10 month old capping long nap???

[clairew11]

Hi everyone I need some advice, Lo is 10 months old and has always been a great napper, she can just about do a four hour awake time, so from wu say of today, as it can vary, she went to bed st 10am. I am not aiming for a long am nap due to school run, however she will most of the time do a 2-2.5hr nap in the am, so she woke at 12.30 so now when I have gone to do a 15/20 min cn she just screams, should I even be capping her long nap? Or just do ebt on days like today?

Tia

[lolsyb1982]

Hi there!

Isn't the 2-1 fun  . How long after her nap are you trying for the cn? Also how long is her cn usually?

[clairew11]

Hi, I aim for a cn four hours after wake
Up, usually it is gone half four so I aim for 15/20mins and aim for a 7.30 bed time x

[lolsyb1982]

You want to hang onto that cn for as long as possible as often LO's who jump to 1 nap early often end up in a horrible OT mess.
If she refuses could you try for a car nap maybe or buggy? I'm at an almost identical place as you with my dd2 and I will often put her in the car for that cn (although not great with a 3yo who then starts to nod off too!)

Otherwise you may need to cut that am nap back a little so that she's more willing to take the cn and failing all that then EBT for sure!

[clairew11]

Thank you with 3 5 years and under it's hard to get her in the car etc with the others! I was worried about capping the nap incase she still refuses, although she doesn't usually refuse if she's tired! Will try capping at 2 hours and hope for the best! School runs mess everything up! X