Anyone experience too much sleep in toddlers....

[love]

DS is a great napper. He goes down with no problems and will sleep 3 1/2 hours if we let him. But last week he would wake in a sour mood. I got to thinking he may be napping too long? So this past weekend we woke him at 2 hour napping and guess what? We have been meltdown free since and he wakes in an awesome mood. Anyone have this happen before?

[supermommy]

I have, I am the same way too. It's just hard to know how much is enough some days. Ds1 hates being woken up bu he wold sleep all day sometimes if we let him

[apryllraye87]

DS would go through stages where he would take extra long naps.. usually it was when he was going through a growth spurt or not feeling well.

He doesn't take naps anymore and boy do I miss those days!

[Sus]

try it for a week and see how it goes... maybe on Tuesdays you can give him and extra 1/2 hour.... ya know.. catch up for the weekend? But not Mondays... you don't want Meltdowns on Monday! LOL..

[love]

It has been a week and we have had MAYBE 2 or 3 meltdowns. I think it is going well!!! And seperation has been a breeze. So I think we have something going here! I just really hate waking a sleeping "baby" but if in the long run it works then great! Even his eating is consistent. Who woulda thunk?!

[jess7882]

Claire is the same way but opposite. She doesn't want to nap because she thinks she is going to miss out on something I guess. It is just meltdown after meltdown but if she take at least an hour nap...she is happy as a clam.

I love all the stage. Just have to learn and do what is best for you! Keep up the good work!

[babyscute]

I say nothing about sleep at nap time to DD. I say let's lay down and be quiet. Usually she falls right to sleep. There are some times she does not but rule is she has to lay down and be quiet.

[deannemdm]

DS (age 2.5 yo) recently stopped afternoon naps-- I would lay down with him and read 2-3 small books to him and ask about his "jobs" (stay in bad and be quiet). He seems to get more sensitive in the evening without a nap but after a weekend in which he ripped about 6-7 books while "napping" we decided that having him quietly in his room was not a good thing. At night I lay with him maybe 2 minutes and we talk about what we did that day and what is planned for the next day and again ask him about his jobs. I tell him I love you, leave the bed and from the doorway again ask about his "jobs" and tell him I love you

[slufoot]

DS naps 2- 3.5 hours, with longer naps during growth spurts along with eating TONS of food. They usually last about a week or two and then we go back to normal. He is very cranky when woken up, so I try not to:)