My DD has recently been refusing her morning nap, even though she is clearly tired. She usually has a 30 min nap at 10am, and then a 1.5-2 hour nap at 2pm.
The past few days she has refused her morning nap. I have given her up to an hour and she just keeps crawling, standing and talking to herself. All the signs of tiredness appear (eye rubbing, yawning and general grouchiness) but she just won't go. I've managed to get her off in the buggy a couple of times but even that took 45 mins before she finally admitted defeat.
I know that regressions can happen but, if she keeps refusing the nap, what more can I do? Some friends have said she might simply be at the stage where she wants to drop her morning nap and move to 1 nap a day.
Today I decided to bite the bullet and didn't put her down for her morning nap. I put her down for her afternoon nap at 1pm instead (she'd been awake since 7:30am). She did go down quickly and was clearly exhausted, but woke after 50 mins all hyped up again. Dragging her from 2pm to 7:30pm bedtime now feels like an unbearable task.
Has anyone else had a similar situation? Should I still be putting her down for her morning nap, even if she refuses it, or crack on with 1 nap, even though it's clearly not enough.
My DD is starting nursery next week and I am obviously very anxious. I'm worried she is going to be overtired but I can't force the child to sleep during the day if she clearly isn't inclined to. She is still doing okay at night but now takes a while to go down. We put her down at 7:30pm and she doesn't cry, but spends 45 mins to an hour talking to herself before falling asleep - yet more sleep time lost! Help!