Did your toddler's behaviour get worse after dropping nap? More playing up at bedtime?

[milkyman]

My 2,4 ds has dropped his nap. He used to be easy to put to bed and wake at 6.30, Now he wakes at 5,15 and is a nightmare to put to bed. Anyone else find this? Does it improve?

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Re-introduce nap?

DS is just 2 and doesn't reliably nap every day - often it's every other day. He's sooo much easier to put to bed when he HAS napped. Think they get over-tired. Is there anyway you can persuade him to nap? I find it very tricky myself!!

Yes, my 3 te old is much worse without a nap, although seems not to 'need' one every day, on no nap days he goes to bed half an hour to an hour earlier. I try to get him to nap if something exciting happening in the afternoon as otherwise he struggles.