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Berkeley Parents Network: Giving up Naps
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Giving up Naps Berkeley Parents Network > Advice > Sleep > Naps > Giving up Naps Changing from two naps to one
- 8 1/2 month old has stopped taking morning nap
- 11-month-old transitioning to one nap?
- Is 8 month old transitioning to 1 nap?
- From 2 naps to 1 = less total nap time = crabby 19mo
- Is one-year-old ready to give up the morning nap?
- 14-m-o changing to one nap, but it’s too short
- When did your baby shift to one nap?
- Is 18-month-old ready to move to one nap?
- One Nap Hell – 16.5 month old
- 14-mo-old going from two naps to one
- 14-mo-old still wants morning nap, but not afternoon nap
- When do babies give up morning nap?
Giving Up Naps Altogether
- Cut the nap altogether? – almost 3
- 3 year old no longer wants to nap
- Adjusting bedtime when 2.5 year old stops napping
- 3.5 year old not napping I’m 8 months pregnant!!
- Not sure if 3 year old still needs a nap
- Trouble weaning 3-year-old off naps for preschool
- Toddler suddenly won’t take a nap anymore
- 20-month-old Giving Up Nap?
Related Pages
- Naps at Day Care
- Nap Schedule
- More Advice about Naps
8 1/2 month old has stopped taking morning nap Oct 2008
I have an 8 1/2 month old boy who has always had a strange relationships w/naps. My husband and I have basically been slaves for his naps – we’ve taken it really seriously and work hard to make sure he gets them b/c he he has always had trouble w/them. For the first 6 months he seemed to only take them on the go mostly stroller, but sometimes in the car or being held (b/c if you put him down he’d wake up). Around six months we started to be able to get him to nap in the crib (which was a good thing, b/c everything started to wake him up outside)- the times were somewhat irregular, but at least he predictably slept (could be 1/2 hour, could be 2 hours). Lately, around the time he used to nap in the morning (10:30/11) – he might get really drowsy eating his bottle, but when I put him down he almost bounces awake! and then precedes to be busy crawling around in the crib for over half an hour before I give up and let him play on the floor. Today this happened and he didn’t go down till 1pm. He will probably sleep about 1.5 – 2.5 hours now. At night he generally sleeps from 7pm till 7:30am w/1-2 wake-ups for eating – so he gets a lot of sleep at night (at least 12 hours). So the question is: is this okay? should I be trying harder to get him to take that morning nap? is he just ahead of where he is supposed to be developmentally (he’s a big boy for his age and he started crawling pretty early (7.5 months) ? or, like many things w/babies, could this just be a stage and he’ll revert to 2 naps eventually? Thanks for your advice! just want my baby to get his sleep
Eight months seems awfully early to be down to one nap….Have you tried putting him down earlier for the first nap? My son always had a shorter period of time before morning waking and nap #1–around 1-2 hours. He was an early crawler, too (6 months!), and didn’t go down to one nap until almost 18 months. Good Luck I just wanted to share that my niece never really took two naps a day. Even when she was a baby she took one long nap at lunch time. My sister-in-law then gave up on trying to put her on a regular schedule (2 naps a day) and just let her go until lunch time, where she took a long long nap (usually 2 and a half hour). It really sounds like your daughter sleeps so much at night that she probably isn’t tired enough by 10:30am. My niece is still at 5 a very good sleeper, and still takes naps occasionnally. Madeleine Our pediatrician told us that as long as our children were getting 13 hours of sleep per 24 hours, that it was okay. When they slept didn’t matter, so long as our children were getting enough sleep, weren’t too cranky, and weren’t rubbing their eyes from sleepiness. They consolidated their nap times at about 11 mos. and moved to one nap after lunch. Both were rather small girls. Good advice the doctor gave us was to expect them to start waking at night around 10-11 months, due to teething. He urged us to soothe them, but not to feed them, since hunger would not be the problem. If we fed them, their stomachs would keep waking them up, even after teeth came in, and we would be stuck with a big problem. We knew other families who had not been given this hint, and whose babies had real problems sleeping after that. So while we are on the topic of sleep. I thought I’d pass this on, too. Judy Another mother My third had to adjust to only one nap around that age (once he was too big to sleep in the carrier while we were out and about). Just make sure he has as much time as he needs for the nap that comes a little later. Different schedules for different kids 11-month-old transitioning to one nap? June 2008
My son will turn 11 months in a few days. This past week, he’s had 4 out of 5 days where he will only take one nap (after complete exhaustion & possibly in car) or won’t nap at all! He used to go down twice/day with a bottle, but lately that’s not working. We’ve increased his naptime bottles to 8 oz. He seems very sleepy (almost asleep), but once he realizes that bottle is empty, he cries/screams & wakes up. (I’m also worried we’re feeding him too much since we’re giving him so much more formula to try and help him sleep …)
Healthy Sleep: A Guide to Natural Sleep Remedies
Healthy Sleep 
A Guide to Natural Sleep Remedies Contents Introduction Many of us experience the occasional night of sleeplessness without any consequences. It is when the occasional night here and there becomes a pattern of several nights in a row that you are faced with a sleeping problem. Repeated loss of sleep affects all areas of your life: The physical, the mental, and the emotional. Sleep deprivation can affect your overall daily performance and may even have an effect on your personality.
