11 month old fighting morning nap

[Bubbagirl]

My 11 month old is suddenly for the last week fighting her morning nap massively. Yesterday I went with it and let her skip it but then she was massively overtired for afternoon nap so know she definitely still needs it. Any advice? I've tried moving slightly later (by 30mins) but wasn't much better. Unfortunately she has an older sister so I'm constrained by school pick up times so if I move the morning nap much later then no time for afternoon nap before school pick up (& she would never fall asleep after school pick up anyway). Any advice? Her routine used to be:
Awake: 6/6.30am
Nap: 9/9.30am - 10.30
Nap: 1.30 - 2.45 (I wake for school run)
Bedtime: 6.30pm
She is teething I think, but has been for weeks so feel like I'm always blaming stuff on that when maybe I'm getting something wrong instead? Thanks x

Mine exactly the same!

Ps. Got my hands full now but will reply properly later on x

At 11mo my ds1 moved to 1 nap a day, and I think my now 11mo ds2 is getting ready to do the same!
With ds1 he went from napping 9.30-10.30 to it was pushing back further and further till almost 11am. Which like you meant afternoon nap was too late. So we started giving him lunch at 11am (early I know) which kept him awake till 11.30 at which point he'd then go for a nap for 2-3 hours with no afternoon nap.
After a few weeks he was used to this and we were able to push lunch back to 11.30 , then nap at 12 till 2.30 / 3 ish.
He kept this routine for bloody ages - till he was 2.5 years old. He only dropped it when the baby arrived (sob!)

My 11 month old is the same. Last two weeks it's been a struggle getting her down for her morning nap. She used to nap at 9.30am and then again at 2.30 or 3pm. But some days now she just fights it and I end up getting her out of cot and trying again a bit later. But that's awkward, as like you say, it makes it too late for her to have an afternoon nap.

I was thinking also that maybe it's just one nap a day from now on.

My eldest was more around 14months when she went to one nap so I wasn't expecting it!

I'm thinking lunch at 11.30 and then nap at 12.30 maybe.

Thanks for your responses. Like you @Vickylou78 my eldest didn't drop to one nap until 14/15 months so I wasn't expecting it at all! I think I will try what you said @Iveprobablybeenunreasonable and try and slowly move the one nap back until she gets used to it. Thank you xx

Mine went through a phase of doing this at 11 months then started napping again. I followed our usual routine then would lie with her in the dark and pretend to sleep myself so she got the point it was nap time. After 2-3 weeks she started napping again and stayed on 2 naps a day until around 15 months when we had to move to 1 for childcare reasons.

From what I read at the time, it is a completely normal regression at 11 months and majority of parents move to 1 nap days at that point although babies often will continue with 2 naps if they push passed it. Saying that, majority of babies also cope fine with transition to one nap and it works well with starting childcare too if parents are going back to work.

That's interesting @riddles26. Maybe I should not do anything drastic yet then. Although I'm not great at going with flow as if the baby doesn't nap at 9.30 when expected it can throw your whole day out (in terms of going out plans). So I'm a way I'd rather aim for a lunchtime nap and factor in going out around it than plan my day and have to cancel if the naps don't go right!

Nursery have already said they will just do one nap at lunchtime on the day she goes there as she's not napped in the morning for the past 3 weeks.

In a way not I'm a way (autocorrect grr)

Today my little monkey was yawning her head off and acting so tired that I went with the usual morning nap and she took it fine 🤦‍♀️ only 40mins but afternoon nap was a good 1.5hrs so I'm ok with that.
I think you're right @riddles26 I think 11 months is a normal sleep regression where you either switch to one nap or ride it out and hope they go back to 2. I think I might "try" and go with the flow for a bit and see what she wants to do...like you said though @Vickylou78 it can scupper plans when they don't nap at expected time...feel like I spend my life trying to plan and replan my day around when I think she might sleep 🤦‍♀️

I agree, it does mess with your day a lot when they don't have their morning nap and then tired earlier than usual lunchtime nap. I found if no nap in morning but she did have her quiet time in dark in cot, she went down by 12-12.30pm for long lunchtime nap (rather than usual 1-1.30pm) or if nap was skipped and she was simulated, she was yawning by 11 and down by 11.30 plus early bedtime. Like all other stages, it will pass and can go back to being able to plan days again :)