My daughter won't nap!

[Averyjenna96]

My LG is 13 months old and she used to go to nap in her cot twice a day for an hour each time. I used to put her in the cot and give it 20 minutes and she would be asleep but the past week she has fought me for a nap at all. She rubs her eyes and yawns but after 45 minutes of her fighting sleep she finally drops off and only for half an hour! I don't know what to do. Is she ready to go down to one nap and why is she fighting me? Does anyone have any advice on what do?

She could be ready to drop to one nap. If she is capable of a really solid 2h nap that might be all she needs. Why not try it and see if she manages? Nap transitions are trickier and take longer when you’re down to only a couple of naps, I used to do a 1 nap day every 3 days, and then after that wasn’t working it was every other etc. Think it took about a month and a half to get it to one nap every day. You won’t know until you try!

At about 1 year old we had the same with my dd. We dropped her early nap and she now has one nap between 11 and 1 if we arent in the morning or 1-3 if we are and we put her to bed before she gets too tired or she gets a second wind!
Shes almost 2 and is still in this routine so far!

The big nap in the middle is great for getting some time to yourself again too ;)

Aren't out in the morning*

Thank you so much! I thought it was time to drop down to one nap but wasn't to sure. I've dropped down to one nap but she still seems tired but 10 but refuses to drop x

Try this for a week:
Wake 7am
Nap 10-10.15 (you will have to wake the baby which is soul destroying but worth it in the long run)
Nap 1.30-3
Bed 7pm

Then drop the little morning nap and move the lunchtime nap to 11.30 for a week before slowly pushing to 12 noon.

So by 14.5 months you will be down to one nap

Ok I'll try. Normally she goes down fine when she's tired. But if I try and get her to nap before 11.30 she just screams the house down. Today I've tried to introduce snack times mid morning to perk her up about 10 and today she has managed to nap 12.30-1.30. Xx

Ok so she is trying to drop to one nap anyway.
Go for an 11.45 nap and see how long she’ll do. If she wakes leave her 15/20 mins (unless crying) and see if she’ll go back

My daughter stopped napping completely when she turned one.
She is now 3 and I think since then she has had about 5 random naps.
I stressed about it and tried EVERYTHING to get her to nap, but all the advice seems to be that some kids just don't need naps and it certainly hasn't done her any harm.
Plenty of times I've wished she would nap though haha!

Just as a point of reference, the new WHO guidelines, published this week, state that babies aged 1-2 years should have 11-14 hours’ sleep per 24 hours including naps.

....what I’m saying is, if your baby is sleeping 12 hours’ solidly at night then they might only need a small nap anyway (or none, as was the case with @happygirl’s baby)

DS1 never napped past 12 months old but he slept solidly all night from four months so I didn't stress too much. I was determined DS2 would be a napper and indeed, following a strict routine, he napped for two hours every afternoon until he was 3.

That's what I saw! LO sleeps from 7-7 so that's why I thought she only needed one nap x