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Re: Does this sometimes happen?

taniagirly — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 03:45:59 -0700

It depends how much sleep she has in the morning and lunchtime nap whether she will need a nap in the arvo. Mine is same age and he has 30 mins morning nap, 2 1/4 hours lunchtime and if he is tired I put him down for 5 - 10 mins. At around 4.45pm. This way he still goes to bed a 7pm. If she doesn't get enough sleep in the morning or lunchtime nap then she will need an afternoon nap but at her age she could go without. If mine wakes up early from his lunchtime nap it is either because my 3 year old is being noisy or because he slept too long in the morning. I notice that if he sleeps for 45 mins in the morning he always wakes up after 1 & 1/2 hours from the lunch time sleep. He then makes up for it by sleeping for 30 mins at 4.30pm. Hope this helps x Tania

Re: Does this sometimes happen?

Arna — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:23:31 -0700

Our 18 month old sometimes has a nap and sometimes not. We just tend to go with it and let her make the decision. If she goes to sleep in the arvo, we make sure she doesn't sleep to long. We need our sleep too! Just go with it and look for the tired signs. When they are there, try laying bub down. if they don't go to sleep, hey, it was worth a try.

Re: Does this sometimes happen?

merlin0903 — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:31:55 -0700

with charlie when this happened i just followed him on what he wanted to do, and now what i have done so that there is a routine i have pushed what was his morning nap to anywhere between 11:30am and 12:30pm and he will sleep for either an hour or 3, but the best thing that you can do is just follow her lead, good luck

hugs and kisses

Re: Does this sometimes happen?

FremantleDocker — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:45:41 -0700

Just do what you think is best.

Re: Does this sometimes happen?

SamanthaKing — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:09:02 -0700

I think kids sleep when they are tired, I always let my boys sleep when they wanted too, but never later than about 5ish (it was too hard to get them back to sleep). So I don't think you are doing anything wrong, I think your daughter will let you know when she wants to sleep.