Dropping from 3 to 2 naps?

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Has anyone dropped a third nap yet? If so, what signs was your baby showing? How’d you handle it? 
I’ve heard of the 8 month sleep regression and that sometimes that’s when babies drop their last nap of the day. Just want to hear how everyone else is handling it. ☺️

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Our babe was starting to wake up early and also be hard to settle at his usual bedtime. I find he’s able to have the longest stretch of awake time between his afternoon nap and bedtime so the third nap was ok to drop although there was definitely some growing pains. We run a 6 pm to 6 am day with first nap at 820 (for 35 minutes) and second nap at around 1130 for 1.5 to 2 hours. If he has a shorter than usual afternoon nap I’ll put him down for bed 4 hours from the time he wakes. So if he wakes at 130, we shoot for 530 bedtime. Hope that helps! He’s 8 months on oct 1

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Just started the transition. This is what we are doing for a few weeks, working up to the second picture. We go by wake times but she is always up at 7:00 for the day. So if naps are good this is how her schedule goes.

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My boy dropped his last week. He will be 8 months on the 4th. I still try putting him down for 3 but the last one isn't happening anymore. His other 2 naps are significantly longer though but I haven't noticed any difference to his night sleeps (still waking 3-6 times)

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My LO went from 3 to 2 on her own. She occasionally will take a 3rd nap but sometimes not. Our day starts around 6 am. She’ll wake and feed and sometimes go back to sleep until 7 am when we have to leave for daycare. She takes her first nap around 9. Takes another nap around 12 (sometimes) and if she doesn’t take the 12:00 nap shell sometimes take a nap around 3. If she doesn’t take the 3rd nap she usually sleeps on the car ride home. And then she’ll start wanting to go to bed around 7-7:30.

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My girl dropped it on her own. She’s up anytime between 6-7 am , naps 9-11am then 2-4 pm (give or take a bit) then bed for the night at 7pm. 
If we get out and about during the day and mess up her naps I give her the option of a third nap but generally she likes two, 2 hour naps

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This week my LO has been going from 3 to 2 naps, not much changed other than her naps are longer.  She usually naps for around 2 hours and goes to bed anywhere from 6:30-8:30 (depending on what time she woke from afternoon nap).

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My little one transitioned from 3 naps to 2 naps on her own. She started having longer wake times & was refusing her 3rd nap. If her naps are short and she is cranky I try and have her take a catnap before dinner or I'll just put her to bed earlier.

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Ours just stopped, he just refused to take one.  He gets real cranky at 5:30 and it’s asleep usually by 7:30 and then is awake at 5:30am :(

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We dropped the 3rd nap of the day but if he’s cranky and needs a quick 30 minute nap we let him

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Our son does 2 naps per day since he was 5 months old. He generally wakes up at 5:30, takes a bottle and sleeps till 7:00. Then again bottle, playing and around 9:30 sleeps for 45 minutes. After his lunch he might sleep for 1-1,5 hour and goes to bed around 19:00

Dropping from 3 to 2 naps?

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