How do you handle fighting nap time?

KarlsSweetie05

I have twins.  Their sleep personalities and needs have changed over the past year.  So I know that things will change again, but I am so frustrated at one's absolute refusal to nap.

They wake up at 7am. Go to bed 7-7:30pm.  Kids are down to 1 nap a day now for about 2-2.5 hours in middle of day ... which as a side note doesn't seem long enough.. but that is a separate post. 

Since they are only napping 1x a day, they need to sleep / I need them to sleep!  Otherwise the rest of the day is just awful  - meltdowns, sassy / bad behavior, everyone is crabby.

In the last month, DD goes down for nap easily (she used to be the difficult one).  However, DS is fighting nap (and he used to be the easy one).

He just fights the nap the whole time his sister is sleeping and once she's awake,that's it, his "nap time" is over too. 

I separate them into different rooms because he causes such a fuss that she can't sleep with him in the same room anymore.

I have tried putting him down asleep, but then he wakes up.  I've tried putting him down drowsy, but he won't go to sleep at all.

I've tried rocking him, singing, patting/rubbing back, picking him up, leaving him in PNP without picking up and comforting in PNP, talk / no talk, reading books while holding him, reading books to him in the PNP, modified CIO, shuffle lady method, begging, pleading, 

Maybe I'm trying too many things and need to pick 1 method and follow it consistently?

I'm feeling desparate as this is spilling over into night time  the last few days and he is getting harder to put down at night... even though he has not slept at all during the day... ACK!

I need to find a solution. Thoughts? Help!

hammerb44

Sorry, no help just sympathy.  My LO always fights naps and bedtime...here's to you for raising two