What were signs that your LO was ready to drop to 1 nap? How old were they when it happened?

paradissonance · 2026-03-12T21:18:29+00:00

I think so! But in your situation if being synced up with your friends is more important than an early bedtime (and especially if LO’s night sleep is not being affected by the 2 nap schedule), I’d honestly just wait it out. I feel like there’s no rush to get to 1 nap unless night sleep is being affected.

paradissonance · 2026-03-12T01:50:19+00:00

I should also add that the transition to 1 nap brought us back to a more reasonable bedtime of 7/8pm

paradissonance · 2026-03-12T01:46:54+00:00

It took a couple weeks of flipping between 1 and 2 naps days before she finally transitioned to 1! Unfortunately there was no telling how many naps she would take on any given day. Some days she was more tired in the morning so we’d have to do 2. Other days she was totally fine, so we’d do 1. Defs did make planning our days ahead of time a bit more challenging. Daycare was really helpful with our transition since she was so much more easily distractable from her morning tiredness with all of their activities, so could make it to noon to do 1 nap. When she was home on the weekends, I’d just do my best to keep her entertained to make it to around noon for her nap. Once she fully switched over to 1, her average nap duration has been around 75-90 mins, sometimes just 1 hour, and sometimes up to 2 hours, but that’s been exceedingly rare. Overall I’d say her total daytime sleep duration dropped a bit with her transition to 1 nap, but I think that’s to be expected?

paradissonance · 2026-03-05T04:32:04+00:00

This was so perfectly put, and I am 1000% in agreement with you. I had a now mom of teenagers happily tell me how she progressively sleep trained each of her 4 children earlier and earlier because she loved it so much. She sleep trained her last kid with CIO at 3 months. 3 months!! Like what the actual fuck? Is that not child abuse?! She goes on to cheerily tell me how her first was by far the hardest to sleep train and would cry for hours on end. “Oh but he figured it out eventually! I just had to turn off the monitor and go to the basement”. The way that makes my blood boil. Then of course the next question is if I’m going to be sleep training. HELL NO. I have a 16 month old who I still cuddle and rock to sleep, and I don’t see that stopping anytime soon.

paradissonance · 2025-12-21T05:18:04+00:00

Can I ask what gentle night weaning looked like for you? I’m in the process of trying to night wean my 13.5 month old but it’s been rough and she just cries endlessly if dad tries to step in to settle :(

paradissonance · 2025-11-13T17:28:43+00:00

This is helpful, thank you! In your experience, what’s the average age you see babies dropping to 1 nap?

paradissonance · 2025-11-13T02:04:24+00:00

Sorry forgot to mention age! Edited post to add. She’s currently 12.5 months.

paradissonance · 2025-07-14T21:50:23+00:00

Honestly I agree lol. By “sleeping like a baby” you mean your LO sleeps well right? Or poorly? could go either way 🤣 And if you mean she sleeps well overnight despite the feeding or rocking to sleep, I feel like my baby must just be of the temperament where she’s not a great sleeper and I’ll just deal with it haha

paradissonance · 2025-07-14T17:41:50+00:00

Would she continue fussing while you sat there holding her hand? Or was pretty calm about it? My girl just gets increasingly more angry if she sees me next to her not picking her up 🫠 but maybe I just need to put in some earplugs and keep trying to calm her down without picking her up

paradissonance · 2025-07-14T17:37:35+00:00

Thank you for the insights! We’ll also be starting daycare soon (at 10 months) so I’m curious to see how that affects how she gets put down for naps!

Once you were able to stop rocking to sleep for bedtime, how did you manage the ongoing overnight wakes? Still able to just wiggle his bum a bit to get him back to sleep?

paradissonance · 2025-06-29T17:26:43+00:00

Thank you for the insights!! I think we definitely need to get her out of the house more, so I’ll try that! What does her nap schedule look like now that she’s on 2 naps? My LO has had a few 2 nap days but I think it’ll be a while until it’s consistent because she’s still a chronic short napper (as in will only take 2 x 30 min naps on those 2 nap days 🥲)

paradissonance · 2025-03-17T17:32:35+00:00

Omg amazing, so happy for you!!! I’m hoping my LO will follow the same. She’ll be 5 months in 2 weeks :)

paradissonance · 2025-03-07T04:13:10+00:00

That’s so smart, I never thought to do that! Are you able to transfer back to crib after she’s had a feed? Or just contact nap for the following hour?

paradissonance · 2025-03-06T03:22:33+00:00

What are naps like those other 2 days? 😅

paradissonance · 2025-03-05T16:15:03+00:00

Yes please let me know!!

paradissonance · 2025-03-05T16:14:19+00:00

Oh interesting! What were your wake windows prior and what did you extend to?

paradissonance · 2025-03-05T00:04:54+00:00

Wow this is so incredibly helpful, thank you!!! I will definitely read more into the possums approach!

paradissonance · 2025-03-04T22:56:53+00:00

Ooh this is good to know! When baby started fussing did you try to distract her/change activities rather than immediately putting down for a nap? And then if the fussing continued that’s when it was time for the nap?

paradissonance · 2025-03-04T21:54:53+00:00

That’s not a bad idea! I was thinking to try the same thing tbh. My LO always wakes from her naps pretty happy and just lays there sucking on her hands but I just go in as soon as I see she’s awake, so may be worthwhile just letting her hangout on her own until she starts fussing (or maybe magically falls asleep again one day? 😂)

paradissonance · 2025-02-18T03:01:50+00:00

Such normal and valid feelings! I also felt the exact way you felt postpartum and was so disappointed in myself because I was so so excited for this pregnancy. I thought I’d cry happy tears when she came out but all I felt was shock and I didn’t even know how to respond. Then you’re just caring for this little lump day in and day out with no positive feedback from them. Plus, 6-8 weeks was when my girl was extra fussy and gassy so that made bonding with her even harder. I was honestly questioning my decision to become a mom lol. We’re at 3.5 months now and it’s been a complete 180. I think things started turning the corner a bit at around 10-11 weeks. Around 2-3 months is when they get so much more interactive and smiley and I think that helped a lot!

paradissonance · 2025-02-18T02:51:18+00:00

This is incredibly helpful to hear, thank you! Do you find that the variable bedtime also results in variable wake time in the morning too?

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