22.5 moth old is reading instead of napping

[sroz]

We had to transition my daughter to a mattress on the floor to prepare for a new baby.  She had been doing fine with a nap routine.  However, last week her schedule was messed up due to illness.  On Sunday I knew she wouldn't be tired for her nap so during nap time so I allowed her to look at her books during her nap time.  She was tired a little earlier that evening but other than that everything was fine.  I put her down for bed earlier.  That went well, but she was sick twice in the night and barely slept at all.  On Monday she had a beautiful nap and slept like a dream at night.  Today is Tuesday.  She is feeling much better.  However, rather than trying to nap, she wants to just look at her books.  That means actually getting up out of her bed to get the books and sitting while reading, not lying down.

Should I try to get her to nap instead or is this normal/developmentally appropriate that she chooses to occasionally just have quiet book time rather than sleep at nap time?

[nevinsmama]

Hi there! I would watch that her nights don't go silly with OT from cold turkey to one nap. Developmentally, it is quite individual, I know some LOs start having NNDs around this age, I would offer an earlier BT for sure. If her nights go silly, I would try to make the space as sleep_inducing as possible, dim lights, loveys, maybe quiet music and hope for the best. Maybe it is just too soon to tell, what with her recently having been sick. Maybe give it a few days and make sure every thing is really set up for sleep and keep us posted!

[goldmom]

You could also try to give her a book at the beginning of her nap, so she doesn't have to get up to get it. Let her know that she can go to sleep after she reads it, or she doesn't have to read it at all if she doesn't want to.