When did yours drop daytime sleeps?
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Topic: When did yours drop daytime sleeps?
Posted By: MrsMojo
Subject: When did yours drop daytime sleeps?
Date Posted: 13 May 2008 at 11:26am
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On Sunday Michaela decided to forgo her daytime sleep, we left her in her room for a couple of hours but to no avail. She did the same yesterday though in the end DH did manage to get her down for a measly 45 mins.
I see from another post that Kazzle's Rhiannon (who's the same age as Michaela) isn't sleeping during the day either. I'm not ready for her to give up her daytime sleeps. At almost 30 I still enjoy my daytime naps and a boisterous 2yo is going to put a spanner in the works   .
I'm holding out hope that this is temporary and she'll go back to her 2-3 hour daytime sleeps soon, but I'm now curious. When did your toddler/s drop their daytime sleeps? -------------  
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Posted By: Kazzle
Date Posted: 13 May 2008 at 11:33am
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doesnt it suck....i have just gotten home from shopping, Rhi was just about asleep in the car...walk in the door and she refuses to go down...and has started playing with her toys....its really frustrating as i know she is really tired...rubbing her eyes, yawning and grizzly and grumpy but refuses to sleep.
on the upside she is down by 6pm but it means waking her at 6.30am when i want the car.... ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: MrsMojo
Date Posted: 13 May 2008 at 11:40am
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Michaela's still going to bed at 7:30pm, thank goodness - otherwise I'd barely see her. -------------
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Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 13 May 2008 at 11:52am
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Ella dropped hers at about 2 1/2. She tried a couple of times to drop it earlier but with a new baby I wasn't ready to give it up! I insisted on 'quiet time' in her room even after she stopped sleeping which meant I could grab 30 mins sleep on the couch if I was lucky enough to get Benjy down to sleep too! ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: CuriousG
Date Posted: 13 May 2008 at 12:03pm
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We are in the process of dropping ours too, she slept for a measley 20 mins on Sunday (when I could have done with another nap) and isn't going down at daycare either.
She is in bed by 6.45pm and is sleeping through every night now tho until about 7.15am. I have noticed tho that she is having her own quiet time, taking herself off to her room and lying on her bed. Not for ages but for a wee while. Or dragging her blanket on to the couch and lying there. Its cute! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: MrsMojo
Date Posted: 13 May 2008 at 12:05pm
That's exactly what we've done the last two days with Michaela. I think this is the beginning of the end of daytime sleeps  . She's going to bed at night at the normal time and she's not showing any of her tired signs in the afternoon, the only difference is she's sleeping in until after 6am. I suppose that'll have to do.
P.s. that's gorgeous Curious G. -------------
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caraMel wrote:Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 13 May 2008 at 12:20pm
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Zaara didnt have her day time nap on Sunday either...but I know at day care she does have naps 30min to an hour. Never longer tho.
I guess they have their stages!! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 13 May 2008 at 12:46pm
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Maya dropped her daytime nap by her second birthday, when she graduated to the Over 2's at daycare she wasn't having sleeps anymore. She never had high sleep needs tho, her day sleeps were only ever 45 min powernaps.
Gremlins are still sleeping 2+ hours, long may it continue! -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: FionaS
Date Posted: 13 May 2008 at 1:13pm
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I think they go through phases. We are having one ATM. Gone from 2+ hour naps to "I will not nap". 30mins ago she was lying on the floor, half asleep asking for bed but as soon as I put her down the partying began and she is now refusing to sleep.
We've had almost a week of that indispersed with 2 hour naps. These phases happen from time to time (in this case the osteo said his last treatment may cause some temorary issues and it has!) These days with no nap are horrid, horrid, horrid as he is soooo painfully tired and ratty. ------------- Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 13 May 2008 at 2:15pm
james has just droped his day sleep yeah i know i was lucky lol  ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 13 May 2008 at 2:28pm
Jack refused to sleep in his bed at the start of the year but would just fall asleep wherever he was playing, so now he has a sleep on his wee couch each day. About 2 hours when we have playcentre  I hope it continues
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 13 May 2008 at 2:32pm
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Hannah went through quite a few phases of looking like she was going to drop it for a few days then going back to sleeping a couple of hours each day.
Screw with ya head don't they? Han now sleeps at creche because they tire her out but doesn't usually sleep on the weekend unless I do something particularly active with her in the morning. |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 13 May 2008 at 2:53pm
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I eat my words....Phoned Day care to see how my monkey was and they informed me that she refused to sleep....LA LA LA....she will be a tired grumpy bunny this evening!!
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Posted By: MrsMojo
Date Posted: 13 May 2008 at 3:01pm
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DH called at 2:15pm to say that she resisted her daytime nap again today. He went to get ready for work and had just got out of the shower and found her crashed out in the lounge. Now he's on his way in to meet me so had to wake her up -------------
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Posted By: pepsi
Date Posted: 13 May 2008 at 3:17pm
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Alyssa dropped hers a couple of months ago, but it's clear she still needs them when she occassionally gets really grizzly around dinnertime. Other times she copes fine and is perfectly happy..
She was never a great day sleeper though, so naps were only usually about 45minutes when she had them anyway. |
Posted By: lottieandharry
Date Posted: 13 May 2008 at 8:13pm
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Yup we having the same prob here. It started just after Harry arrived and has been ongoing. She came right for a couple of weeks and I thought yay we are on track again but it seems not. The problem we have is that she is demoing her room when I put her in there. She is climbing her draws and pulling things off the shelves and pulling clothes out of the drawers also new thing is opening the window, great when it is all of 9 degrees outside! Arghhhh!! Currently she only has a bed and her big set of drawers in there.
I really need that little bit of time to myself as when she is up she never stops and is in to everything, it is doing my head in at the moment. That is the only time I 'might' get kid free time. I am hoping that she may go back to it again but not holding my breath, may it is time to look at preschool? Good luck to everyone else having the same problem. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 13 May 2008 at 9:15pm
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Yeah Andrew did that everynow and then but has really only just dropped that sleep late last year. I still try to get him to have a rest in the afternoon so I can have one too. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Kazzle
Date Posted: 14 May 2008 at 2:30pm
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WOOOOHOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
there is hope....Rhiannon after a week of no day time sleeps, and sleeping 13 hours a night, crashed today at 11.30am and woke up at 2pm...woohoo so now about to head out the door for some afternoon fun ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: MrsMojo
Date Posted: 15 May 2008 at 8:07am
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Snap. Michaela fell asleep at 10:45am yesterday and didn't wake again until 2:30pm. She even skipped lunch. Despite her huge nap she still went to bed at 7:30pm last night -------------
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