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How to Tell When Two Naps Are No Longer Appropriate
The two-nap schedule is the most stable nap pattern in the first two years, which is why parents are usually slow to give it up — and rightly so. The...
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Transition from Three to Two Daily Naps
Of the four big nap transitions in the first two years, the move from three naps to two is generally the friendliest. The schedule that lands on the o...
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When a Child Is Ready to Transition to One Nap
Knowing when to move from two naps to one is one of the most practically important decisions of the toddler sleep period. Move too early and the child...
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Transition from Four to Three Daily Naps
Between 3 and 5 months, most babies move from taking four (or more) naps per day to taking three. This transition is driven by lengthening wake window...
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Dropping the Daytime Nap: Temporary Phase or Permanent Change
When a 2-year-old begins refusing their afternoon nap, parents face a genuine uncertainty: is this a temporary phase that will pass, or has the nap be...
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Sleep in Children Aged 12–18 Months: Key Changes
The period from 12 to 18 months is one of the most complex for sleep, combining a major nap transition with a developmental regression and the emergen...
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Ideas to Occupy a Child During Rest Time
The day the nap fails is a hard day. By 4 p.m. the child is fried, by 5 they are melting down, and you've lost your only quiet stretch of the afternoo...
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The 3-to-2 Nap Transition: When and How to Drop the Third Nap
The move from 3 naps to 2 is the first of several nap transitions in the first 2 years. Done well, it is mildly annoying for a couple of weeks. Done p...
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Nap Transitions: When and How to Move from Two Naps to One
The two-to-one nap transition catches most families off guard. One week the morning and afternoon naps are humming along, and the next week the mornin...
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