One nap - how long?

My little boy who’s 16 months has been transitioning from two naps to one the past month or so. we are now solidly on one nap a day. How long should this nap be, he seems to sleep for an hour or just over and then I have to help him sleep for a bit longer. E.g hold him / cuddle him as I like him to sleep at least 2 hours. How long are your babies sleeping for?
Worried his one nap is ruining his nighttime sleep.
Although he’s always been a bad sleeper with multiple wake ups!
Any advice from an exhausted mumma

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My LB has about 2 hours when he’s at home, 12-2pm ish. At nursery it’s anything upwards from 30 min 🤦‍♀️

My little girl naps 10am until about 11.30am but recently she’s been avoiding them haha! Then she will sleep 7pm to 7am, if she naps past 12 then she always goes to bed later x

When my little boy have 1 nap (still varies) he’ll have 1hr-1hr 15m at about 11/11:30! And he’ll sleep from 18:30/19:00 for 11/12 hours xxx

My 16 month old usually sleeps 1 hr 30 mins- 1 hr 45 mins. (1 nap) xx

If we’re out and about for her nap - which is rare, it’s only about an hour, if we’re at home, it can vary from 1.5 hours to 2 hours, I don’t like to let her sleep longer then 2 hours so I wake her up, this times are roughly 12-2.

I used to do what you do, if she’s wake up after an hour, I would rock her back to sleep but just chill with her in my arms for another 30 mins ish, as she’d wake up if I attempted to move her.
She soon learnt to sleep longer, and if she doesn’t for some reason, she can easily cope on an hours nap now :) x

My girl normally does 12-2 sometimes till 2:30 x

Thank you ladies it’s nice to know what everyone else’s little ones does, sometimes it feels you’re doing it all wrong 🤦🏽‍♀️… fingers cross my little boy settles into the one nap routine soon! As he keeps starting the day 5 am and absolutely shattered by 10am!

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