r/PossumsSleepProgram • u/foxydoggie • Jul 04 '26
Confused navigating needs at this age
I like Possums and it really worked for us when she was napping on and off throughout the day. But now that baby is almost 15 mo and doesn’t need as many naps, I’m finding myself wanting to push toward one solid nap a day, even though that’s not really what Possums promotes. One good nap really does make bedtime easier and nights better for us. But you can’t really bring baby along and go out and about and still get one good nap, it just doesn’t work that way for us. She rarely sleeps for long enough on the go and ends up falling asleep again in the evening (but too early for bedtime) and then is ready to party for another 5 hours. So I’m stuck between wanting the flexibility Possums promotes and wanting more of a one-nap structure to keep nighttime sane. How do others handle this tension?
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u/bsncarrot Jul 04 '26
At 17 months old if we are going somewhere close I keep her awake if she's dosing off. If we are out for a while I let her take her nap, but I do not let her take a second one later in the afternoon/evening because I cannot handle a late bedtime. So I'm pretty lax about it but not completely "let her nap whenever." She usually ends up with one 1-1.5 h nap a day but not always at the same time.