Dropping morning nap - help!!!

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My DD is showing signs of being ready to drop her morning nap. Its getting later and later that she's ready to go down and she tends to take much longer to settle as well.

I've only been letting her have 10 minutes which is enough to get her through to lunchtime but if its after 9.30am, its too close to her lunchtime nap and then she doesn't settle well at 12.30pm(today it took 40 mins for her to settle). However, without a nap its such a long time for her from 6.30-7am (when she wakes up) to 12ish and she gets pretty grumpy as the morning progresses, especially over lunch, which means she doesn't eat well.

Can anyone share their experiences? Do I just need to persevere until she adapts or should I try and keep giving her the morning nap? Thanks!

Could you push her til 11.30? Lunch at 11, down for a sleep at half past? Then, as she becomes more reliable in being able to last til 11.30, start pushing it back every few days by 15 mins?

Just been through this and it was a nightmare some days but has finally come good! We had the same problem with grumpiness and eating (some days he was almost falling asleep in his highchair!) but I found if I went back to a morning nap he then wouldn't settle for an afternoon nap at all. I had the impression nap transitions only took a couple of weeks but for us it was more like a month or two so I just had to stick with it and have faith. Now he is up for 5 hours, naps for 2 hours (usually) and up for 5 hours til bed. He does have an early nap though of 11am-1pmish, this works with his early bedtime of 6pm, I tried a noonday nap and 7pm bedtime but he just seems to naturally be an early bird. I found keeping him busy in the morning was the best way to stave off grumpiness, if he was busy he tended to be distracted from the fact that he was tired. It is a tricky transition and I doubted myself a lot but it seems it just takes them time to adapt. Good luck :)