2yr + 3mth cutting out day sleep, is this early?

[Emma1979]

my almost 18 month old sleeps for around 1.5 hours a day..... however she has been waking at night around 1-3am and is very restless and awake for quite a while... yesterday by chance she didn't have a nap, she didn't seem to need it and guess what, she slept all night.....

i think 18 months seems too early, but at the end of the day if it makes her sleep all night then i'm all for it.... of course could be a fluke, who knows... will have to wait and see...

i know people who had to wean their kids off having a daytime nap before they started school, as in 4-5 years old!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! to me that just seems ridiculous!!??

[sneakysparkle]

My sisters 3 kids all stopped daytime naps at 18mths old, but they always slept really well at night, so I guess its different for them all!

Wow, cant imagine having a 4-5yr old who naps!

[fionas]

My DP still has a day sleep when he can and he's 45!

[Meluchja]

He he he Fiona, wouldn't we all love that!!!

[Kitt3n]

apparently when I was a baby I dropped all day sleeps at 8 weeks! My poor mum

[Smoke Jaguar]

DS dropped his day sleep at about 21 months. Not sure if it had anything to do with starting childcare twice a week and deciding he could be busy instead! He still has one if he's had a very busy morning, but mainly not.

[SamiH]

My DS tried to drop his sleep when his sister came along (2yrs 2months) - but I worked out he still needed it and as long as I had given him lunch and he was comfy - he would still drop off just watching wiggles or something which saved me a fight with a newborn! He day slept until around 3yo.

However my DD has always been too busy and dropped her day sleep around 19 months too ....

I would suggest taking each day as it comes and if they look tired, give it a go, but don't worry if it is not every day.

[Curly]

i know people who had to wean their kids off having a daytime nap before they started school, as in 4-5 years old!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! to me that just seems ridiculous!!??

This was my brother!

[paradise lost]

Originally Posted by Emma1979
i know people who had to wean their kids off having a daytime nap before they started school, as in 4-5 years old!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! to me that just seems ridiculous!!??

Actually in most of mainland Europe school runs 7.30am-1.30pm and EVERYONE goes home for a nap in the middle of the day! It's not at all the international norm for people to be awake all day, people in many many societies go on having a mid-day siesta all their lives! To them it is incredibly odd to try to prevent a small small child sleeping in the middle of the day.

Bx

[DiannaQ]

DS has decided recently that he will only have a nap once every 3 days - so atm we get a day sleep on average 2 times a week - much to my dismay - i was kind of relying on his day sleep for me to have a nanna nap - we still try every day but he knows me too well