Transition to 2 naps
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I just wondered when people's LO's made their transition form 3 to 2 naps. I think my LO, who is 30 wks, is trying to do this and I'm finding it hard to read when he wants his afternoon nap. Morning nap is not a problem, generally needs this 2- 21/2 hrs after waking. I've heard that the transition can be difficult with some babies. If anyone has any advice would be appreciated.
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i cant really offer you any advice but just want to say that we have been on 2 naps for about a month now (dd 29 weeks) and she is fine with this and sleeps through - she goes down between 7.30 and 8pm and sleeps til between 8 and 9am. (recently teething has disrupted this a bit)
She naps same as your lo 2-2.5hrs after she gets up for 30-40mins and then in the afternoon (now) she naps for 30-60mins (if im lucky) and thats her. she used to have a 20min nap about 5ish and she just stopped having that missing a night here and there then it stopped - bedtime used to be nearer 8.30 by the time we were fitting all her feeds in but since getting on to 3 meals/3 bottles i brought bedtime forward but i dont think that made any difference to be honest as she stopped wanting a nap when bedtime was still later.
if we are going to a baby group then her naps are a bit all over the place as she will nap the 15mins in the car and 15mins back and have her afternoon nap so 3 naps but for the same amount of time. if we go out in the car she'll have extra/longer naps due to being in the car but if we're at the shops or out somewhere she is awake the whole time - i've never had set nap times or a strict routine so it all alters slightly each day (say by half an hour or so) but that suits us.
Sorry im waffling away - hopefully your lo will drop the nap with no probs as we didnt have any.
Lx
Swines.
Thanks for your advice girls. Certainly think he's happy on 2 naps now!!