My son barely napped until about the age of 2.5, up until then we were lucky if he got two 30 minute naps throughout the day. He has always been an early riser no matter what time he went to bed and has always slept about 20% less than the "Normal child sleep patterns".
It sucks, but in the end some kids just don't sleep as much and some start to later on.
If it gives you any solace - children that sleep less as infants have statistically showed signs of giftedness. I thought it was hooey and told my wife to help bring some join to her sleep deprived life...tunrs out, our child is now in the gifted program.
Make what you will of that but the bottom line is, keep doing what you need to do (routine, bed at a reasonable time, keep trying for naps) - it'll all work out in the end.
It sucks, but in the end some kids just don't sleep as much and some start to later on.
If it gives you any solace - children that sleep less as infants have statistically showed signs of giftedness. I thought it was hooey and told my wife to help bring some join to her sleep deprived life...tunrs out, our child is now in the gifted program.
Make what you will of that but the bottom line is, keep doing what you need to do (routine, bed at a reasonable time, keep trying for naps) - it'll all work out in the end.
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"It's better to be dead and cool...than alive and uncool!"