Naps for an 11 Month Old. Help!

all the changes are throwing him off, but if he wakes up crying, he is probaly still tired. i agree with the other poster that his sleep history is not the average of other children, so dont expect perfection. im a bit confused why you said you have him go to bed later while he has less naps?

anyway, if he seems tired in the morning, let him have a nap but dont worry about the time. then after he eats have him take another. the adjustment would be him not tired in the morning, eating lunch, then sleeping 2hours in the afternoon. its very hard though as babies change so much day to day. he may be more or less tired each day depending on how active he is. just do your best and try to make up a lost time somewhere else(either nap or nighttime). does he crawl alot or walk? all those changes are quite disturbing as well and he will change all over again.

My son is 11 months on the 10th of this month. He does not take that many naps. Maybe twice a day and does not sleep all night. His naps could be from 1/2 hr to 1 1/2. Now they are getting older maybe the naps are going to lesson. Some kids stop all together. Now with a new school schedule, its going to be on there schedule. We just have to work around it. Good Luck :)

Consider your self very fortunate he slept this well for so long,

Most kids do a 1-2 hour nap in the after noon

try putting him down at 12pm, after lunch

and that should help

M

wow-that is a lot going on and it will take time for him to adjust! So keep at it, I agree he is probably ready for a pm 1 naptime but if he does fall asleep in the am let him rest for a little bit...15-30 minutes will do him well(and he's sleeping cause he needs it) and a little cat nap won't throw a huge wrench into the system...I don't see anything wrong with putting him in the stroller and taking a walk to get him to fall asleep just transfer him when you get home...after awhile he'll get used to the routine and the stroller shouldn't be needed. All babies are different and different strokes for different folks, if he is strapped in and safe...go for it! Give him time to adjust, I'm sure it took you awhile and you're a grown-up that understands what's going on...he'll find a routine. goodluck!

D.,
I would ask the day care center what their schedule is like. Try to follow their schedule with naps as closely as you can. If they don't have a fixed schedule, the you will want to suggest that your son have something fixed so that you can all be on the same page.

My son is now four years old. I kept him home for the first five months. My home daycare provider kept me informed about when he seemed to be ready to give up the morning nap. We kept our schedules the same, and that helped out a lot.

It sounds like your son is overtired all the time. There has been a lot of change in his life and that can be hard for a little one to handle. You have done well by asking for help to figure this out. You are a good Mom!

So, set up a routine, stick to it both at daycare and at home, and in a few days, your son should be back to his old self. Hang in there. As soon as this problem is solved, something else will come up. It never ends! The joy of motherhood! Ah, such blissful frustration! LOL Just know that we are all here for each other. :-)

Ask the day care what their nap schedule is and try to keep the same schedule at home. This has worked very well for my two kids. Also, he's probably over tired from pushing his bedtime back after having less nap time (could be another reason he isn't sleeping well during the day). I know it sounds crazy, but when my son was this age, we thought the same thing, keep him up later and he'll sleep longer in the morning. Our Dr. suggested the opposite, and it worked! The earlier we put him to bed, the longer he slept in the morning!

It sounds like the transition to daycare is throwing things off. What are his naps like there? Are they having more success? Personally, I wouldn't want to have to stap my child in the stroller every single day in order to get him to nap, especially in the winter months, so I would throw that option out. It seems like somewhere around 1 year is when all of my kids have transitioned to one nap, but that nap should last at least a couple of hours. (I have a 2 year old who is still taking 2 hour naps.) I would try to push his normal nap time back to somewhere around 11 or 12 and see what happens. He may need a catnap here and there as he adjusts, but try to keep his bedtime normal. It's a transition period and it WILL get better. Good luck! :)

Hi D., Happy first Mother's day. I believe your son is both reacting to change(day care) and also working his way out of 2 naps. You cannot really control this totally. Naps will vary from day to day and month to month. I understand you need your sleep at night, we all do. Keeping him from sleep at certain times can make him overtired and disrupt in another way. A routine is good but you also have to go with the baby's needs as well as yours. Follow your heart, babies are little people:-) Grandma Mary experience:(5 kids 3 grands)