[maria4040]

At what age did your little ones stop having a day sleep?

[2girls]

My daughter is 2 1/2 and she DOESN'T nap more days than she DOES.
I think that is early though....

[twinzplus3]

At least 2 years of age and in many cases past 3. I had one child that was still napping at 5.

[Alejandros Mommy]

Alejandro stopped napping at 2ish...and I know my SIL 2 1/2 year old still naps in the afternoon
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[MiaCamille]

dd who is 7 now stoped at the most 2 years old, dd who is now 2 still napes at leat 2 hours in the afternoon...i don't remember about ds though!!

[maria4040]

Thank you, your replies have helped me come to the realisation that my two and a half yr old daughter is giving hers up - boo hoo for me lol. We stopped giving her a dummy last week (as the dog ate the last one!), and I know if we gave her another dummy she would sleep, but I think that would be a step backwards. She is fighting her day sleep, we just had a big deal trying to get her to sleep now, she was screaming and crying and refused to stay, and I am getting stressed as is she, so whats the point in fighting it and having both of us miserable.

Hopefully it will make for an easier bedtime. I think the problem is more mine because its the time of the day when I can actually get things done, but maybe we could make it a quite time with a dvd with her brother and sister anyway. What do you all do after lunch in place of a nap? Thank you.

[froggles_fi]

I'm lucky my boy at nearly 3.5 still has 1.5 but most days 2hrs sleep.

[twinzplus3]

Recess. . . I don't plan on getting things done until my dh comes home. Just thought I'd share that there's a lot of research out there that supports the idea that infants (as in 0 to 36 months) have an instinctive need to suck. I'm wondering if maybe she's just not ready to give up her paci yet.

But of course if skipping her day time nap helps things go more easily during the evening at bed time then it's definitely the right time. If she needs down time after lunch though, a DVD or sitting with books is a great idea. Before I had kids that were school aged, that was the time of day we'd all lay on the big bean bag and read. If they fell asleep then yippy and if they didn't that was fine too.

[maria4040]

Thank you, she would probably love to get her dummy or her "gaa" back as she calls it, but it was getting to the point that she wouldn't give it up when she woke in the morning and we would have a big crying session just to take it off her. With it stuck in her mouth all day, shes not talking! so it was time for it to go. My other two kids stopped just over 2 yrs. Today, she stayed in her room for about 10 mins, but was happy now she is watching a dvd with the others!

It's just another stage in their development I suppose, that they can go longer with out a day sleep, but she is so tired by evening, she goes out very quickly!

[MiaCamille]

Originally Posted by twinzplus3

Recess. . . I don't plan on getting things done until my dh comes home. Just thought I'd share that there's a lot of research out there that supports the idea that infants (as in 0 to 36 months) have an instinctive need to suck. I'm wondering if maybe she's just not ready to give up her paci yet.
IBut of course if skipping her day time nap helps things go more easily during the evening at bed time then it's definitely the right time. If she needs down time after lunch though, a DVD or sitting with books is a great idea. Before I had kids that were school aged, that was the time of day we'd all lay on the big bean bag and read. If they fell asleep then yippy and if they didn't that was fine too.

I agree with Val.. but i can understand about taking the pacifier away mine is 2 now and i've been thinking about it but she really loves it to sleep and nap so i may wait a bit. The Dvd is a good idea it could give you a little quiet time also...