of the time after he was about 2 or 3. Naturally, this didn't happen all the time. He was a very unusual baby in this area.
Kids are all different, and your twins may develop sleep needs which are different from one another, particularly if their personalities are very different. The active one may need more naps than the one who is quieter, or it may be the other way around. Just keep an eye on them and be sensitive to how they grow and change. They'll tell you in their own ways what they need.
Sweet dreams to all, naps & night!
Peace,
Syl
when it comes to sleep i always just followed what my little ones were doing on there own. they will transition on their own.
I transitioned my son to one nap at about 14 months. He was already doing it at daycare, but I still had him doing 2 naps at home on the weekends, so that did help w/the transition. One Saturday, I just kept him up past his usual morning nap, and put him down at 11, the way daycare does. He was fine. No issues whatsoever, and we've done that ever since. GL!
R.,
Your boys will let you know when they are only needing one nap. I have a 19 month old & it happened for us right around the age of your boys. So it should be soon. If they are doing well with 2 naps, then they must need the sleep.
H.
Hi there. I have 23 month old twin boys. My boys took 2 naps until a couple of months ago, which is rare they say! I would have them take 2 naps a day until they no longer will. You will notice they just won't sleep. When this happened I changed their nap time to later in the morning. They will nap longer then b/c it's only one nap. (of course having twins in the same room- one will wake the other one up!!) Good Luck!! :0)
You really don't have to transition them to one nap until they are ready for it - if they are sleeping well during both naps let them keep at it as long as possible...when they start fighting it, usually the 2nd nap - at least that was my experience with my girls - is when you will start changing over to just one nap - again my experience was they seemed to take a longer late morning naps and the late afternoon/evening nap got shorter and shorter until it just wasn't necessary anymore.
