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2 year old not takeing naps
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hi im a stay at home mom with a 2 year old. Although the child rearing books seem to say that 2-year-olds must have naps, recently my daughter absolutely cannot go to sleep in the daytime. When I try to put her down, she screams and fights. If I give in and let her stay up, she's just fine. She usually falls asleep at 10p.m. and sleeps until 9 or 10 a.m. Should I force the nap issue?
Posted on 11/01/09, 09:11 pm |
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That's a tough one. I know my almost 3 year old went through a phase where she didn't nap either. She was fine and didn't get cranky so I just let her go. After about a week though, I NEEDED her to take a nap. I'm a stay at home mom also, so it's a much needed break on the crazy child days. So, I started just laying her down around 3 every day. She knew she had to stay in there for a little while whether she slept or not. After a few days of playing with her toys in her bed for an hour so started to go to sleep and now she takes a nap every day for me from 3-5. Back to your question, if you think she is ok without a nap you probably don't have to force the issue, but it's really your call. 
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I agree, if she's not sleepy or cranky in the evening, there's really no need to force the nap issue. For your sanity though, I'd still make her do "quiet time," where she has to stay in her room/bed and read, play with toys, or just lay quietly for an hour or so. She may take a nap some days doing that, or she may not. Some kids don't need as much sleep as others, and some kids take good naps and then don't sleep nearly as well as yours at night!
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My daughter(2.5) started that at one point but she was CRABBY in the evening time and ready for bed at 5, she is in bed at 8 normally.
her sleeping is 8-7/7:30 and an sometimes 1 1/2 nap but lately 2-3 hours, everyday is different, I know children at 2 that don't take a nap and do fine, still keep offering it to her if you want her to take a nap but if she is ok in the evening then she minght not need it anymore. maybe give her quite time, watch a movie or let her read books in bed if you need some down time, best of luck. oh did you take anything away from her??? we were trying to break our daughter from her secruity blanket that she sucks on and she wouldn't take a nap without a fight it was bad so we just gave it back to her...yes i know not the thing to do but I couldn't handle it with a newborn and her being so loud that he couldn't sleep. I figured she will someday not take naps and we will take it away then, since that is the only time she uses it.
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Thank you all for your advice. I recently have started giving her quiet time for about 3 days in a row . And guess what ,She took a nap!!! It was great for 2 and a half hours I got to relax and watch my favorite soap Days of our lives. I Thank you again everyone.
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