It takes my toddler an hour to fall asleep for nap
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I'm seconding @Zuzanna . Mine is stalling/skipping her nap 1-2 times a week. I'm holding on to her nap as long as I can but now it's interrupting her night sleep too when she used to sleep 8p-7a without issue. It might be time to drop the nap and switch to quiet time... I'm also wondering if (for mine at least) potty training is part of the interruption. Has anyone else experienced sleep issues while potty training?
My son has been a great sleeper for the past year and then starting about a month ago he fights nap and bedtime. Like you, it doesn't matter what time we start. He will look and act so tired but then he fights sleep. It's been very hard.
I resisted it so hard, but we eventually chose to drop his nap. The silver lining to that is that bedtime has become so much easier, he gets through the routine with minimal resistance and will fall asleep without 10-15 minutes.
For those thar gave up nap ...how is your child's mood the second half of th day?
@Bee Some days he’s great, some days he’s…not. Depends on what time he wakes up in the morning to be honest. If he’s in super crank mode I offer an extra snack and give him 1:1 attention which helps.
After about 6 weeks off fighting nap and mostly just doing quiet time he has FINALLY started napping regularly again. I'm so glad I stuck it out because he was so cranky those later hours when he skipped it.
We never say nap time but quiet time and he is allowed to bring to bed one small toy and a book or two. He should stay in bed but can quietly play. Most of the days he falls asleep, rarely he fights a nap and doesn't fall asleep.
Forgot to mention that what helps us is a 2 hour timer that we set at the beginning of a quiet time.
It might just be a stage/ sleep regression. With mine he started doing the same thing when he turned 2. After about a month I gave up and let him stop napping all together. He does great without the nap now and sleeps 12-13 hours throughout the night.