Bedtime is too late for me!

sohappy14

My 23 month old has been waking at his normal time about 7, and napping his normal 2 hour naps but will not go down for his nap until later... He usually naps 1:303:30,but lately bc nice weather and playing he's been wanting to play outside and will not wind down til close to 3! So he wakes at 5:15pm then will not fall asleep til 9:159:45 at night. What can I do. I've tried putting him up earlier but he talks, sings, throws things out of crib. So is this a sudden phase? Or typical almost 2 year old behavior?? I don't want to cut naps either. He def needs his nap. Also he's happy during the day... Just wanted to see if anyone going through this... Tia!

WhitWed

We went through this our first summer after having DD on a great schedule. We bought black-out curtains for DD's and DS's rooms. It is the only way to combat the late daylight in the summers.  It has worked for us!

dragon_chica

Ditto the blackout curtains and maybe start the nap process a bit earlier.  Start winding things down an extra 15 minutes earlier than usual so he's not as wound up from all the outside playing.  And I know you'll hate to hear this but maybe an

MrsT2008

I'd probably limit his nap length.  If he needs 4 hours between nap and bedtime, wake him up at 4.  I know it will suck, but it may help reset him a bit if he's tired from not getting a long enough nap.

And ditto the idea of starting th