When did your child(ren) stop

[EmilytheStrange]

DD is 29months and still naps daily.

She has gone through spurts where she has tried to resist and my criteria for making her continue is that she's a bear by bedtime. If you are a mess at bedtime, you take a nap.

but.. I did have to move her nap later because it was obvious that she wasn't ready for a nap at the 'usual time'. And that meant I had to be good about going and waking her up so that she didn't sleep too late to go to bed like normal.

ETA: she goes to bed at 8-830 and sleeps until just after 7. Her nap is about 2 hours.

[Rhianna'sMommy]

Both girls gave up naps shortly before 3. Ds just now is giving up naps at 3 1/2. I can't remember the details well for the girls. For ds he currently goes to bed an hour early (7:00). Her still gets up at 6:30. If he takes a nap he fights sleep until 10:00 and still is up at 6:30 so he gets more sleep with no nap. We veg on the couch and watch a movie or read books for an hour ish in the afternoon to relax a bit to make up for no naps which helps a ton.

[somo_chickenlady]

Sometime between 2 and 3. His daycare teachers hated him (seriously...) b/c he refused to sleep during mandatory nap time. His bedtime at that age was 8pm, and we didn't really have to adjust for anything b/c his naps grafually reduced in time until they stopped, so he did all the work.

[ktmelody]

I hate naps.


We try to discourage them around 12 months. By 15 months they dont nap daily but maybe one day a week.

Makes for awesome nighttime sleeping and less waking to nurse (for us).

My littles go to bed by 8:00 and sleep until 9-9:30 am. . Baby still wakes 1 time to nurse.

[sisu]

DS will be 3 this month and still naps daily for 2-3 hours. He sleeps 10-8 at night. A few months ago he was skipping nap time 2-3 days per week, but he's a much happier kid when he naps.

[AngelTV83]

Dd stopped napping at 1

[l_Kimmie_l]

DS1 I cannot remember as he is almost 16. DS2 never napped. DS3 napped on me till he was 2 a couple times per day. DS4 sleeps on me 2 times per day. None of my kids ever napped off me.

[Janine]

Both kiddos dropped their naps by the time they turned 2. Wake up was (and is) anywhere between 6:30-7:30 and bedtime is 8:30.

[ajane]

All of ours were 5. DS is only 3 1/2 so he is still napping. Sleep is one of the most important good habits to instill. Once one gets sleep deprived it is a vicious cycle.

They have always gone to bed around 8:30 and slept until 8:30, during and after naps.

[ajane]

Originally Posted by AngelTV83 Dd stopped napping at 1

Holy cow! Ours were still talking 2 2 hour naps at a year!