Thanks for replying! I have tried waking her from her morning nap at 1 hour, 1.5 hours and 2 hours. None of them have given me an afternoon nap. I also have skipped morning nap, that didn't work either. My other two took two naps until close to 18 months!
Her schedule varies. Here is her normal-ish schedule.
Wake & Nurse: 7:00 am
Activity: 7:15 - 9:00 (snack of banana & cheerios around 8:30)
Sleep: 9:00 - 11:00
Activity: 11:00 - 2:00 (lunch around 11:30)
Try to lay her down for nap around 2ish, she is yawning, signing sleep, rubbing eyes, etc.
Cry, cry, cry. I try to pat, I try to see if she needs any medicine/teething stuff. I try rocking her for a bit. I try nursing her.
Usually around 3:00-3:30 I finally give up and get her up.
She is cranky......
Snack around 4:30 or 5:00
Dinner around 6:00 or 6:30
Sometimes bath after.
Nurse@7:30, read a book, put her to bed by 8pm with rarely ever an issue.
I've tried moving her bed time up to 7:30 or 7:00 when she is cranky and has missed her nap. She goes down fine but then wakes up that much earlier the next day and still not napping good.
My one other question is wondering if I'm not feeding her enough. I'm trying to cut down the nursings and wean her. Right now she nurses three times a day: morning, late afternoon & bed time. She eats a morning snack, after noon snack, breakfast & dinner. She eats a good amount, eats whever we are having. But *some* of the issues seem to have started around the time I cut down on her nursing sessions. But, one of the reasons is that she isn't very interested in it any more. She pulls my hair, smacks me in the face, hits me and tries to look everywhere else while nursing, coming off the nipple often. She prefers food. That's fine with me, but this just makes me wonder if she's not getting enough calories? She sleeps through the night, though, 12 hours.