If your insomnia continues for a long period of time it can cause problems in your relationships, compromise your productivity, and perhaps lead to other health problems. It can become a relentless cycle of worry and anxiety as night after night you toss and turn, wondering when sleep will come, wondering what is wrong with you. Insomnia and sleeplessness generally fall into three categories:
- “Initial” insomnia: where you have difficulty in falling asleep, generally taking 30 minutes or longer to fall into a sleep state.
- “Middle” insomnia: where after falling asleep you have problems maintaining a sleep state, often remaining awake until the early morning hours.
- “Late” or “Terminal” insomnia: where you awake early in the morning after less than 6 hours of sleep.
Insomnia can be the symptom of some medical conditions that may require your doctor’s advice and medical care. In those cases the cause will be treated, not the insomnia. If, however, your sleeplessness is due to a pattern of not sleeping, or because your body and mind find it difficult to settle into a state of relaxation necessary for sleep, this book offers you alternative choices for achieving healthy sleep without the use of prescription drugs. This document will teach you how to:
- Set the mood for a comfortable sleep atmosphere
- Prepare your body for relaxation
- Use colors to stimulate calmness and relaxation
- Understand the importance of exercise
- Use music and other relaxation techniques
- Relieve your mind of anxiety and worry
- Discover the importance of reducing stimulants
- Use herbal teas and warm drinks to promote relaxation
- Use herbs and vitamins to promote natural sleep
After reading this book you will have the information you need to turn your sleepless nights into restful ones, waking in the morning refreshed and alert rather than tired and anxious. All of the techniques and sleep-inducing aids in this book can be applied naturally and easily in your life. Get ready to embark on the journey of falling asleep naturally!
Children’s Sleep Habits. Sleep for Kids
Understanding Children’s Sleep Habits
Every living creature needs to sleep. It is the primary activity of the brain during early development. Circadian rhythms, or the sleep-wake cycle, are regulated by light and dark and these rhythms take time to develop, resulting in the irregular sleep schedules of newborns. The rhythms begin to develop at about six weeks, and by three to six months most infants have a regular sleep-wake cycle.
By the age of two, most children have spent more time asleep than awake and overall, a child will spend 40 percent of their childhood asleep. Sleep is especially important for children as it directly impacts mental and physical development.
Getting your baby to sleep: Products that help
Getting your baby to sleep: Products that help Reviewed by the BabyCenter Medical Advisory Board Last updated: January 2007
“Is your baby sleeping through the night yet?” It’s an innocent enough question — unless you happen to have a baby who wakes up every time you pick up the TV remote control or settle into bed yourself. If that’s the case, take heart. Those sleepless nights only seem like they’ll last forever. Here’s how to encourage your baby to sleep well, including products that can help.
Establish a routine
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Dr. Michael J. Breus: Sleep Hygiene 101: How To Ensure A Better Night’s Rest
Every New Year the sleep-related resolutions being made seem to disappear within a few weeks. Most of the time we make resolutions without understanding how our habits affect our sleep.
I ask my patients to follow proper Sleep Hygiene in order to get better sleep, and when they do, their success in making and keeping those resolutions is much greater. Some of the basic Sleep Hygiene recommendations include:
- TV or not TV, that is the question. Many of my patients sheepishly tell me that they sleep with the TV on, well, so does my wife! If it helps then I am fine with it, but put on a TV timer so it does not keep anyone up the rest of the night.
