Sleeping routine for a child (18 months)

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Re: Sleeping routine for a child (18 months)

@Star786

It depends on the nature of the child. If the child is hyper or over active then it is difficult to implement a routine. If not then the child should have short naps in the daytime, maybe 1 hour instead of 2. That could help.

This should not be an excuse for an 18 month old to have an erratic sleeping pattern.There was a time when my daughter was up till 1 am or even after that and would wake up late..it messed up everything…meal times,day time naps,play time or time to go out.
She was napping twice during the day and was about 12-14 mo at that time.I eliminated her second nap and there were times when I had to wake her up myself in the afternoon or in the morning.She did use to cry but the thing is that kids are kids..they will resist whatever they do not like.Now she is Mashallah 19 months old and takes an afternoon nap,for 1.5 hour on an average and I almost never allow her naps to go beyond 4 pm at the latest.She sleeps around 9:30 pm and is up at 7 in the morning.It might sound like I was after her like a Hitler or something,but it has done us both good.This has been her routine for about 4-5 months now.