Discussion Board: Toddlers and Pre-schoolers

ur daughter will be 2 in nov, the last few days shes waing at 7ish, back to bed 1-1:30 norm sleeps two sometimes 3 hrs if im lucky ut past few days has only been 1hr, back to bed at around 7:45pm just wondering what ther kiddies around her age are doing nd if hey are still sleeping during day, i hope she holds onto her sleep for a lot longer haha i can only imagine how ill get things donw when she drops it hahaha who am i joking..ill love that extra time with her x

You are lucky that she still has a daytime nap!!

Both my boys were well and truely out of that by 2 years old! I used to wish they would still sleep, but the extra time with them was wonderful!

Most kids around that age still have daytime naps, I was just unlucky I think !!

Its been weird lately with our 4yo unwell. He's having a monster afternoon nap almost daily, the house is so quiet! But he usually wake at about 6am at the moment, coughing and cold, and both boys are in bed by 7:30pm, maybe 8pm if they are lucky, and they are both usually asleep within about 15 to 20 mins after the big light goes off. There is a night light in teh hall just outside their bedroom door. They both don't like the dark, or what might be hiding in it, ir what cats climbed on their bed.. etc etc!!!

i turn it off norm round 10 when i go to bed, every now wna dthen when she decides she doesnt really wont a day sleep my mother in law and gran in law are very quick to jump and tell me all about how shes dropped her sleep for good and blah blah, as if i dont know one day she will haha if you cant tell i have lovely inlaws hehe nah they are fab, just a bit over bearing at times! anywhoooo hopeing she will hold onto it for a bit lnger anyways i struggle doing what i have to do know in the time i have it , what will i do when shes up all day haha mind you she is a good helpper i could set her up with her own tool belt of cleaning products early ge train her well and young lol

Thats funny.. I did exactly that when my oldest stopped his daytime naps for good!

We started havign reading time, then we would get stuck in and do housework. He had his little builders pouches with tissues and dusting cloths and a duster and glass cleaner etc in it.. he looked so adorable!

He still loves to help with the housework! But now he likes to do the "mans jobs" now too, as he tells me.. So hes learnign to chop kindeling for the fire at the moment!

HI there, my two and a half year old still has a big nap at midday too. He's up at 6:30am napping at about 12:30 (he has stories at 12:00) then up again about 2:30 and bed at about 7:30 (stories at 7:00) Like you I love his nap time!

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Hi! Dimitrious is a good baby, has lots of naps, big naps! Hes having more time awake now, up to an hour at a time now. I am so pleased that hes recovering so well after everything!

My eldest daughter continued to have naps till she was three and a half! This was wonderful, as my second daughter came along when 'number 1' was two and a half. It was a real treat when they'd both take a nap at the same time: so I could nap too!

I have to say that as my 'number 1' got older the afternoon nap did influence her bedtime and sometimes she'd have a nap on one day and not on another. She'd only nap when in the buggy or in the car.

Some parents choose to cut out the nap altogether when it starts to affect the bedtime; but my daughter was way too cranky around 4pm when I did that - so I decided to stick with the slightly flexible routine for a year, which suited our personal circumstances.

My second daughter is nearly two and still having a two hour sleep (yah! gives me wonderful one-on-one with 'number 1' daughter) - but the time of day varies slightly and it's starting to push the bedtime a tad later - but then the next day she might push through without a nap and crash to sleep at 6.30pm!

All the best,

Sarah
http://www.chezlee.co.nz

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