I need help going with the flow!

Question

Brayden is 1 and has always been very routine and predictable. AS I AM!!! So now I think hes transition to 1 nap so I never know when he will be tired, will he do 1 nap or 2, if he naps in the morning will he be ok until bedtime or do I have to plan on being home so if he needs another nap he can, if he wont take his morning nap how do I keep him occupied so he wont be grumpy?? AAAAAHHHHH, Im driving myself crazy. I know I sound a bit ANAL and thats why I am asking this.

What can I do to make myself not so concerned with this nap issue? And am I the only one that has trouble with this transition stage?

Answer 1

I am guessing in one or two weeks you will be laughing at yourself because you will be on the other side of this problem.  Relax, and soon enough you guys will be back to your routine.  Take the next couple of weeks and just take each day at time.  You got through those growth spurts and the constant night-wakings, this too shall pass.

I, too have asked questions seeking help for a "huge" problem in the moment and then I look back a month later and I wonder what the heck I was so bent out of shape about.

Answer 2

Oh hon, you are soooo normal!  It may not feel like it, but you are certainly NOT anal about his.  As a mother of three, my sister advised me before my first to get a copy of the book Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child by Dr. Marc Weissbluth (renowned pediatrician).  I was skeptical, but when I reached wits end worrying about the whole nap scheduling and it changing as the baby grew older, it was an absolutely incredible lifesaver!     http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Healthy... - here's a link to what the book is.

You could even check it out from your local library I bet.  I took what I felt applied to my situation with the book (and believe me, with 3 kids, it was a bit different each time, but it worked!).  Saved my sanity.  Get a copy and save yours.  : )

Answer 3

so normal...my Rylee loves her routine...she moved to one nap at 12 months at daycare, but on weekends she would take 2...it took her almost 2 months to move to one nap 7 days/wk

schedule your outings after the 1st nap... he might surprise you how well he does...being out and about and seeing new things, kids love!!! he might want to go to be early and get a little more sleep @ night and the transition to one nap might be easy!!! having one solid nap and a few catnaps during car trips will NOT mess up nighttime :) a late evening car catnap might!!! but not afternoon

Answer 4

First off you are not the only one that has this issues going from 2 naps to 1 it sucks, but it can be easy. My daughter just turned 2 in June. I found that if you are trying to keep with two naps ( I keep two naps a day for as long as I could) with do this I found in the morning after eating if you take him out and wear him out like if you where to get up at 8am eat and be dressed by 10 you could take him to the pool or you even said the gym bring him home by 12 have lunch and send him to bed ……

  

    Basically what I am getting to … is find out how many naps you want him to have then just work around them. Get him out like a hr. or 2 before a nap; run all his energy out then feed him and put him to bed. That should give you an enough time to get you running around done with 2 hr.s before a nap and 2 or 3 after. I hope this helps.