Hi
My DS is 14 months old. He used to be good at napping, but he's been getting really erratic.
Used to do 45 mins to 2 hrs from 9.30 ish, then another 45 or so around 3.
Now he sometimes refuses the am nap, or if he has it it's only 45 mins. The later nap we now have to walk or drive him to get him off.
I've tried a few things, but none totally consistently: later am nap, 10, 11, after lunch at 12.45, none seem to result in a longer sleep. The later the nap the more of a problem because he'll still need a pm sleep but won't want it until later, interfering with tea and bedtime.
He's also taking longer to go off in the evenings. Kicking his legs, calmly, no crying, for about 20 mins after he's in bed.
Generally he wakes between 7 and 7.30am, although I've had some early wakings after very short nap days when I think he's overtired, and he goes down between 7.15 and 7.45pm. He's so far (touch wood, everything crossed,) sleeping at night.
I'm getting a bit bogged down in it all, and that's without trying to get to toddler group, library rhyme time etc around all these sleeps..
Can anyone shed any light? Is he wanting 1 nap? How do I get him to just have 1 at a reasonable time that gets him to bedtime reasonably happy? Should I just go along with 2 45 minutes, but what if he am refuses?
Thanks