13 month resisting daytime naps

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Hi my dd has suddenly started to resist her naps although she is very tired. Up to now she was having two naps a day about 9.30am and 2pm and settled herself to sleep. great. I now try to put her down when I see she is tired (anytime between 11am - 1pm) but as soon as i put her down she rolls over and stands up. She doesnt allow herself to drop off like she use to. So I now have to pick her up and put her down (several times with her crying) and then I try to soothe her to sleep which seems to work after some crying. I feel I have gone back several steps as I use to be able to put her down and she would drop off to sleep herself. Is this just a phase? Please can you advise? im concerned that she is not getting adequate sleep during the day and it is also affecting me going out etc as im obsessed about her sleep. Help

I think its a tricky age for daytime naps!! If I were you I would have a daytime routine so that she always goes down for a nap after lunch, keep her going all morning so that you know she is really tired.

At nap time is it quiet and dark enough? Leave her a good 10mins in between going back in and laying her down, can you put her in a baby sleeping bag? Keep any interaction when you do go in to a minimum and just say gently sleep time....

Will prob take a few days but it worked for us and I had a blissful 2 hour slot every afternoon when dd napped!!!

Why have you changed from specific nap times to waiting until she's tired?

With DS, I'd take him for a walk in the morning so he could have 20 mins in the buggy. I didnt waiver from his lunch nap - just kept upthe routine and he's usually go down. Luckily he was ok with napping with his nanny no problem

We are going through this transition too, dd is same age and it is a bit changeable. Might your dd be needing just a little doze to get through the morning so she doesn't get past it? I've noticed my dd will (particularly if we are out) take about 15 mins mid morning and perk right up only to go down quite easily again right after quite an early lunch. I'm expecting it to be a bit all over the place for a few weeks. With self settling dd is playing me up a bit from time to time too especially if overtired, she's quite clingy with me too, I think she's easier with my mum and dh for going to sleep right now. I can't leave her to cry but I've had to do repeatedly laying her down the last two evenings whilst she cries and I gently tell her sleepy time, perhaps it is all part of the transition too.