refusing to nap

[motherlylove]

how do you get your children to nap during the day!

[coogeemum]

It depends a lot on what age. My DS is almost 3 and no longer naps during the day on most days. Sometimes I think he really still needs it, but he fights it. So, when I feel it's essential I make sure we are driving home from somewhere after lunch. Lucky for me he drops off in the car easily.

[2made3]

If they aren't tired they just won't sleep. My DS stopped day naps around 2.5yrs and has had not one since - and believe me, I tried everything to make him sleep!!!Now he just goes to bed at night an hour earlier. It took me a long time to accept his day naps were over :rolleyes:

Good luck! I have heard sometimes kids will go through a period of no day naps, then after a few months revert back to them.

[FionaV]

It depends on the age. Mine all gave up naps between 18 months and about two years, and nothing I did after that would make them sleep, although occasionally they might take themselves off for a sleep by themselves.

[jlea]

My DS has just started to drop off his day sleep, quite gradually though....he probably naps 4 out of 7 days.

On the days where he doesn't want to actually 'sleep' I still put him in bed with a book or a toy car and let him have 'rest' time for about an hour or so. Sometimes when I do that he ends up falling asleep anyway!

On the days when he doesn't have a nap in the afternoon he goes to bed quite early 6.30-7 & as per his usual he doesn't wake until 9ish in the morning!

I hope he doesn't fully drop his sleeps anytime soon, Mummy needs her quiet time :laughing: