2.5year old sleep is changing

[scucci1979]

We are approaching the 2.5year mark for Alyssa and have noticed that her sleep is changing. She is fighting nap time and bt.
She is averaging 12.5hours of sleep in a 24hour period. I wake her in the am b/c we have to bring her sister to school
here is her routine:
wake 7am
nap 1-2:30pm (nap is getting later as she is fighting me)
bt 8pm asleep by 8:25pm

should I cap the nap or let it be? This is new to me b/c DD1 started fighting her naps at 3 years old and didn't drop her nap until 4.

[clairebear79]

Hi sabs does she ever have any no nap days? Could you try shifting her nap a little later first of all? When ds naps he does 1.30-4pm(absolute latest i will allow him to nap), in reality it can be almost 2pm before hes asleep & he typically wakes naturally by 4pm. Bt is 8pm & we're not getting any messing around whatsoever, even tho A time is only 4hrs.  He sleeps through til 7am.  However, he is doing a growing number of no nap days now, which means that on the days he does nap, he really does need it & i think thats why he goes to bed ok bc there's no risk of UT.

[scucci1979]

I haven't tried no nap days yet.
I worry that an A of 4 hours is not enough if she naps from 1:30pm-4pm.  I would have to cap to 3.

I can try shifting her nap to 1:30pm and see if that helps.

[clairebear79]

I was worried itd be too short for o too, & it most probably would be if he napped every single day. he's been doing 2-3 no nap days followed by 1-2 nap days, so roughly 2-3 naps per week.

I'd probably try 1.30pm then & see where that gets you first of all? If it doesnt help i guess another option wld be to cap the nap a little shorter, obviously keeping a close eye for signs of OT.x

[scucci1979]

Going to try pushing that nap out to 1:30pm. Do I just cap it to 3pm, followed by an 8pm bt?