Did toddler bed = loss of afternoon nap for you?

[~CrazyMumOf3~]

Only thing we found when putting #2 into a toddler bed was the door needed to be closed during the day but open at night. Length of daytime sleep didnt change either until nap was dropped completely around 3rd bday

[Erin_25]

thanks for the replies, Charlie is just 2 so I would like him to keep nap a bit longer....though he doesn't suffer too much without it...just me LOL.

He's now sound asleep in his cot, so he was tired. Think we need to take the cot out & go from there. I'm getting a little annoyed packing his clothes back into the draw each arvo! Oh well.

[Bathsheba]

Never had any issues with my three... when we introduced a bed it was a full sized single bed so during the day naps i would start by reading a book then we would both lie down and if I closed my eyes and pretended to be asleep most times he would follow.... but be really asleep. I actually found it harder when he used a cot. There seems to be so many half sized "toddler beds' around on the market these days but I never really understood why (except maybe if you had space issues) you would use one in preference to a full single bed. I love the option of hopping in next to my toddlers in their bed.... they settle so quickly that way.

ETA: my youngest has just turned 3 and I still hop in his bed at night to settle him.

[skybie]

we got DD the toddy bed because we bought her a single full sized bed and she flat out refused to get into it, i think it was just too high for her

[Bathsheba]

Ah ok... our youngest has also co-slept with us in our very high queen bed from when he was a newborn so I guess he was used to the height from the start. These days he starts off in his bed at about 7pm and then walks down the hall into our bed at about 3 - 4am which is fine with us... although he doesn't do it every night.

[Willow]

We went straight to a full sized single bed too, DD was about 2.5 when we moved her.

[Erin_25]

just to clarify it is a King Single....so it's a big bed. We have one of those rails from Target, but he can still climb in & out. He hasn't gotten out once at night time yet or in the morn. But in the afternoon he slowly destroys the room LOL!! he was starting to take longer to sleep in the arvo when in his cot so perhaps he is ready to drop the nap.....with DH away for work ALL of the time I like an hour to myself in the arvo's.

I could lie with him easily, have done that at night to encourage him to lie down.....would prob end up asleep there myself!

[lilima]

It was never an issue for me, but have you thought that yo could put him in a portacot during the day?
THat way the space issue is resolved, and you can take it down when not in use.
Good luck

[~Saram~]

I actually read the title wrong and thought it said toddler bed = LOTS of afternoon naps for you - to which my answer was going to be yes as I lie down with DD and we both have a little sleep - hope you find a solution that works for you (unless you want to take up my nap idea - it realy is great for you and DS )

[Rouge]

We had issues, but we waited them out. When its naptime its naptime. DS is now in a big bed and still has a nap 3 out of 5 days.