When did your kids stop napping?

How old were they???

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This is a fabulous question. I'd like to read the responses. DS is almost 3 and still takes a minimum of an hour nap a day, sometimes 2 hours.

But since the girls have been home he has been waking at 5am. I am wondering if I drop the nap will he sleep later.

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My DS turned 3 in January. He still naps about 2 hours a day.

He goes to bed around 8-8:30, usually wakes up around 7. He usually naps around 2-4. There are days he says that he doesn't want to nap, but by the evening time he is exhausted and cranky, so he still needs it.

I am happy with it for now, since he and his 1 year old brother take their afternoon naps at the same time- and I have time to myself for a bit.

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Starting at around 3 DD's naps became inconsistent. About 1x per week she will fall asleep during nap time, the rest of the week she won't nap.

We don't even send her for nap time at home any more. But at daycare, they have quiet time every day-sometimes she sleeps, other times she looks at a book on her mat.

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He had spurts where he would fight it but I would have to say he gave them up when he was 3.5....actually I made him give them up. He would nap and then be up until 10pm. That was not working for me at all.

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DS is 3 - he still naps in school - WILL NOT nap for me one weekends - no weekend naps since 2

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My girls just stopped napping this week and they are 2. They would nap usually from 1-3 or 2-4 and go to bed around 9, waking up at 8:30.
Now they go to bed around 7:30 and wake up at 7:30.
I do miss the 2 hours during the day because being pregnant it was a great time for me to nap as well. However, when they were up till 9, I was exhausted.

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i think about 3.5 with my older DD.

My DD still naps at 2, my nephew dropped naps at 18 months.

I think every child is different, and some enjoy the nap time. I know how much i wish adults had nap time now.

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Both boys at 2.5

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DS: took his last nap the day before his first birthday, although he would lay down and rest during nap time at day care.

DD1: Never really took a nap that I could count on, and had completely stopped taking any kind of nap by 2.

DD2: turned 2 on Tuesday and stopped taking naps about two months ago.

My kids aren't great nappers.

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DS is 4 and still naps about 3-4 days a week. He goes to bed about 9 and sleeps til 7.

Around 3 he stopped napping for a few months and then went back to it once school started. He never naps on the weekends.

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my 6 YO would totally still nap if I put him down but I don't.

my 2 and 4 YO still do.

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Mine are still napping and they are close in age. However-if she's only napping for 45 mins I don't know if that would be worth it. My kids schedule is something like this:

Wake anytime between 7:30-9..usually they will play in their cribs until my nanny gets here. Maybe 2-3 days a week I get them up around 8:45 or so

They go down at 12:15 and are asleep by 12:30-Ronan needs this nap..he usually falls right asleep. Declan is hit or miss. Some days he'll fal asleep, some he wont. When he doesn't 5-7PM is a nightmare!

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DD was always a horrible napper

She naps or has quiet time at the daycare on the weekends she does not nap at all I stopped forcing her too she will be 3 in July

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3.5 and still going strong (2-3hrs).

He has a later bedtime though (9pm) which I dont mind because I'm not with him all day.

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Aidan is 2 1/2 and refuses to nap at home. This has been going on since he was about 19 months old. He will only sleep with us if we're in the car. He does nap at daycare, though. Honestly, it's such a PITA. He definitely still needs a nap but there is nothing that works to get him to nap at home.

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my DH is 28 and he could still nap daily. I hope DS is like him and never outgrows naps!!! (at 21.5 mos, he's still taking 2 a day)

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MY older DD who is 4 , i have her rest when my other DD is napping and i have to say (i dont want to jinx it) she has been napping for an hr...she goes to bed at 8 and is awake anywhere from 630-7. My 4 yr is also real active and has been involved in many activities so i think that has made her a little more tired.

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Jordan was about 4
Peyton was a little over 2

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My older DD is around your daughters' age (2.5 on June 1st). At school, she naps for a minimum of 2 hours, and usually closer to 2.5. But part of it is the environment--everyone is napping, it is part of the routine. When we are together and on the go, she can skip a nap, or take little naps in the car and be fine. If we are home for the day, she resists going to her room for a nap and I don't push it. If she seems tired, I might put her in bed and see what happens, but if she gets out of bed and fights the nap, I give in.

She sleeps about 9pm-7:15 on a regular basis. She sometimes sleeps til 8 on the weekends.

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5.5, when he started full day Kindergarten! He was a sleeper and loved his naps! So did I!

somewhere between 2.5 and 3 years old. And she needed them (and I couild have used the break!). But in her defense, she goes to bed right on time and sleeps really well.