Can't find another thread on this but some American researchers have found that toddlers aged 2-3 who skip their afternoon nap are 'at greater risk of lifelong mental health problems'.
DD has been tricky with various aspects of her sleep since she was tiny (now 2.7) and is usually a bugger to put down for a daytime nap at home. So I let her have 45 mins at nursery (where she'll sleep no problem) but haven't tried to get her to nap at home for several months now. It is now generally easier to get her off to sleep in the evenings and she tends to sleep longer too (early waking was a problem before) although I'm not entirely sure this is linked.
In trying to solve the various sleep problems I have always gone in for the more gentle training methods so am a bit perturbed to read that my latest trick could be storing up problems for the future. Does anyone set much store by these findings? I have to say DD doesn't appear to be suffering in the afternoons as a consequence although given half a chance she would probably fall asleep in front of the telly late-afternoon.