My one year old is struggling with afternoon nap. The last few weeks my LO hasn’t been able to go for his usual afternoon naps. He’ll cry and cry and cry until I hold him to sleep. Before he would always go to sleep on his own.

A couple things could be causing this…how long is he napping for during his first nap? If it’s longer than 2 hours he may not be tired or want a second nap. Also he may be getting to a stage of no longer needing a second nap anymore.

@Siobhan I was starting to think maybe he doesn’t need his second nap. He usually does about 1.5 hrs in the morning or an hour and 15 mins . He just turned 1 Oct 12

Seems like a normal experience, my daughter stopped (most) of her second naps after 9/10 months. Really depends when she wakes up, how active she is and how early her first nap is. Earlier first nap means she'll have a second but she also stays up very late usually (now the time change I've been putting her to sleep earlier even though she fights that too). Second naps are hard, usually too much stimulation that time of day

Yeah my little guy just turned 1 October 21st and it’s hit or miss most days now. Sometimes he will take a second nap but as Sarah mentioned, it depends how early he gets up, how long his first nap is and how active he is. It will all work itself out so don’t fret too much or stress if he won’t go down for his second nap anymore. You’re not alone :)

Also her naps are usually 2+ hrs. 3 some days. Not often less than 1.5hrs. I feel the long nap duration makes it unnecessary to have a second nap unless she shows signs. I can't force her to sleep the second nap if she isn't tired. She protests for way too long and puts up too big of a fuss to stress us both out with her crying wanting out of the bedroom. So I try but watch for signs of the likelihood of the nap actually working or if it's going to go nowhere. I've been pregnant since she was 3 months old so I was very upset when she stopped taking her 2nd nap because I needed that extra nap with her. It is what it is.

Thanks @Sarah May good luck with your next pregnancy. I’m sure it’s a lot to juggle . Sending you my best

Thanks. The time cold season and time change is making the days so much shorter there's really not much need for our 1 year olds to have the second nap. In the summer the daylight was so long mine wasn't sleeping until very late.