Veer is at 13 months now and he has successfully transitioned from 2 naps to 1. Doctors/Books usually say that most babies make that transition any time between 12 to 24 months. In my opinion, 13 months is a tad bit early and we were so NOT ready. I really enjoyed my 2, 1.5 hour chunks of quiet but now I have a good 2 hour long afternoon stretch.
A few cues I watched for to know its time -
1. Morning naps shorter than an hour (even 45 minutes is not really a full, restorative nap)
2. Extremely playful before the afternoon nap, not ready to wind down. There were days he skipped his afternoon nap too, resulting into an extremely unhappy, overtired baby around the 5 PM mark. Obviously letting him nap then would mean a SUPER late bedtime and the only logical thing to do was to write off the day as a "bad nap" day and move on to a newer, brighter morning:)
3. Pushing ahead bed time ( OH PLEASE NO!)
We have been very schedule cautious for Veer, so it gives him consistency and gives us a method to the madness. Ambiguity kills me, structure makes me smile. So we worked very hard to put Veer down consistently at the same time every day for naps and at night, so when he started tweaking the schedule and staying up longer(happily) we started thinking about nap consolidation.
Now he is happily and actively awake for two 5/5.5 hour stretches and follows the following schedule -
6:30/7am wake up
12 noon - nap
2/2:30pm - wake up
7:30/8.00pm - down for the day
Although Veer is not the best night time sleeper, I feel that having this schedule makes the days easy to tackle and will eventually give him the push for a 11/12 hour uninterrupted sleep :)
Comments and thoughts always welcome!
A few cues I watched for to know its time -
1. Morning naps shorter than an hour (even 45 minutes is not really a full, restorative nap)
- this happened to us around the 9 month mark as well and we were advised to put him down 15 minutes later every day till he reaches his 1.5 hour sleep mark. At 9 months he transitioned to a later 1st nap ( awake time 3 hrs since he woke up in the morning which was 2 hrs of wake time initially)
- So following suit, I tried to put him down later everyday, just didn't seem tired enough! First cue for nap consolidation
2. Extremely playful before the afternoon nap, not ready to wind down. There were days he skipped his afternoon nap too, resulting into an extremely unhappy, overtired baby around the 5 PM mark. Obviously letting him nap then would mean a SUPER late bedtime and the only logical thing to do was to write off the day as a "bad nap" day and move on to a newer, brighter morning:)
3. Pushing ahead bed time ( OH PLEASE NO!)
We have been very schedule cautious for Veer, so it gives him consistency and gives us a method to the madness. Ambiguity kills me, structure makes me smile. So we worked very hard to put Veer down consistently at the same time every day for naps and at night, so when he started tweaking the schedule and staying up longer(happily) we started thinking about nap consolidation.
Now he is happily and actively awake for two 5/5.5 hour stretches and follows the following schedule -
6:30/7am wake up
12 noon - nap
2/2:30pm - wake up
7:30/8.00pm - down for the day
Although Veer is not the best night time sleeper, I feel that having this schedule makes the days easy to tackle and will eventually give him the push for a 11/12 hour uninterrupted sleep :)
Comments and thoughts always welcome!
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