Napping Problems - Portland,OR

My daughter is about 27 months and had the same problem at about 20 - 24 months. She started taking later and shorter naps. Although I hadn't changed her daycare or anything else in her normal routine at home, things did change at daycare. My daycare provider does school runs, and in the summer time when she doesn't have the school runs. So even though you haven't made any changes other then the daycare, it could just be the variations from one daycare to the next.

Here is a website that has been very helpful to us. http://familysleep.com/ You can get detailed advice that's specific to your child. You have to pay for it but it's worked for us every time we've used it. (I think she told us the mistake we made with our daughter at that age was to move the naptime later.) At least know that you have this option if you feel really desperate or confused. Good luck!

Hi D.,

I have read a really great book called "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child." It is a great book and has helped me a lot with my children's sleep issues. I sounds like your son is overly tiered so he is having a hard time sleeping because of it. When kids (and adults) are not getting enough sleep they fight it and then they become so overly tiered that they fight sleep when you put them down and sleep for shorter durations of time. If your little guy is getting up between 6:30 and 7:30 her should be going to bed a lot earlier than 8:00p.m. As a general rule you should put your toddler down at the same time they wake up in the morning (so if he is up at 7am then he should be in bed at 7pm at night). Don't be afraid that by putting him down earlier he will wake up earlier. It is usually the opposite. The more sleep they get the more they will sleep. I would try putting him down earlier at night from now on and see if that doesn't cure his napping issue. Hope that helps =)

Is he getting molars? Both my boys teethed for 3 months around that age, and ended up with 8 more teeth when it was all done. Not fun, but it helped us understand the sudden changes in mood, sleep and eating habits.