For a while now Savannah has been taking 3 hours naps from about 12:30-3:30 or 1-4 ...something like that.

Yesterday I took her up for her nap like I usually do but she never fell asleep. Played for a good long while but then was ready to come back downstairs. Today she has been in her room for 35 minutes ...I thought she was asleep...and I just heard her moving around so I went to check on her and she was playing. She only has books and stuffed animals in her room and I'm fine if she wants to play a little before falling asleep.

But oh my...I am beginning to think she may be deciding to give up her nap. I'm not ready for this!!! :wah:

Although...if it meant she would sleep in later in the morning I might be ok with it! ;)

ack - im 30 and still take a nap - naps are tradition in the south and in my family. naps are never given up here :D

that said, sometimes the children arent sleepy so they are allowed to play quietly in their rooms for 2 - 3 hours (they usually fall asleep in the middle of a pile of books lol).

oh believe me branwyn...i would NEVER give up the opportunity for a nap...and yes...savannah has often fallen asleep amid masses of books and bears!

sounds just like my son...he is 21 mos. and the napless days are becoming more frequent...unfortunately, he is not a fan of playing by himself in his room.

What have I done wrong mamas?? My baby seems to want to be around his mama all the time, and its a rare occasion when he actually walks away from me to play alone.

What to do...

sounds just like my son...he is 21 mos. and the napless days are becoming more frequent...unfortunately, he is not a fan of playing by himself in his room.

What have I done wrong mamas?? My baby seems to want to be around his mama all the time, and its a rare occasion when he actually walks away from me to play alone.

What to do...
i have seen many kids like that....savannah likes to play alone..always has...i think it's somewhat a personality thing

i dont really have any advice - naps are mandatory, not optional in our house.
its just how things are here. i have had people come into my house and say that if they had my kids rooms they would want to take a nap too - our bedrooms are tailormade for sleeping, they are pretty much sensory deprivation chambers (room darkening shades, floor fans for noise) with some books.

she's been asleep for 2 hours now! whew...i was getting worried.

yeeha!! theres still hope I guess...

Branwyn...how did you implement the mandatory napping?? I could leave Isaac in his room for hours and he probably wouldn't still not go to sleep some times

yesterday she was in her room for about 1 1/2 hr just playing..i told her she could play with her animals in her room in her bed but i'd come get her when it was time to come out...

yeeha!! theres still hope I guess...

Branwyn...how did you implement the mandatory napping?? I could leave Isaac in his room for hours and he probably wouldn't still not go to sleep some times


well like i said, they dont have to sleep but they have to rest :)
they just know that at 2pm everyone goes into their bedrooms and naps. they can sleep or sit in bed and quietly read/look at story books. :happy:

I am a big fan of quiet/nap time. I was raised in the south and everyone rests after lunch (at least in my family). After quiet time we could have a special snack. I can't sleep at night when I nap, but I need that down time in the afternoon to recharge before taking on the rest of the day. My oldest (almost 4 now) hasn't napped since he was 2. At first it was really difficult but then I really got to enjoying hime sleeping from 7pm every night until 7 or 8 the next morning. DH and I got to reclaim our nights ;)

well i hope i can do the same with my son if he stops taking naps

hopefully he will start becoming a bit more independent, i think part of the problem is we have been doing a lot of moving in the past year (3 times) this last move being the biggest, from Maine to Florida, and I think he is just feeling a little insecure right now

ok..since branwyn said she has 'nap time' at 2:00 every day..i decided to wait until 2 today for savannah's nap. i took her upstairs at 2:00..no real complaints and she was asleep very fast...i just woke her up at 6:00!!!!! i wanted to wake her up so she would actually go to bed tonight! woah!

21 months is a hard age to enforce rest time. For awhile, I had to rest with ERik. Now he knows the drill. (Anders sleeps still for 2-3 horus)