My DD is 3.5 and has always been a great sleeper, and usually does 7pm-7am. She has a one hour nap in the afternoons, 2-3 (I go and wake her up after an hour, I don’t know how long she’d sleep if I left her).
The last three weeks she’s gone to bed fine at 7pm but then stayed awake in her room until 9 or 10pm. She doesn’t cry but she usually sings/talks, and can mess around and do naughty things like taking her bedsheets off or throwing stuff out of her room (there’s a baby gate on the door); in the morning she’s always shattered.
I tried dropping the nap yesterday and she was vile; toilet accidents, drawing on the wall, throwing things....although she went to sleep ok at bedtime!
We haven’t had any life or routine changes that have triggered this, and I’m just stumped. Has anyone been through this, or got any suggestions?! Her behaviour was so horrid without the nap that I really don’t want to drop it just yet! (Also it’s the only time I get ten minutes to sit down, also have a baby DS!)
Any ideas greatly appreciated!