how do you do it?
I thought I had it cracked. I completely subscribe to "decent naps = decent sleep". It took a long time with DD1 (now just 2) to get her to stop fighting naps. She always needed plenty and with careful watching, perseverance and the odd car journey induced nap but by 1 year she was generally good and since about 16 months has been fab. She still has anywhere between 90 mins - 3 hrs at lunch time.
With DD2 (6 months), it's whole different ball game. Not in the way she "behaves" re naps - she, like big sis was, is BF, still needs to feed herself asleep, is v easily distracted by noise, movement. But she also fights sleep more ferociously than DD1 did and if she wakes as she's feeding to sleep that's it for at least another hour.
up until last week she usually managed a 20 min cat nap on my lap early morning and late afternoon while i forced DD1 to watch cbeebies and was managing an ok nap at lunchtime (45 mins, occasionally more). This last week we're failing everywhere! She's exhausted and not sleeping well at night (not that she's ever been that great). She woke at 6am today and has had a 45 min nap while DD1 asleep but she's still so tired and will not go off. And once DD1 wakes I can't go and lie down with her in a quiet dark room - I basically don't have the time or energy to devote to her naps that I did with DD1!
So. other than bundling them into the car at least once a day at the expense of doing something more interesting for DD1 - is there anything I can try?