How long is 14 month old sleep cycle? Please answer during this nap!

[ladybirdsinmyeyes]

Hi, long story short I hope! Pushed 14 month old to not have a nap for last 3 days to reset her body clock as she would not sleep in the evening. She has quite enjoyed it, zonking with a smile on her face at 6pm, then 8pm, then 6pm. I am now reintroducing a short nap as I think this is normal/she needs it + it gives us flexibility in the evening or we have to be home/DS has to be quiet very early. But I have never woken her or DS from a nap - they do/would have about 2 and a quarter hours naturally, but is the sleep cycle 45 mins or an hour at this age? What is the best SHORT nap to give her? Will she just be grumpy all afternoon?! Thanks!

IME, three naps a day from birth (morning - shortish, lunch - long, afternoon - shorter than morning). Reduces to two (morning and lunch) followed by one (lunch). Lunch was always 2hours, only reducing after the morning nap had gone, and has now gone completely that DD is 2.

At 14 months, my DD was on a morning nap of 30 mins (but this went shortly after), and a lunchtime nap of 2 hours.

My DS was also on a nap of 2hrs at lunchtime at 14months. He is now 16 months & I think it needs reducing to 1.5hrs. It would be very unusual for a 14month old to drop the nap altogether. Usually happens between aged 2-3.

What is her routine like atm? Maybe she just needs a tweak rather than dropping the nap altogether.

BTW sleep cycles are usually 45mins.

DS was on two naps at that age. 45 mins at 9 and 90 mins at half 12. If we had nap resistance it was usually because of a lack of exercise or he was moving to one nap. No naps at 14 months seems a bit young to me.