18 month old resisting nap

FinallyMrs.B

I posted this on 12-24, but didn't really get any responses.  Hopefully someone on here can help!!

 DD always went down well for her nap, but lately we've noticed a change.  We tell DD that we're bringing her upstairs for naptime, and she starts crying.  Then when we get into her room, she starts crying more.  By the time I actually put her in her crib, she is practically hysterical.  She's definitely teething, so we started giving her tylenol/motrin to make her feel better, but she doesn't want to be in her crib.  When we bring her downstairs, it's like she forgot she'd tired and she gets a second wind.  unfortunately, she then melts down  and has a hard time making it till bedtime.  (nap is 12:30-3ish and bed time is 6:45)

Anyone go through something similar around this age? Do you recomend we skip a nap and put her to bed earlier?  Is this normal?  What would you recomend?

moroccojade

We'd been skipping the nap and putting DD to bed earlier on occasion for several months now.

We've just recently turfed naps altogether and it's gone shockingly well.  

Definitely something to experiment with.  If she's prone to meltdowns, though, you just might want to adjust the nap time.  Put her down a bit later?  Make the nap a bit shorter?    Might be  a lot of trial and error but hopefully you'll find something that works.  GL!

JulieandBen

At 18m we noticed that we had better luck getting Jack down if I pushed his normal 12:30pm nap to 1 or 1:30. I can't remember now. It was the only way to get him down.

He's almost thee and he still naps on an almost daily basis. The weird thing is he'll go down at noon Mon-Fri at school with no problems. I wish he'd do that on the weekends.  

omurray

I think 18 months is really early to be giving up a nap.  I know some kids do it, but it is definitely not the norm.  I agree with prior posters to try pushing the naptime back by a half hour or so and see if that helps.  Also, maybe modify the routine a bit by doing some kind of "wind down" activity like reading or something before you head up for nap?  Maybe let her bring a new doll or something in her crib?