16 mo, 2 to 1 time???

[TraceyD06]

Hi there,
My daughter is almost 16 mo.  She has always been a good sleeper (until recently 13 hours at night and 2 naps totalling 3-4hours). She takes after me!!
I started having problems with her naps and bedtime about a month ago.  It started while we were on holiday and she seemed to only want 1 nap a day so we went with it and it worked well for a couple of weeks with a nap after lunch but.... now she can't last until lunch for her first nap (bearing in mind she doesn't get up til 8:30) so she ends up with a nap about 11-11:30 (of up to 2 hours) then she won't have a nap in the afternoon which leaves her overtired even if I bring her bedtime forward.  I did manage to get her to have an afternoon nap a couple of times but then she wasn't tired at bedtime.
I just don't know whether to go for 2 naps but wake her from the first after about an hour so that she is ready for the afternoon one OR should I just go for it with the one nap, do early bedtimes and just suffer the OT for a week or so.
Also she has started walking properly in the last couple of weeks and is also cutting molars - It isn't fair that it all happens at the same time 
Hoping for some words from the wise!!

[Joey'sMom]

Joey was a similar sleeper...up to 13 hours at night, sometimes longer!  At 16 months he was in the same place.  I remember trying to keep him awake until noon...so difficult!  We just had to keep him busy, busy, busy.  I still give him lunch at 11/11:15 now, with a snack in the afternoon before dinner.  He slept every day from noon until 3 up until last spring (he's almost 3.5 now), with 12 hours at night.

[marensmama]

Just popping this over to toddler sleep since your babe is over 12 months old. 

[TraceyD06]

Thanks for your reply Joeys Mom.
We had the tip of a fang appear this morning so that will certainly not be helping matters.
I have tried 2 x 1 hour long naps today at 11 and 3.  Woke her at 8 and will aim for bed at 7:30.  So far so good.
Fingers crossed for later