Scheduling around a day of naps

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Sometimes we forget that we don't need to let kids be whiny, grumpy, or rubbing their eyes and showing us they are tired because by the time they are doing that they are overtired. I would just assume that they are really ready/able to fall asleep earlier in the morning and put then down at 9:30 instead of 10 and then not let them sleep past 11:30 as in 1 1/2 hours in the morning. Then you should be able to move the afternoon nap at least to 2-4 instead of 3-5. Given the schedule of the kids for pickup/supper sleeping till 4 is probably a good thing and then it is another 4 hours till bedtime.

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I would just put the two of them down around 9am and wake them up at 10am. That way they get a power nap and should be able to make it until 12:30/1pm for their afternoon nap.

[Dreamalittledream]

I would just put the two of them down around 9am and wake them up at 10am. That way they get a power nap and should be able to make it until 12:30/1pm for their afternoon nap.

This is exactly what I do and it works great for me. My one year olds are usually transitioned away from morning naps around 14 months or so.
Our job can be really demanding, the sooner you can get them all on the same sleep schedule the better for you to be refreshed