18 months not napping??

[suzannemoore]

Hi there.  My lo is 18 months old and in the past several days he has not been napping.  He has always been a routine boy, and he did the 2-1 switch around 14 months.  He has usually taken about a 2-3 hour nap in the afternoon from about 12-3.  He wakes in the morning about 7am.  Our routine looks like this.

7am wake bottle
8 breakfast

11:30/12 lunch

12/12:30 nap

3:30 wake small snack

6:00 dinner
7:30 bottle/bath/bed usually in the bed for sleep by 7:30

Now he seems to not be napping in the afternoon, and by 5:30 he is really cranky, and will not eat dinner.  Any thoughts on what is going on??  Yes he has five teeth coming in at the same time, but he IS sleeping well at night, thankful for that!!
Thanks
Suzanne
Oh, like right now, he has been up in his bed since about 12:30 and he is still up there playing. (it is now 2pm)

[Sarah - Enfys' Mum]

We have phases of this too.  You say he is teething, can I assume you give him some medicine before nap?  I find with Enfys, even if she's not obviously complaining about her teeth, it can be enough to keep her awake. 
Your routine looks fine but you might want to try his nap slightly earlier, just in case and especially since he hasn't had many naps lately he's probably a little OT.
We have gone through this so much lately; my policy now is to leave her through the whole nap time and if she doesn't sleep we go to bed an hour earlier at night.  I will always wake her by 3.30, no matter how little she has slept, in order to keep her bedtime constant.  If you let him sleep till 3.45, does he go to bed the usual time? 
You will survive this but it's tough.  BTDT. 

[suzannemoore]

Today he finally went to sleep at about 4pm.  He slept through until 5pm.  I hope he will go to sleep tonight.   I am glad to know that it is just a phase.  I am new to the phases... They drive me crazy, but they are fun at the same time.  My little man has become so independent these days it drives me crazy. Thanks for the support. Today he slept for a whole 2 hours....I put him down for a nap at 12 and he finally went to sleep at 3.  He slept until 5 and now we will see if he sleeps at 7.  wish me luck!!

[Sarah - Enfys' Mum]

good luck!  Time was, we'd be able to do that, but now Enfys won't so I have to wake her by 3 no matter what.  You'll figure it out.