Daytime naps

[glitterstar88]

My 28MO DS gets tired at anytime between 11a.m -1p.m. but i find that he will not go to sleep by himself. I find myself driving him around in the car, sometimes driving for an hour without him falling asleep. I dont know what to do anymore. I've left it a few days without going for a drive, but then he just stays awake till bedtime and that usually means that he will be really cranky during the day. Does anyone else have this problem or just me?
Also finding it hard for him to sleep in his own room. He often falls asleep in my bed then i put him in his bed if i havent fallen asleep at the same time as him. If i put him down in his room before he is asleep, he screams the place down, stamps his feet, and bangs his head on the wall which really isnt nice, and have also had my neighbours from downstairs complain about the noise.
Does anyone else have similar problems or have any ideas of what i can do to help him sleep any better than this.

Maybe he is ready to drop his daytime nap? My DD stopped having her naps around that time - I know what you mean about them being cranky without it, but it does get better as they get usd to it. She will still sometimes fall asleep in the car if we go anywhere in the car in the afternoon, but I am ruthless about waking her up asap, as otherwise she will still awake until 9 or 10pm!

No advice on getting him to sleep in his own room though - hope someone else has some tips for you.

My dd stoppedher daytime naps at a similar time.She is three now and is still exhausted during the day although she is used to it aswell. I discovered that although she was cranky that she would go to bed alot earlier and it was also easier aswell She goes to bed between 6.30-7pm.

it is hard when they are cutting out the daytime nap, sounds good getting him to 28 months from my pov (mine stopped at 17 months, how I wept)
about nighttime sleep, if you can bear to wait a few more months, you'll be able to reason with/bribe him to sleep in his own bed or at least not kick up a fuss when you move him. I had similar problems with ds1, he's still stroppy about bedtimes but knows to stay upstairs even if awake these days. he settled down sleep wise once he was about 2 1/2

Mine didn't stop their daytime naps till they were three. I do think they still need it at this age. Can you walk him around the park in his pushchair instead of the car?

Have tried him in his pushchair a few times, but he seems to get distracted by everything, also the village i live in has hardly any pavements so its awkward to walk about enough to get him off to sleep. I might try and see if he can go without a daytime nap. Only problem is he falls asleep earlier than usual and gets up earlier in the mornings too which is a pain as his normal waking up time is between 5 and 6a.m.

dd(4) still likes an afternoon nap at the weekends - I htinkthe week catches up with her. gives me a good excuse for a siesta too