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mango-mummy | November 1st

18month old sleep and nap routine

I was just wondering about any good routines for 18months old... her old one was
Wake 6-7am
Breaky 730am
Snack 11am
Lunch 1230
Nap 1pm
Wake 130-2pm
Afternoon snack 230pm
Dinner 530pm
Sleep 7pm

Now she wont have her nap and if she does have a nap she wont go to bed till at least 830 pm



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mango-mummy
November 1st | mango-mummy
Re: 18month old sleep and nap routine

thanks everyone :D



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KathrynR1402
November 1st | KathrynR1402
Re: 18month old sleep and nap routine

I take it she still naps a couple of times a week? Most babies phase out naptime by dropping some but not all. My DD1 was done with naps by 17 months - if I forced one on her (eg by driving around for a while) she woke furious and was horrible for the rest of the day, before taking an extra hour to SLOWLY and painfully fall asleep at night. So I called an end to her naps, as then she was only grumpy and fell asleep nice & quickly at bedtime. MIL later told me her 3 all kicked their naps at 14 months - wish she'd told me sooner!

Anyway, the routine - I would space out the snacks more evenly, as said below, and try introducing Quiet Time (see attached Article below) at 1pm on the days your DD doesnt need a nap. Apart from that, it looks fine, if it suits you of course!



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      ajv00
November 1st | ajv00
Re: 18month old sleep and nap routine

 Good suggestions Kathryn,  spacing out the snacks is what I ment 3hrs between brekky and snack time is along time. Then about 1 hr unti lunch,  Anyway what ever works, works everyone is different.



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ajv00
November 1st | ajv00
Re: 18month old sleep and nap routine

 Seems ok to me, what we did with our son at that age is  snack at about 9.30 or 10am then lunch about 11.45am to 12pm then nap time about 12.30pm for 2hrs  snack at about 3pm then dinner at 5.45 and bed at about 7.30-8pm  You can shorten the nap if you like to 1.5hrs and try and put him to bed a bit earlier.   We usually go and wake our son after 2hrs (he is now 2 and a bit)

I think at this age your daughter still needs to have some sort of nap during the day.  even if it is just quiet time in her cot.  Keep her active so she is really tired when it is nap/bed time.

Good luck



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diesel05
November 1st | diesel05
Re: 18month old sleep and nap routine

Seems like a good routine to me.  If you don't want her to have a nap beacuse you like her in bed early then maybe just change the nap slot to some quiet time.  Maybe watching a movie (though 18 olds arn;t the best fro this)  Sitting reading with you.  Or just quiet time in her room.

Good luck



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