DD is nearly 19 months and after being a dreadful napper when she was tiny now has a fab 1.5-2.5hr nap at lunchtime every day. Some days she seems like she needs a short morning nap too - ie 30-45 mins.
The naps aren't the problem, it's bedtime. She is taking such a long time to drop off. Goes down happily in her cot but lays there chatting and babbling for ages. She generally only cries out if she's thrown her teddy overboard or if she's wedged her foot in the bars if the cot but just will not go to sleep. I spy on her through the crack of the door and she prances around... If I tell her firmly to lay down she does so really quickly like ages been caught out!
Last night she was down at 6:45 and I went in 3 times between then and 8:45 to tell her to lay down or untangle her foot.
She wakes between 6:10-7:25 every day, so I'm not convinced she's getting enough sleep.
Is her lunchtime nap affecting bedtime? Or is there another way I can help her drop off better? We have a nice routine (bath, story and milk, though only dropped the last and bedtime breastfeed about 3 weeks ago). We moved 2 months ago and her new room is quite bright but she's been getting worse rather than getting used to it (we're decorating what will be her room and that will have a blackout blind!!).
Any tips?!?