Two naps too much for 11 month old?

Question

My daughter is 11 months and usually has a nap at 9.30am for 30 mins and 2.00pm for an hour. This last week she has gone to sleep at her bedtime (7:00pm) but within an hour she's awake again and usually by 10:00pm she's completely awake and wants to play?

Should I cut her day naps down or if anyones in this situation what have you done?

Answer 1

you shouldnt cut off her nap times. baby need their sleep. my daughter will be 1 on August 30th, she took two naps a day. sometimes its an average of 1 and a half to 2 hours long. she took a nap around 12 or 1 in the after noon and another one at 5 or 6 in the evening. And then her bed time is at 10 pm or the latest at 10:30. I think your baby bed time is too early. Try to put her bed time at a later time.  

Answer 2

I would try  and combine the two naps..... and just make one longer nap in the afternoon.  I would try and do it around 12:00 or so... and see if she will nap for a good hour or two.  This way...... they will be more tried for bedtime.... but also rested enough throughout the day that they won't be a total crab monster.  Or else.... you could just try putting her down an hour later at night.  Regardless..... something needs to be adjusted.  Its not much fun to have a baby thats ready to go...... and you are ready to sleep.

Answer 3

My son is 11 months old and takes two naps- sometimes 2 hours each. Maybe try to hold off her frist nap to be a little later so that way she will take a longer nap. Some babies dont need 2 naps at this age and just take one longer one. I would try to keep her up instead of putting her down at 9:30 and maybe try 1 nap after lunch.

Answer 4

Try giving her lunch around 12 and give her some milk and put her down at 12:30. She should be sleeping for at least 2hours in the middle of the day. So, if she wakes at 2:30 then you should be fine to put her down between 7:30-8. That's what I did with all my kids and they slept fine, unless they were teething or sick or trying to manipulate their way out of bed.

Answer 5

My daughter takes two naps every day still, and she is almost 15 months old. I think every baby is different, and its her way of letting you know something needs to change if shes not following her schedual. Its possible also that she could be to tired to sleep through the night. My daughter went through that for a while, she would fall so deep into sleep right when i put her down to bed that she would wake up a few hours later. Its also possible that those little toofers are comming in, or a groth spurt and either can mess up sleeping patterns . If it was me, I would try to move her afternoon nap to 1,then cut out the morning nap, and maybe she will take a longer nap.  You just have to play with it a bit and find something that works for both of you :) Good Luck

Answer 6

as a child grows...their sleep patterns can vary..some weeks she may be on schedule and other weeks may be out of wack. this is normal its just part of their growing process. My son would sleep all the time and now he is 20 months and only sleeps once a day on some weeks and sleeps all day on others and the doc said that just how its works. they may still be young he told me, but they are still human and do adult like things...for example sleeping more or less, eating a lot or having no appetite at all some days, using the potty more or less its all up to them.

Answer 7

it's 2 naps (1-2 hours) and then i think like 10 hours of sleep a night.

my 11 month old - nap at 9AM-10AM, 12PM-2PM

try putting your baby to nap at 12PM or 1PM instead of 2PM. or move the morning nap up an hour or two and take away the afternoon nap.

Answer 8

By that age they only need one nap. I would try cutting out her morning nap and just move her afternoon time up a little. Try putting her down at 1:00 for only an hour. That should give her enough time to be tired for her bedtime. Good luck and if still no luck mover her nap to 11:00 am and no afternoon nap.

Answer 9

if you think that cutting her down to one sleep a day would work then give it a try but if she wants to sleep she will sleep.. babies at certain ages need a certain amount of sleep per day.. i used to put my children down for a sleep between 11 and 2 and if it was any later they would have a troubled night.. the best person to talk to is your health visitor... he/she will be able to give the correct advise.. but at the end of the day you know your child better than anyone..  

Answer 10

babies do that.. i don't know the reason but my daughter is the same, she'll do it once in a while... the good news is that it's a phase and it'll pass, meanwhile just be patient. i don't think you should cut her day naps. she'll eventually drop the morning nap when she's ready to do so.