My great sleeper is suddenly fighting sleep all the time!
My girl that turned 2 last month has been fighting her naps for the last 4 months. Some days she really feels like she still needs them but some days she genuinely doesn’t look tired. She used to fall asleep in her cot no issues but now screams if I put her for a nap in her cot. I’ve tried to offer quiet time with her books and stuffies but again she screams. She’ll sleep at nursery now (although she went through a phase where she wouldn’t nap there either). None of it ever affected bedtime. 8pm bedtime with nap, 7pm without nap. Except come last night. Slept 1h30 at nursery. Seemed tired at bedtime but ended up fighting sleep until nearly 11pm! Wtf. We did intervene when she was crying and I think we shouldn’t have as the more we went in the more she became inconsolable. We ended up having her in our bed when we went to bed and she eventually fell asleep but even then it took ages. We transferred her after and she slept until 7am. Her wake up clock is pretty good atm 6:30-7 regardless of when she goes to sleep.
I need advice. I feel like she’s too young not to nap and some days she absolutely needs it. The most she naps is 1h30. Do we cap all naps to one hour?
I just think behaviour is the problem it’s a mix of fomo and separation anxiety mixed in with a very stubborn big personality. You leave her to cry it out and she will be screaming the house down for hours relentlessly if we’d let her.
Staying with her until she goes to sleep also doesn’t work she just gets too excited.
Anyways big rant, please any ideas?