Nap Disappearing??

I would try pushing the nap later by an hour or two. My son is 4 and has stopped napping during the week for one simple reason... he's not tired at 1:30. On the weekends we all lay down for quiet time at 3:00 and he sleeps 70% of the time because that's when he's tired!

You could also try increasing his physical activity and see if that helps. For what it's worth, MANY children give up their naps around age 2. For most, it's closer to 3, but 2 is not unusual! Try quiet time and see what happens!

My kids are 19 months apart. My oldest gave up sleeping at nap time when he was 2 (there was NO WAY I was giving it up). He continued to have quiet time for an hour each day until he was 4. When he was still in a crib, I put him in his crib with a few toys and board books. When he moved to a bed, he was required to stay in his room quietly for an hour. He had a CD player and would listen to books on CD or do puzzles or look at books. I put a clock in his room and told him he needed to stay in his room until the big hand went all the way around and back to the 12 (or whatever number). TV doesn't have to be the answer. Even if he doesn't sleep, he can still benefit from the down time (and obviously you can too). :) At almost 5 now, we still benefit from the occasional quiet time after a busy day at preschool. Now he likes to build legos or read for an hour.

Not all kids need to sleep 12-14 hours a day! Mine certainly didn't. They gave up napping at about the same age as your son, and have always gotten about 10 hours of sleep a night. I always looked at it as a good thing, because we didn't have to waste so much time sleeping. It is liberating when they give up the nap because it makes planning your day a lot easier if you do not have to factor in nap time. You can still have quiet time, without a nap. Will he sit and watch a movie, or does he have a tv show he likes? We always did a quiet time (movie) in the late afternoon, while I got supper ready and cleaned the kitchen.

We didn't do a lot of tv either, which is why I think a movie was effective for quiet time, as it was a treat they looked forward to at that time each day. Try letting him pick out his own dvd maybe? His attention span will increase a lot over the next year.

Power through mom! 2 is still pretty little for giving up naps. For both your sanity. Both my girls gave them up (mostly) around 3 and 1/2. Sometimes schedule changes or exciting events can screw it up for a few days but I think you can get it back. Maybe push it back a half hour later or even an hour but have him up by 4ish so you don't have the bedtime struggles. Good luck! Naps are golden to a SAHM!

Would it be possible that he has an ear infection? My children do not suffer from these but my brother did when he was small. He wouldn't fuss or anything when he was up because it didn't hurt, but he would go without sleep because it would hurt (not enough to whine about it) when he would be laid down. Just a thought since it just started.. good luck.

I am afraid that I will be losing nap time with my 2 year old soon as well...my how time flies!

I feel your pain...my 3 1/2 year old has recently started showing less interest in a nap on the weekends and truly gets enough sleep most nights. My 10 year old quit napping around 3-4 yrs too. I'm in denial...I'm not ready to give up his nap LOL! I have started trying to initiate a "quiet time" if he won't nap. He loves Netflix so if I can get him to lay down and watch a movie or play quietly, color, look at books we have an winning situation. Some days it doesn't work, but others it does.

I just had my quite time in the evening when they would go to bed a little earlier. None of mine ever napped past the age of 2, if they did I stopped it and made bed time earlier.