Dd (10and a half months)had got into a really good routine and was having two naps a day, going to sleep by herself etc. However over the last two weeks things have gone wierd. For her first nap at about 9 or so, she will cry and when I go back after a bit as it sounds bad, she is kneeling up wanting to get out. Before, I could cuddle and calm her and help her to sleep but now she wriggles in my arms and seems to want to get down off my lap. It is very different behaviour to usual, it's more what she does at the END of a nap , ie kneels up, wants to get out and isn't interested in sleepy cuddles, wants to get on with things.
We've started to not even bother trying to do the morning nap now, going straight for the 12.30 ish one. There is more success with this one thank goodness but even with this one, despite being knackered as she's been up for 5-6 hours, sometimes she does the same thing. Which drives me to despair because I am done in myself and I also know she is red eyed and done in herself.
Now that she is capable of kneeling up I find it more difficult because that is as I said what she does when she wants to come out. If I lie her down again she REALLY cries and just turns her back on me and tries to get up again.
These last two weeks she is exhibiting very different behaviour and I don't like it because I don't understand it. Surely most babies don't give up the morning nap until 12-18 months and anyway she is tired though active during the morning so I know she could do with it. For the last two weeks, if she DOES have a nap in the morning, even 15 mins, she refuses the afternoon one. Again I know she needs it and sometimes has a sleep in the pram instead if DH takes her out but if I'm on my own I can't bear walking the streets feeling knackered hoping she'll go off.
I'm going on a bit. Basically, anyone know why this refusal might suddenly happen. Is it just the hot weather? Is it just a phase? Thanks. I'll get back on the computer as soon as I can.