11mo will simply not go down for his second nap if we are out of the house

[SolIy]

I’m posting for solidarity because it seems that we are now in a position where we cannot leave the house if his second nap is due.

He will no longer be fed to sleep or sleep in the pram if we are out and about. Even if he is yawning, even if I think he’s nearly gone, he is just too interested in the environment and will try to sit up and look around.

It means we end in up in the crazy situation of having seven hour wake windows between the end of his first nap and him going to sleep at bedtime.

Is this just a phase or is it how it is now?

(I will say that at the childminder’s he will have a second nap, he is absolutely far too young to be dropping down to one nap.)

My 11mo is the same generally. Although sometimes he will have a short nap in the pram, and more success with th car but I don't drive so. My other two napped worse when out at this age too but they would have more reliable short naps in the pram or car than my current baby. He has by far the lowest sleep needs of the three though, he is the worst sleeper overnight too and sleeps less than either of them. He does cope better with the lack of sleep in general though too, so I'm just thinking the silver lining is that he will probably move to one nap earlier which is so much more flexible than a two nap day. And probably drop the nap earlier too which again frees up the day better. And it will be easier for him to keep up with his older siblings too needing less sleep.

Would a snooze shade help?

I hadn’t thought of that but yes, possibly! I will get one, thank you for the idea!

Mine also completely refused second nap, so I just accepted it and she's down to one.

Mine dropped her second nap at 11 months. Now just over two and in the process of stopping napping entirely…

At almost one year old, it's time to move to one nap after an early lunch. So say 12-2pm. There's no point wasting time fighting to get a nap. And I never worried about wake windows, just follow their lead.

Mine are grown up @SolIy. Just go with the flow. I think mine had stopped naps altogether by 14/15 months.

What happens if he doesn't have a nap?