Nap transition
Also called nap transitions, 3-2 nap transition, 3 to 2 nap transition, 2-1 nap transition, 2 to 1 nap transition, transitioning naps, dropping a nap
A nap transition is the stretch when a baby moves from one number of daily naps to fewer, such as from three naps to two or from two to one. Parents often name it by the numbers, as in the 3-2 nap transition.
How it's said
I've looked, but can't find the answer to my question about the hell that is the 3-2 nap transition.
Eight months, and I think it was the easiest nap transition of all, IIRC.
Nap transitions are developmental, not strictly age-based.
Who says it
Not to be confused with
- A sleep regression tends to upset sleep all round, at naps, bedtime and overnight. In a nap transition the trouble usually sits in the one nap that's on its way out.
Where it came from
Nap transition is sleep consultant and sleep app language for the steps from four naps to three, then two, then one, and in time none.
Sleep researchers measured the change itself. In 1995 Marc Weissbluth followed 172 children from 6 months to 7 years and reported that the number of naps fell as they grew older.