Is this what the end of naps looks like??

[DerfelCadarn]

My DD is almost 23 months and until v recently would take a 2+ hour nap after lunch no problem.

Now she is starting to resist this some days. More details below - does this look like the beginning of the end of naptime?

This week:
Sunday - resisted nap but crashed at 3.30 for 45 mins
Monday - resisted nap but eventually nodded off after I went in to settle her and slept for just over an hour
Tuesday - took a long time to get to sleep but self settled then slept for 1.5 hours
Weds - slept for 2.5 hours no problem!
Today - resisted nap and is going strong, will try to keep her going til bedtime now

Naptime routine is nappy change, short story, sleeping bag then self settle in cot. Usually she chats for up to ten mins then nods off.

When she resists a nap she doesn't get upset, she just keeps on chatting until I go and get her. I leave her for at least half hour.

Bedtimes have also been a struggle this summer - we put her down at 7 but she won't usually go to sleep unless DP or I sits in with her and this can take an hour or more. I think the light and hot weather are at least partly to blame for this. Wake up time is very reasonable - between 6.30 and 7 usually.

If she won't nap in the cot, walking in the buggy doesn't work anymore - she finds it stimulating and I just get ' Where we going Mummy? Where we going Mummy?'

She isn't teething afaik and is happy when awake, no illness.

Should I just keep offering a nap each day after lunch and if she doesn't sleep at least she has had some quiet time in her cot? What approach did you take?

This happens with mine sometimes. I just keep putting her down as normal. If she's tired, she will go off.

I wouldn’t give up just yet, IME 23 months is a little early and it’s more likely to be a phase. Just keep trying, maybe some days go without one or try a car nap on the way home from somewhere

My DS is 2.6 and still needs a nap every other or every third day, but not daily any more. It’s like the tiredness rolls over sort of.

Oh I would deffo still put her in the cot, especially if she’s not upset.

It seems early to me for her to give up naps, dd napped well into her this year and would still sleep in the car when she was 4 half the time. My niece as well at nearly 5 is still having an afternoon nap some days.

It might just be a phase, if she’s happy in her cot leave her be and she might just go to sleep.

Thanks for the reassurance everyone, I will keep offering her a nap at the usual time and fingers crossed it's a phase!

I don't drive yet but my instructor is hopeful I will pass by Christmas so car naps might be a possibility in the near future.

24 months and we are having exactly the same. Often she will refuse nap till mid afternoon but will often crash around 2.30/3 for up to an hour, which then means no sleep till 9pm .

Other times she resists the nap altogether but is quite cranky 5pm onwards, but then goes to bed like a dream at 7pm

I think it might be that tricky transition phase - feel your pain!

Softasacactus - Yep, kept her up til 7pm and she fell instantly asleep for the first time in ages!

I've kept a pillow on my car for the last 5 years. Drive nap resistant child to quiet location, park when asleep, open windows a bit then nap myself in the driver's seat 😀 I love a good nap!