Doing everything she can!!

To stay awake.
Joy usually has 2 sleeps every day...about 10am and again at 3 pm. She usually sleeps for about 2 hours and is up for 3 hours at a time. At the end of 3 hours she is rubbing her eyes like they will pop out the back of her head. So off to bed she goes only to play like crazy and she doesn't go to sleep. If I put her to bed any earlier (at first sign of tiredness) she does the same thing - plays and keeps herself awake talking and pulling down her mobile etc. She is always swaddled but performs some kin of baby aerobics to get out of it. It's been like this the past two days and I am losing my patience....FAST.....Help!!!

Maybe she is ready to go to one sleep. I would try keeping her up longer in the morning then an early lunch and put into bed about 12ish, that's what we did with Spencer and it's working a treat, he normally has at least 2 hours in the afternoon.

have you tried instead of putting her down right at ten to maybe offer her a snack to help fill in maybe even half an hour so she gets so tired she just goes off? Of course you don't want here to get too over tired, but maybe an extra half hour to an hour up might help? Have you also thought about perhaps cutting the sleep to 1 1/2 hours instead of two?

We go through a mini night time routine before day naps ie close curtains, read story, sing, swaddle, then put down etc. I would also be inclined to maybe delay or perhaps bring forward the nap by half hour. Once they get overtired it makes it harder for them to fall asleep

My lil boy (almost 14mnths) still has 2 day sleeps. 1st at 8.30am for a hour, 2nd at 1.30pm for 2hrs & bed for the night at 7pm

it really is all just trial & error in reality with babies, and they will keep changing too. lol. you think you haev things sorted then they change again. preparation for toddlerhood & pre-schoolers etc i reckon! lol