How long?

Mines right between 2 naps and one nap, so somedays she will cope with one nap in the middle of the day for 2-3 hours but otherwise has 2x2 hour naps, one at around 9/9:30am and the other at about 2pm. Shes still a little younger though.

Mine is 18mo and has 1 nap during the middle of the day for approx 2 hours. Anytime after 11:30 pretty much. She goes to bed at about 8pm and gets up about 6:45am so approx 11 hours overnight. It works for us so i don't mind and not every day is the same.

Tom is 13 mths and some days has 2 x 1.5/2 hr sleeps and other days has 1 x 2-3 hr sleep (12-2/3). Sleeps 12 hrs overnight (with several waking).

 

Ella is obviously quite a bit older but as a comparison she sleeps approx 11.5hrs overnight and every 2nd day has a 2hr day sleep.

At that age, my son would have a long midday nap, anywhere from 1-3 hours. He would go to bed about 9pm and wake up 8am - 9am. He started cutting out his day sleep not long after turning 2 - I knew it was time, 1) because it became a battle to get him to take a nap and 2) because he started staying up until 11pm every night if he had a day-nap.

Now he's 2.5 and he goes to sleep 7.30-8pm, wakes up around 7.30-8am and only has a day-nap very occasionally, mainly if he fall asleep when we're driving. Basically, I think it's best to let them sleep as much as they want to, unless their habits are starting to cause chaos for you, in which case make small, gradual adjustments and see what works. You could maybe try keeping him up a little later at night if you don't like the early mornings?

DS is 16 months and has one day nap (and has done since maybe 11 months) we've moved the times around to suit him over the past few months but has been going down at 11am - 12.30/1pm for ages now. Any later and he's over tired, it works well for now As with kiwisj, he gets morning tea before his nap and a later lunch which I have prepared and ready to go for when he wakes up. He goes to bed at 7pm every night and sleeps till around 7am (sometimes 6.30am).

Edited by MrsEmma

bopmum, my boy does down for the night around 7-7.30, and wakes about 12hrs later. He goes down for his nap about 5hrs later. So usually around 12.30 and sleeps for around 1 1/4 to 2hrs.
I would try pushing that sleep out till 12ish

Thanks for all the help guys He is going down anywhere between 11.30 and 12.30 depending what we are doing on the day and will sleep a good couple of hours and is now waking at 6.30 - 7, 6.30 I can deal with but anyting earlier isn't cool! haha!! So it worked!! yay! Thanks again.