No more day sleeps?

Since we ditched the dummy Hannah hasnt been sleeping as well as usual. She is 2 this month. She had been having a nap from about 1-3pm (pretty much straight to sleep), then bed about 7pm until 7ish the next day (maybe taking helf an hour before she went to sleep, just lying there not crying).

Now she isnt settling for her nap until almost 2pm and only sleeping an hour or so, but then she is still awake in bed at 8.30 at night! Am trying her without a nap today to see if she will sleep better tonight, but how do you manage not getting a break? She is currently lying on the couch watching a video, cos she wouldnt stay in her room for quiet time.

Any ideas?

maybe you should go back to the dummy? i thought toby didnt need a day sleep but then i found him falling asleep in the pushchair when i take gabriel to kindy. or maybe you could replace the dummy with a drink.(i know they say its bad for them tho) toby always takes his sippy cup to bed with him.

Ermmmm... well I say this all the time, but hopefully it's just a phase.

Hannah has one every now and again where she doesn't sleep well for a few days and I think oh no! She's dropping her sleep!!! But without fail, she goes back to having super long sleeps a few days after that.

In saying that, some babes do give up their sleeps early

Maybe take her for a big walk or encourage some tiring out prior to sleep. Just not too close to sleep time or she'll end up super hyper! (Made that mistake before )

GandT wrote: maybe you should go back to the dummy? i thought toby didnt need a day sleep but then i found him falling asleep in the pushchair when i take gabriel to kindy. or maybe you could replace the dummy with a drink.(i know they say its bad for them tho) toby always takes his sippy cup to bed with him.

Or a stuffed animal.. or something like that. Once I took away the boobie at 13.5 months, Ella stopped sleeping properly during the day. I had to resort to alternate measures of getting her to sleep - pram. That's what we did until she dropped her sleep just over 2 years. She will still sleep occassionly, on long car trips etc.

I use a DVD to get Ella to have a rest. She thinks she is being punished if I try to get her to play quietly in her room (due to her having naps in the pram for a year or so).