- Wean the Bean. Drink higher caffeinated beverages in the morning and move to lower ones in the mid afternoon. Try to move to fruit juices and water by 2-3 pm. While many of my patients tell me “I can drink an espresso and go to bed” they may be correct but the sleep they are getting is more jittery than they are!
- A Glass for a Glass. If you are drinking alcohol remember that while it may make you fall asleep quickly, it prevents you from reaching deep sleep. Drink one glass of water for every glass of alcohol. Not only will it slow down your drinking but it will prevent you from getting dehydrated which is why you get a hangover!
- Watch out for the Double Whammy. If you are going out with friends and have a few drinks try to get to bed on time! Most people do both, they stay out late and they drink too much-no wonder they feel horrible in the am.
- Timing is everything. Some people get relaxed from exercise while others get energized, which one are you? If running relaxes you then do it about 4 hours before bed.
SLEEP 101: Sleep is actually a combination of 2 systems, your sleep drive (like hunger) and a biological clock that tells you when to sleep. When both are working well together, you sleep best. This is why a regular sleep schedule is so important. Interestingly enough, with all the sleep research out there, we still do not understand why we sleep. But we sure know what happens when we don’t: disaster. And when we do get great sleep, really good things happen (increased immune system, look better, weight loss, and increased performance).
Berkeley Parents Network: Toddlers: Trouble Falling Asleep
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Toddlers: Trouble Falling Asleep Berkeley Parents Network > Advice > Sleep > Toddlers: Trouble Falling Asleep Questions, by Age
- One-year-old can’t fall asleep on her own
- 16-month-old can’t fall asleep on her own
- Helping 18-month-old fall asleep
- 20-month-old can’t fall asleep
- 2-y-o lies in bed without falling asleep
- Helping 2-yr-old to go to bed w/o mom
- Two-year-old never sleeps
- 2 1/2 yr old won’t go to bed!
- 2.5 year old cannot fall asleep by himself
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- Bedtime Fears
- Bedtime Rituals
- Bedtime too Late
- Babies: trouble falling asleep
- Cry-it-Out
- Helping older kids fall asleep
- Pacifier and Falling Asleep
- Weaning from bedtime breast
16-month-old can’t fall asleep on her own 2001
I am sure this topic has been discussed before. However, we are fairly new to the newsletter. We are looking for advice on success, methods, warnings, etc. relating to helping our one-year old learn to fall asleep on her own. My wife breast fed her to sleep for the first twelve months. She is no longer breast feeding. We can get her to sleep with a bottle, but want to be able to put her down awake and have her fall asleep on her own. We are aware of the numerous “cry it out” methods and already have the books. In addition, our daughter has found her way into our bed and now wakes up 30min after being put down and wants to sleep with us. This is a huge problem because she is a big-time “thrasher” and we are afraid of hurting her or ourselves. We love the idea of having her sleep with us, but we also want our time together. Further complicating this is that our daughter’s crib is in our room. We will be moving her to another room. We are committed to teaching her how to fall asleep on her own for our sake and her own. Any help/advice on trying this with a one-year old would be appreciated.
My daughter just had her first birthday last week and has just started sleeping through the night. My husband and I thought it would never happen but it finally did. Of course, we’re now experiencing a minor set back because some new teeth are erupting and she has a cold, but nevertheless after she turned one, she gave us 2 weeks of 6-8 hours sleep a night.
We’ve got a routine that we follow and it seems to work for us, thought I pass this along – feel free to try anything.
