How did you know it was time?

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What signs did you go by that you knew it was most likely time to get rid of naps for your 2 1/2 year old?
And did it work out? 
What time are they awake and asleep by? 
Thank you!

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We are in the midst of dropping now. It’s a struggle. She naps fine at daycare but the weekends are a crapshoot. Signs for us: she was staying awake too late at night when she did nap, and she just won’t nap during the day. On the weekends we enforce “quiet time” for her alone for an hour in her room and it’s her choice to sleep or not, if she’s still up in an hour we give up and look forward to a properly early bedtime 😑

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My daughter started throwing huge tantrums at nap time and just would not fall asleep. Or if she did it would just be for 30- 50 minutes. At bedtime she would go in her bed at 8 but often wouldn’t fall asleep until 9-9:30. 
No nap she still wakes up at the same time 7am. But her bedtime is now 7-7:30 and she falls asleep almost immediately. 
There was a huge adjustment for the first week or two. She was a little grumpy while she adjusted. I found keeping her busy and extra snacks and moving dinner forward for those two weeks helped with her attitude in the afternoon until she adjusted.

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I love nap time and so does she and because I nap while she naps we both wake up better people lol.

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My daughter fights her nap, but I still do it. Why? Because even though at this age, they will fight the nap, many are still not ready to give it up. Some may be ok with no naps, but many still need one.
So, just like any other thing that your child might say no to, even though you know it has to happen, I apply the same mentality with naps. She is not ready to drop it, because even though we tried moving bed time up and no naps during the day, she still ended up being miserable an hour after her usual nap would be, and stayed miserable for the remainder of the day,  then at night time, she was very overtired. An over tired tollder is a nightmare.
For that reason, my daughter still takes a nap. Sure it takes 30 minutes for her to fall asleep and she often only sleeps for 30 minutes,  BUT that one hour total of unwinding and a little bit of sleep, make the entire difference between a happy tollder and a crabby one.
When she gets up from a nap( even a short one) shes happy and alert and smiling the reminder of the day. Without a nap, shes crabby the entire day.
Sometimes,  we have to do things that they say no to. Napping is one of them. If you see that your childs starts to fight naps, try moving up bed time and eliminating that last nap. Do it for a few days. If child is miserable by the end of the day, that's an indication that child is not ready to drop last nap.
My daughter sleeps on a king size on the floor. No tollder bed. For her nap, she gets her snack, milk , teeth brushed and we go lay down together in her room in the bed. It usually takes about half an hour for her to pass out. I get up, close the door and go do something around the house. When she gets up, she opens the door and comes looking for me. 
Alternatively,  if child is absolutely refusing naps, you can try just laying in the bedroom, reading a book for 30 minutes quiet time.
I also found that having blackout film on her bedroom windows,  not only helps with her sleeping past sunrise, but also helps her calm down and be able to fall asleep for naps.
We still use a sound machine and a night light for her room.

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We are still on the naptime train. 
Some random days here and there he doesn’t go to sleep quickly. But nothing consistent so far. We push his bedtime back 30 min a few months ago though since he just didn’t seem tired enough at 7. 
Bedtime 730. Up at 700
Nap at daycare 1.5 hrs. 
Nap on weekends 2 hrs.

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I teach at a school that starts at the preschool level and our 3 and 4 year old still get nap time every day. My October'16 baby still gets her nap in every day, and it's usually at least an hour. If she misses that nap, who knows which kid we will have in the afternoon and evening.

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Surprisingly my 2.5 year old most of the time still takes a nap during the day. Goes to bed at 9-9:30 and wakes up at 730-8am. Didn't answer your question but dreading the day he stops naps 😥

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A lot of 2 year olds are really still not ready to drop the nap! We thought our daughter was getting there a couple months ago when she went through a phase of resisting her nap, but we pushed through and now she’s back to mostly napping and still sleeping at night great. She still occasionally just won’t do it and she’s wayyyyy cranky when she skips it. So I know she’s not really ready!

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She would stand and scream, throw a tantrum and if she did sleep it'd be 30-40mins. The days she napped she was a grump and bedtime was a disaster. The days she didn't she was happier and bedtime was great even though she was tired. She goes to bed at 6:50-7pm and is up at 7:15-7:30am. The transition was seamless. She dropped it at 22 months.

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