20 mo old won't nap

[cbeaup]

Not sure if this is a new phase of development, the fact that she has a bit of a cold, teething (two yr molars) or being ot BUT... my daughter is fighting her naps. Just when I think she's asleep, I check in on her and she's up sitting or playing in her crib.  Very frustrating because by 5o'clock she's all done. This is the 6th day of her not sleeping at ALL during the day.  What do we do?  We've been following easy since the day she came home from the hospital and with the right amount of sleep is an angel. Please help.  Here's what her typical day looks like...

wakes up: around 7 (give or take)
plays in crib till 8:15
Breakfast 8:30
wake time/snack
lunch 12:00
wake time
NAP 1:15-1:30  (even when she was sleeping it was taking her a while to settle in) tried moving nap up earlier and didn't help.
on a good day she sleeps 1hr 1/2.  It's been a while since she's napped for 2hrs but that was ideal> I've been leaving her in her crib for the full two hrs because she's content talking, babbling and singing.
Wake time
Dinner around 5:00
Bath 6:00-6:30
Bed   7:00 (if no nap 6:30)
Night sleep is not  a problem. We usually never hear from her until the morning except once this week she did wake up crying through the night around midnight.  Changed her diaper, gave her some medicine and she went backt to sleep within 10min. 

[Roseii]

Hmm I wonder if she is heading towards nap dropping or at least nap capping (if you can get her to sleep ) Would she drop off if you took her out in the car? x

[cbeaup]

No, she doesn't sleep well in the car

[jul28baby]

Your child sounds like mine lately.  Your schedule is almost identical to ours but we do a 12/12:30ish nap, my DS has been fighting them too and he's 20 months on Thursday.  He also won't sleep in the car, never has!  The only thing differnet in our schedule is that we do BT around 7:30pm.  On saturday when he wouldn't nap, we did 7pm.  Just wondering if since she's sleeping 12 hours at night she's capping herself.

[Roseii]

Are you very concerned she's not napping? It's a tricky one as her night time sleep is so good, it's like it's not affecting her! I would absolutely keep offering the nap and if she chooses to chat and play so be it. I suspect if she keeps this up much longer she will become OT so it's good to know the nap is on offer when she chooses to give in!

[cbeaup]

Might be worth mentioning her nap strike started last sun when we brought her to a birthday party that started at 1 and attempted to have her nap there. That didn't happen. Monday am  she slept so late I had to wake her up at 8:45 to get to an appt on time.  No naps since.  So frustrating because she's not herself.

[Roseii]

Hey how are you getting on?