Berkeley Parents Network: Sleep Specialists & Consultants
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Sleep Specialists & Consultants Berkeley Parents Network > Advice > Sleep > Sleep Specialists & Consultants Questions
- One year old with early wake up and poor sleep
- Sleep consultant for infant
- Sleep specialist for 22-month-old
- Sleep consultant for 6-month-old
- Sleep specialist for 15 month old
- Sleep specialist for baby
- Need help for son who can’t sleep through the night
- More reviews of sleep consultants
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- Meg Zwieback for sleep problems
- Parents’ Advice about Sleep
One year old with early wake up and poor sleep Nov 2007
I have a one year old with sleep issues. Does anyone know a good sleep consultant? Im trying to find someone in El Cerrito/Berkeley/Albany. I live in El Cerrito and dont want to drive all the way to Oakland. Would love to know! A-
I consulted with Noelle Cochran [noellecochran@mac.com], who does all her consulting via phone. She is warm, goes with what you are comfortable with, but let’s you know what to expect given your child and their developmental station. You contact her via email to set an appointment. She is very busy but will get to you. Good luck! kim Sleep consultant for infant Oct 2007
i’d like recommendations for a sleep consultant. i am considering hiring a consultant for my 3 month old. i’d really like to get him sleeping before i have to go back to work. if you’ve done this, what are the pros & cons. also, so far, i’ve heard of vivien sonnenberg, meg zweibach & noelle cochran. any thoughts? thanks! sleepless mom
Are you asking for additional names or just people’s thoughts on using a sleep consultant? We consulted Meg Zweiback to help us with sleep training, as well as for help with other issues as our daughter got older. Anyone who knows me knows that I think she’s a genius. The only con is that her services are not free! They were, however, well worth every cent we spent. Especially the sleep training. Good luck! It’s not easy, but it sure is nice to have some professional help. Meg Z. fan I went to Meg Zweibach and she was very good. She is realistic, flexible, patient, and wise. I am recommending a truly gifted child development specialist who provides consultations and coaching on everything with kids – sleep, behavior, weaning…
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Quickly Solve Problems Sleeping at Night
Looking for a way to quickly and naturally solve problems sleeping at night? Well, then look no further, as you’re about to discover a lack of sleep remedy so powerful it can cure sleeplessness within minutes!
You’ve likely heard about all those home remedies that promise deep sleep yet don’t actually deliver, right? Herbal teas, herbal candles, herbal bath oils, scented pillows, massages, warm milk, and half a dozen others — all of which don’t really work. Well luckily, you’re not going to be hearing about those sorts of remedies or even variations of them. In truth, you’re actually going to learn about a remedy for problems sleeping at night that you’ve NEVER heard about before. It’s called Brainwave Entertainment.
What Do I Need to Do?
SLEEP PROBLEMS FAQ
- Bed to Crib, Moving Baby
- Sleepwear
- Quiet Around Sleeping Baby
- Matching Sibling Naps
- The Procrastinator
- The Nightcrawler
- No Privacy!
- Co-Sleeping Not Working
- Fear of Overlying
- Safe Co-sleeping Research
- Pets in Bed
- Snoring
- Night Terrors
- Midnight Visitor
- Getting Preschooler to Sleep in Own Bed
- Prefers Tummy Sleeping and SIDS
- Refuses Nap
- Naptime Cuddling
- Overcrowded Family Bed
- “Nursing” Baby to Sleep at Child Care
- How Much Sleep
- Baby Wakes Up Often
- Goes to Sleep Late
- Military Mom
- Sleeps Too Much?
- Fights Sleep
- Dad Travels
- Nightwaking After Mother Returns to Work
- Waking Up Too Early
- Wakes Up to Play
- Nighttime Bottles
I let my 18-month-old fall asleep with me on my bed and then transfer him into his crib. Is this setting up a bad habit?
No, it’s setting up a good habit. Remember that the goal of nighttime parenting is to create a healthy sleep attitude so that your baby learns that sleep is a pleasant state to enter and a fearless state to remain in. Falling asleep snuggled up next to mommy or daddy is a wonderful way to transition from a busy day to a restful night. You may worry, or may have heard, that if you let your baby fall asleep in your bed he will never learn to sleep on his own. This concern is based upon the theory of sleep associations, which means that the way a baby goes to sleep is the same way a baby goes back to sleep. So, if baby goes to sleep in your arms, yet wakes up alone in his crib, he may not be able to resettle himself without your assistance. While there is some merit in this sleep association theory, think of it this way. Nighttime parenting is a long-term investment. You are creating memories. Your baby is learning to associate parents with comfort rather than being forced before his time to soothe himself off to sleep, even with a variety of personless props. As long as your baby sleeps well in his crib, then continue your present arrangement. In this way, you and your baby enjoy the closeness of cuddling off to sleep together, yet baby gets used to his own sleeping space in his crib. As an older toddler, he will eventually learn to go to sleep on his own in his crib or toddler bed. Yet, realistically, most toddlers enjoy the nighttime ritual of rocking, being read a story, and being parented off to sleep rather than just put to sleep.
Newborn Babies and Sleep
Newborn Babies and Sleep by Elizabeth Pantley
2002 Elizabeth Pantley. All rights reserved.
[ Editor's note: This article is excerpted with permission of McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Publishing from The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night by Elizabeth Pantley, copyright 2002. www.pantley.com/elizabeth ]