To think my 17 month old can’t be ready to drop naps altogether?

[nomorenap]

For the last week my 17 month old has really resisted going down for a nap. She doesn’t seem tired until 4pm when it really hits her.

Last night she was asleep for 5:50pm and then I woke her this morning at 7am. I think she’d have slept longer. She only woke once all night, about an hour after she went to sleep, which I’m treating as a false start. She was quickly comforted and then slept through.

Should I be persevering with a nap or would you not force it?

Mine both stopped naps at 18 months. They hadn't read the books about sleep patterns they just didn't need much sleep

Mine stopped sleeping in the day by 1!
Prioritise what's important to you and them re tiredness, grumpiness and evenings.

All the toddlers I know have gone through little nap dropping phases for a couple of weeks before switching back to naps from about 18m.

My son just did it again for a couple of weeks and has gone back to napping at 2.5.

So I think you can't say either way yet. Give her a bit of space, no pressure (except maybe a couple of strategic car naps maybe!).

My daughter dropped her daytime nap at 18 months. She started napping again around 15 😆

I think they’re all different and some do drop naps early but if she’s tired at 4 and in bed at 5.30 for the night (which could be restrictive?) then sounds like she still needs some daytime sleep.

I would encourage some quiet time in the day in her cot. Maybe early afternoon.

Mine had naps until 3!

Some of mine had stopped naps WAY before this age. One of mine stopped at 5.5 years. Huge range and you can’t generalise.

I wouldn’t force it. You can’t force anyone to sleep really. If she’s sleeping well at night (which it sounds like she is ) and is happy enough in the day, It could just be how she rolls. Everyone is different. One of my three boys dropped naps at 18m. We did “quiet time” for a wee hour after lunch where we’d rest and or read stories instead of naps.
It may that she’ll have a daytime nap every few days to catch up as she’s transitioning out of daytime sleeps.

5:50 is a really early bedtime. I'd shorten the night time sleep and reintroduce a daytime nap personally. A few days of later bedtimes will probably have her wanting the nap again!

Mine dropped his second nap at 13 months. Best not to fight it, just go with the flow

My DD dropped her nap before she was 1 nothing worked to persuade her to sleep. I found that making sure she had her main meal at midday and putting her to bed at 5ish after a snack worked the best. If I tried to keep her awake for our 5.30pm meal time she screamed until she fell asleep on the floor.