Has anyone had their toddler change nap times on them?

[rocketgirl96]

My son (2 1/2 years old) has been down to one nap now for over a year. I used to be able to put him down for a nap anywhere between 1 and 3 pm and he'd be fine. Now, it seems like if I don't have him down for a nap by 1, he doesn't take a nap at all. I know some children are time sensitive where you really can't be flexible with naptime but he's always been flexible. Yesterday, I put him down at 1:20 and he barely slept an hour AND he was very hard to put down! Usually he takes a 2 1/2 hour nap. Today, I put him down at 1:30 and after a LONG time he slept for 15 minutes. Is he really changing his nap time and his flexiblity for naps???? I'm having a hard time with this because I'm used to him being more flexible about this and it's going to be really hard for me if I have to be inflexible about his nap time. Has anyone had this issue before? And if so, was it a permanent change?

Thanks,
Christine

[Nicole730]

Yes, there are some days where if I don't get DS down by 12:30 then he just won't nap. I've actually found 12:30 or 2pm to be the best naptimes now. It keeps getting all messed up because he is slowly getting in his molars one at a time.

I've just accepted that some days are no nap days now and leave him in his room for at least one hour of quiet time. If he's awake after that he can come back out.

[elleystar]

Yes, we always used to do naptime by 1 and it was no big deal. This last spring after a LOT of struggle I finally paid close attention to his signs and figured out that he was tired and ready for nap at 11:30 am. Once I figured that out, naptime went smoothly, bedtime went more smoothly, life was good.
Now, we had to drop the nap altogether a couple of weeks ago. DS is 28 months and I was sooo not ready for him to give it up that early.