This is the same old story for me, but I'm frustrated again (more than my every day frustration), so can anyone provide me with sage advice, any good ideas or at least some sympathy?!
My dd will spend up to 2 hours in her crib playing and chatting and not napping. Sometimes I can go in and get her to sleep (nothing consisten), but it seems like more often than not she doesn't nap with me. HOWEVER, she does nap easily for others. My husband puts her down on weekends with no problems, and recently my mom was visiting and my dd went to sleep for her fairly easily.
At night, she usually goes down on her own, sometimes after a little chatting and sometimes I have to go in once or twice to settle her - but nothing like naps. I've made her room very dark for naps, so she can't see in there! She's just chatting away right now, and it's been an hr. She didn't nap Monday, finally fell asleep after 1.5 hrs yesterday after I changed a poopy diaper, and it looks like today will be a miss again.
HELP! I'm losing my mind. Sometimes I feel like it's ok to leave her there for 1.5 to 2 hrs, and then get her up. But then I worry she'll lose more and more sleep, forget how to nap, get sick, etc. Any thoughts?