A nap question for parents of toddlers...

[birdiesunshine]

DD 22 months old went from taking one nap a day that was two hours long and about a month or so ago she changed and now she takes one nap a day, but she is napping for 3 hours. How long does your little one nap for during the day?

 

[Microcell]

Three hours until today, which was two hours for the first time in a year! He is two and almost a half.

 

[pirateofthecarolinas]

My 27 month old has decided he no longer needs naps. Once he moved to a bed that was the end of naps!

Lori

 

[Beth76]

My son was taking 3 hour naps when he was 2 to 2-1/2. Now he's three and doesn't really take naps . I'm hoping that will change once school starts up again in a couple of weeks.

 

[birdiesunshine]

I thought it was too long of a nap, but it sounds like most 2 yr olds nap for 3 hrs at some point. 3 hours is like heaven for me. I can watch my soap opera, shower, surf the DIS basically be really unproductive for 3 hours. I better savor it before she decides not to nap at all!

 

[mtemm]

my 2.5 year old naps anywhere from 1.5 hours to 3. a lot of it depends on the morning we had...the more active, the longer the nap.

 

[kadaten]

My just-turned-2-year-old takes a 2 hour nap every day....1pm to 3pm. Other than that, he sleeps from about 7:30pm to 6:15am every night, waking only if he loses his pacifier or blanket in his bed.

FYI, so does his 3.5-year-old sister....although she's attempting to give that up this week. Unh, unh, says I. She's MUCHO grumpy when she skips that nap.

 

[RadioNate]

NONE - he's 3. I miss nap time

 

[Jenn Lynn]

If she has had a busy morning my 3 year old will nap for 3 hours, otherwise it is around 2. I don't let her sleep more than 3 though because she would be up all night and she gets up between 6:15-6:30 every morning no matter what time she goes to bed.

I love those naps though. I get a lot done.

 

[Trinity721]

DD just turned 2, but she's been taking one nap a day for a long time now, and usually for an hour. At the most, 1.5 hrs. She takes her nap usually around 1 or 2, and then she goes to bed at about 8 or 8:30 and doesn't wake up until 7am the next morning.

 

[maciec]

My dd is 4 now and she still takes a nap every day for 2 hours. She has a very hard time making it through the day without one.

 

[MaMudduck]

My "toddler" is now 9, but I kind of remember reading somewhere that toddler’s need 16 hours of sleep (no matter how it breaks out: 13 at night& 3 in the day... etc.)

They will sleep more at age when they are in a growth sprit.

 

[Annette_VA]

Adam took 2 hour naps from the time he was about 18 months until right before he turned 3. He doesn't nap anymore.

 

[leahannpen]

DS was 3 in April...he still needs a daily nap. He sleeps anywhere from about an hour and a half to 3, depending on how tired he is. Rarley he'll sleep less than an hour, but it does happen.

 

[disney4us2002]

I'm surprised at 21 mos she had was still taking two naps. My own three boys took 2-3 hr naps from about 1yr til 4 yrs. At 4 they might take 2 naps in any given week if things were really hectic. I try to get all my daycare kids on one nap by around 12-14 mos and they typically sleep 2.5 hrs. If she just lost her morning nap I think 3 hrs is reasonable. Some kids do just sleep more - be grateful!! It never lasts long (napping in general, not each nap).

 

[castlegazer]

mine is the same as leahannpen's. 2-3 hours is normal. 2 hours at day care, and somtimes 3 at home on weekends because we tucker the wee one out usually more than his normal routine at school does.

Our friends daughter who is 3 1/2 sleeps a ridiculous amount of time I think, she will sleep 4 hours during the day and will then go to bed by 7:30 at night and sleep on thru till 8 am or 9 am. I never had a sleeper like that.

 

[gshoemate]

My DS who is almost 2 1/2 will normally sleep 1-2 hours during his nap. But there are some days where he doesn't nap at all....like today, but that just means early bed time.

 

[DisneyAddict_M]

My dd3 takes a 1 hour nap during the week, but I don't give her any on the weekends. I find that when she naps, it's impossible to get her to bed before 10 p.m. She's too hyper and doesn't need much sleep apparently.

 

[decker96]

DD11months takes one nap in the afternoon for about 2 1/2 to 3 hours. DS 3 1/2 still naps for 1 1/2 to 2 hours. I don't let him sleep longer than 2 hours or he'll never go to bed at night. Although he has been staying up until 11 lately so I guess it's time to get rid of the nap!!!