21 mth old fighting naps ... help!

[Millie1]

DS2 (21mths) has started to really fight his afternoon nap. He goes to bed at 7.30pm, I wake him at 7.30am and he usually naps at around 1pm for 2hrs. Until now. This past few weeks he's been really fighting the pm nap although he is obviously tired and dozy. Today he had his milk, got really drowsy and as soon as I moved to put him in his cot, shook his head violently and got really angry. Tried a couple of times and then put him in and let him fuss for nearly an hr.

There is no way that he doesn't need the nap - he's tired, irritable and a real handful without it - but does anyone have any ideas how I can get him past this blip. TIA

Hi, I just logged on to post about the same subject! My dd is 20 months and just this weekend is suddenly raging when I try to put her down for her nap. I thought it was to do with the fact that I took her dummy away about 2 weeks ago so now she only has her muslin but nights are ok (after the first 2!!!)it's just the nap. Yesterday she screamed for about 10 mins (I went in and comforted her about 3 times and put her back in cot) before passing out only to wake 20 mins later! She used to go down and be out like a light for anything from an hour and a half to two and half hours. what's happened? She also really needs the sleep as she just keeps falling over and bumping into to everything without it!
She appears to be sleeping ok at nursery although only for about an hour.
Also been having problems with getting her to eat her savoury food - she's always been a really good eater so that was a bit of a shock too! Yesterday she ended up only eating 2 yoghurts and 3 slices of raisin toast (not all at once!) all day.
I too would love some ideas from anyone!!

hi my son was doing this from 18mths till 22mths he was going without a nap and he was being a nightmare. What I have done is put him in his bed and just left him with a book or toy then he stays there for the hour he would have been having a sleep...for first week he hated it and would scream and shout for me...now he just puts himself in the bed and goes to sleep.

We have stopped doing the daytime nap in the bed/cot as dd was playing up so much she never went to sleep. Now she has a nap either in the buggy or goes to sleep in the car seat and I transfer her into her buggy when we get home and she finishes her sleep there. It's not ideal but it means she gets a sleep, I get to the shops in the morning and, if I time it right, its naptime on the way home. She still goes to sleep fine by herself at night so the going to sleep in pram/car seat has not affected her ability to settle herself to sleep without motion, etc.

I knew we weren't alone with this! After a dreadful morning with bad-tempered and over-tired child, he is, touch wood, now asleep in his cot. Reluctantly but there nonetheless. Thanks for the advice - we'll try the different things out as he plays up!

aww millie I hope he slept for you, sometimes for our sanity and thiers we just need to give them a push. I know if ds doesnt sleep he is a monster.