At what age did you stop naps?

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Please comment too! I’d like to hear when and how it went. Did it affect night time sleep? Behavior? Why did you stop naps? Etc.

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I let them nap as long as they needed & only stopped when it no longer affected them to stay up all day til bedtime. 
My oldest was 4.
2nd kid was 5.
3rd was around 6. 
4th is 3 & no signs of stopping any time soon.

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Summer before first grade.

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We haven’t stopped completely, but for the most part we stopped naps around 3.5. She only naps on weekends now. Bed time was becoming a struggle (taking 2+ hours, lots of delays and screaming and crying) and instead of pushing bedtime time almost 9pm, cutting the nap worked better for us. She now goes to bed with 0 issues.

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My daughter is in an anti nap phase thanks to moving to a new home. She’s 2 so I expected this. She is nowhere near ready to drop a nap. She needs a 1-2hr nap and her 12hrs at night. My 14m old is still on 2 naps a day. 
My 4.5 year old nephew still naps and his 8 year old brother stopped regular naps at 4. The oldest still naps occasionally on weekends. He really only stopped at 4 to prepare for school.

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I just followed my daughters lead. They came a point in time where I could no longer make her take a nap. I think she fully dropped both naps by the time she was 2 1/2.

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My son stopped napping just after turning 2. Despite trying to keep the nap for a few months, eventually we were completely nap free by 2y4m. He stopped on his own. He started fighting the nap, we transitioned to lay down quiet time, the time got shorter and shorter and eventually no laying down to one day just completely moving on. His behavior actually did change, for the better surprisingly. His moods were more even and bed time was immediately more consistent and predictable. He started going to bed easily at 8pm and slept until 8am. He is 5 years old now and hasn’t napped since except a couple times when he’s been sick. We followed his cues for dropping naps and that worked best for us.

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My daughter is almost 6 and she still takes 2 hour naps a few hours after getting home from kinder

At what age did you stop naps?

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