17 month old schedule

My little one is 18 months in 2 weeks.

Recently it has been a struggle to get her to sleep at night time. I give her a bath and read a story and lay her in her cot by 7:30, sometimes earlier if she’s refused her nap that day or hasn’t had a long nap.

She has also been waking around 5:30am recently and it’s also a struggle for her day time nap, she naps between 12:00 to 2pm, majority of times the nap lasts 30/40 minutes sometimes less and on an odd day she naps 1hr 30 or 2hrs.

When my eldest was 19 months old she dropped her day nap, it was very early, but it worked for her and no matter how long you tried she wouldn’t nap at home or at nursery and I did notice a big difference with her night sleeping.

I was just wondering what your 17-18 month old babies are like with naps and night time and what are you all doing ??

I don’t think she will drop a nap like her sister did, but maybe something needs adjusting on her routine that I’m missing

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Is she usually a good sleeper and easy to get to sleep? I know there’s a regression that can happen around 18 months so if it’s all of a sudden changed it could be that!

My little girl wakes usually at 6:30 and naps 11-1 and then bed at 7.

I wouldn’t try change your routine if it’s only just started happening as if it’s a regression she will come out of it

Other than the short naps I could have written the same thing. My boy is going through the same with going to sleep at night and with naps but when he does finally go down he sleeps well. Im still trying to find what works best for him but so far it seems the only thing that has sort of worked is keeping the routine consistent and making it clear that when we go to bed its bedtime and he isnt going to be able to do anything else other than sleep. He will clearly be tired but will do anything to stay awake 😩

Yeah its part of the 18 month regression, its one of the biggest regressions they will have my LB is 18 month but it started 2 weeks before he turned 18mnth, he started waking between 4 and 5, still does some mornings (regression can come a month early or late)
With this regression comes interrupted sleep, severe separation anxiety and developmental milestones, it doesnt help when youre in the thick of it and hear its a phase but I always think, they aren't giving you a bad time their having a bad time

Ive stuck to routine which is 630 wake up, 1130-1pm nap then 7pm bedtime if he wakes earlier than 6 he stays in his cot till 6

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