I thought there was no way he needed to go longer than 2.5 hours, as my oldest was doing 2 hours at this point for his first nap, then 3 hours after first nap and second nap.

He was constantly waking up after the 45 minute mark and just constantly overtired. Since Monday I have been doing 3 hours each. His first nap today was 90 minutes. Even though I swear after 2 hours he's irritable but the 3 hours works. Also sleep consultants say to try something for 3-5 days before deeming it as not working. Good luck, the sleep part of having small kids is beyond frustrating at times!

I thought about adjusting her schedule but I'm not sure that's the problem. I still have another week of teaching then I'm home with her for the summer so I guess we can try it then if she's still doing this.

Adjust her schedule to see if that helps. I had to with this guy. I extended his awake time and he now seems to be doing much better. He was only napping 45 minites but now he seems to be back on track!

It's good to know I'm not alone!☺

My son has been doing the same thing. For about two weeks now. It's such a hassle to get him to sleep. Takes about forty five minutes to get him to sleep. He also goes to bed on his own just fine for bedtime. He's now been up for five hours and is soo tired but will not go to sleep. Good luck!

I hope this is just a phase because my LO has been fighting sleep in general for months. There's always the rare occasion that he'll fall asleep fairly quick and easily, but it's usually a struggle.

I read that it's because he's crawling and just about able to walk, so babies feel like they're going to "miss out" on something, so they don't want to sleep and miss anything, and that they also want to keep doing their newly learned trick!

I've read to just let them cry it out, but I myself find that hard to do...

I'm sorry I have no advice, but I'll bump this so that you & I can both get some answers! Best of luck to you :)