I could really do with some help as I can’t find any information online to do with this problem! We sleep in the same bed as I’m a single mom, been doing it since she was 5 months old, she hated her crib and would only settle in bed with me.
Since 9 months old my daughter dropped to 1 nap, would wake around 8am, nap at 11am, up around 1pm and then bedtime at 7pm. I found it unusual for such a small baby but I couldn’t make any change to it, I tried earlier nap and nap later in the afternoon but it just wasn’t possible! She would scream the house down and was visibly not tired yet.
At 12 months old she would wake her usual time at 8am but would only want to nap at around 1pm for 1-2 hours and then bedtime at 8pm, however the last 4 weeks if I give her a nap at 1pm for an hour she won’t sleep until 12am and will wake up around 10am the next day, even if I wake her up early and give her a nap around 11am she will go a full 10 hours no sleep.
I live with my parents that both work full time so I resorted to staying in my room and watching TV, she will eventually just go to sleep by herself with it on and I really hated the idea of that. I’ve tried lying with her in the dark, leaving the room, rocking but nothing will change. At the moment she’s been getting up at 10am and going all day until 8pm when she will easily go sleep within 2 minutes!
She still goes to sleep on the bottle, I’ve tried to take it away.
I’m lost at what to do, so many things online say they need a nap for development but I can’t force her to sleep if she doesn’t want to!