Dropping day sleeps?

When did your baby drop day sleeps altogether? Jacob (16 months) has been hard work to get down in the evenings lately - very happy, just bouncing off the walls and NOT sleepy. He only has one sleep a day, for a couple of hours. I'm dreading the thought that he's getting too much and is ready to drop this... I was really counting on having it when the baby was little! Any thoughts?

I thought kids don't drop the day sleep til - 2 - 2 1/2, some still sleep at 3 yr + Please please let that be us

My 20 months twins have been terrible the last week like your Jacob just wanting to play I thought it was the heat but tonight the same so maybe is becoming habit... DD not going to sleep until 9.30. Very over it but hoping is just a wee phase and will ride it out as not giving up on day sleeps either. Sorry no advice or tips I'd love to read some too though...

Does sound very early to be dropping sleep altogether, maybe the humidity etc could be making it hard for him to drop off, my bubs has been like this in the heat.

Interesting - a whole heap of babies in the dec09 group (including mine, gah!) have just given up napping, or if they nap are becoming terrors to put to bed. I'm finding DD1 is not remotely interested in a nap at her usual time (about 1), and even if I can get her to lie down and put a serious effort into going to sleep as opposed to just tantrumming for an hour that she's not having a snooze, she doesn't seem to be able to do it.

Our group had generally put it down to them all turning 2 and maybe they were reaching that age. But if your bub is doing it too, maybe it's a combination of changes in routine, lots of weird foods, and strange people around, as well perhaps as less chance for tearing round outside? Crap timing for you, of course, but I'd probably persist a while yet, and try implementing a firm bedtime routine at the usual time (perhaps put DH in charge of it, but I guess that depends on his phD?) and hope he gets over it soon.

The blackout curtains are a good idea too, as well as a bit of indoor time out of the bright sunlight prior to bedtime?

Lily is hit and miss with day sleeps lately but from about 11months until 18 months she had no day naps at all! Umm nighttime her bedtime is always 8/8.30pm otherwise she has a very rough night!

We started having problems getting DS to go to sleep before 9pm for a week or so a few months back. He was then waking at 6am and very tired in the morning as not getting much sleep at night. I was thinking that maybe he was ready to cut his daysleep out (usually around 2-3 hours long). The following week he went back to his normal routine. I just made sure that I didnt let him sleep for more than 2 1/2 hours during the day. He goes to bed between 7 and 7.30pm but he doesnt always go to sleep straight away. I would tinker abit with his day sleep times and see how that goes. It can be a hard time of year with so much going I suppose. Hopefully for your sake he will continue his day sleeps for awhile longer yet!

I would def try an earlier nap, DS goes down between 10am to 10.30 am for 1-2 hours so we can still put him to bed at 7.30pm.

Hopefully your DD sleeps at the same time so you can get some hopes time