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Why is it getting increasingly difficult to get my 11 month old down for a nap?
We have very few problems getting her to go to bed at night. We have tried to keep her on a regular schedule and nothing in our routine has changed but for the past couple weeks she is giving us a hard time when we try to lay her down for her nap. She is still showing the cues that she is tired (rubbing eyes, red face, she starts to get calm and cuddling) but when we lay her down she just starts playing and then after she plays for a while it's like she has woken herself up and then begins to fuss or cry. I know she is tired and that she still needs the naps so what can I do? Sometimes she will fight napping for up to an hour. This is her schedule usually:
8:30 pm - 7:30 am bedtime
10 am - 11:30/12:00 ish 1st nap
2:00/2:30 (depending on when she wakes up from 1st nap) - 4:00/4:30ish
Also, she gets a bottle before each sleep. Being that she is coming up on her 1st birthday I also need to start weaning her off the bottle but I'm afraid that's just going to make it worse.
Should I try only giving her 1 nap in between when she usually takes the 2? She just seems so young still to do that. Plus I know she's already tired and don't want to risk her getting over-tired and cranky.
Any advice or experience would be appreciated.
5 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
I would try just one nap a day, my son (now 2) would have some good days with his nap and some bad. Be patient and watch for the signs that she's tired, then put her down. As for the bottle i just started with a sippy cup before bed times and i pushed his bed time back about 30 minutes and it worked great, he was 11 months then
- 1 decade ago
I think around this age their need for sleep changes. Try skipping the morning nap, eating an early lunch and doing a longer afternoon nap. That way you have only a few hours of possible crankiness and you are assured of her getting good rest in the afternoon.
Other than that, I don't know how you put her down, but when kids get more active, sometimes it helps to let them fall asleep in their prams. They can look around outside, which is kind of distracting, and just doze off.
Good luck!
- Anonymous1 decade ago
try just 1 nap...a lot of babies stop taking 2 naps after 9 months old...i would try keeping her awake till 12 give her lunch at 12 then put her down for a nap 12-2 would be a good enough nap then put her to bed at 830 good luck
- ◄☻RN☻►Lv 71 decade ago
i would try a one nap routine for a few days and see how it goes; i would try to put her down around lunch and see if she takes a nice long nap....you can always go back if need be; if i remember correctly, somewhere around there is when my dd dropped her second nap......of course i wouldn't let her get overly tired, but see if u can let her go a little longer than you have been after she starts signalling...hth
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- KitKatLv 71 decade ago
because you are allowing it to become difficult. if she doesn't want to nap, that's fine. have quiet time instead -dim the lights, close the curtains, put on soothing music, and let her read or play quietly while you both rest.
