Poll Results: When your toddler first went to one nap a day, what time did naptime start?

Results:

11:00-11:30: 23 votes (12%)
11:30-12:00: 40 votes (20%)
12:00-12:30: 41 votes (21%)
12:30-1:00: 47 votes (24%)
1:00-1:30: 32 votes (16%)
1:30-2:00: 8 votes (4%)
2:00 or later: 8 votes (4%)

Total of 199 votes

RELATED POSTS/BLOG LABELS

Reminder: You can leave comments on poll results posts if you would like to add to the poll after it has closed. This would be helpful for those who have more than one child, those whose children have reached certain ages after a poll closed, and those who didn’t visit the blog while that poll was open. To find closed polls, click on the poll results link above.

4 thoughts on “Poll Results: When your toddler first went to one nap a day, what time did naptime start?”

  1. Did you have to start it earlier, like around 11:30-12 and gradually move it back to 1 or so? We just dropped the morning nap 2 days ago (my son is a week shy of 15 months old) and I have been putting him to bed at 11:45 and he's only sleeping 2 hours. Hoping he'll eventually sleep 3–any suggestions? Thanks!

    Reply
  2. We started putting our ds (who was about 15 months old when he dropped his morning nap)down for his nap around 11:30 and he slept for 2 hours. Then he was in bed by 6:30pm. This lasted about a week and then we gradually moved it forward to 1:00pm. And he did eventually stretch it out to 3 hours. We would move the nap by about 15 mins. every three or four days. So it took a few weeks, but eventually it got there. Good luck!

    Reply
  3. Oh, and I forgot to mention that we also moved the bedtime back as we moved the nap. I think the key is to keep the bedtime early until you start to move the nap!

    Reply
  4. Some people do start early. I never have, but I wait until my kids can make it to 1 and still take a good nap. I would imagine that the younger you move to one nap, the more likely you will need to move it up.And I think Janelle has an excellent point about moving bedtime up. Very good idea.

    Reply

Leave a Comment