My son is driving me nuts with his nap. He's 17 months old and over the past week, he's refusing to nap in his cot. Used to be I'd read to him, put him down, have a bit of putting in to lie him down but not too bad. Some days he'd be asleep immediately.
I'm probably going to jinx it now but in the evening things are fine. He eithe goes down immediately or with lying back down once or twice.
The annoying thing is nursery has no problems with him and say he goes to sleep easily.
I did that questionnaire when he was a baby and he came out angel / textbook(!) but I reckon he's spirited.
A normal day is:
Awake 5:30 - 6 (we've never been able to push it later)
Milk 6
Cuddles in our bed
Dressed / diprobase etc
Breakfast 7 ish
Play
Snack 9:30/10
Play
Lunch 11:30/11:45
Story
Nap attempted any time from around 12:10
Wake up if he sleeps beyond 2:15.
Play
Snack 2:30/3 ish (with a cup of milk which helps him get through to teatime which used to be earlier.)
Play
Teatime 4:45 ish
Play
6:30 bath
Milk & books
Bed 7:00
Nursery put him down for a nap around 12 / 12:30 ish and often say they struggle to keep him awake that long.
Things I've tried; his lunch and nap used to be earlier so I've moved it back (as he used to struggle to get there.)
He used to have a morning catnap (5 mins no more) as we were going down to 1 nap, we dropped that not that long ago, maybe 6 weeks but that doesn't seem to have helped.
Ap techniques I've used to get him off include taking him for a walk in the buggy, cuddling him then putting him down asleep (that even failed today) and going for a drive. I have tried pupd (ie lying him down at this age) but it doesn't work, it used to but now it just seems to wind him up.
I'm wondering if I should do a pre lunch nap (is he overtired?) Should I not worry and this is an inevitable part if him getting older? Is he trying to drop his daytime nap? His dentist said his 2nd set of molars will be through soon but I had a feel, nothing poking through. I might try painkillers on my next day with him just in case.