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We have phases where she will fight the nap (sometimes crying and carrying on, sometimes just happily playing or singing in her crib for an hour or more). Then she goes back to napping. Personally I've just kept trying and if she doesn't nap but still stays in her crib for an hour, then that's the best I can do. She can skip a nap here and there and be ok but she's definitely crankier by bed time. Then she will take 2+ hour naps so I think she needs t still. So I guess my advice is keep trying but try not to stress. (So easy to say, so hard to do!)

Could you try naps every other day? I found when my son was transitioning out of naps he would nap every other day. Or nap two days Nd then skip nap.

From what I've heard, there is a phase somewhere in the 2's for most children where the kiddos fight naps but if you push through and keep putting them down consistently and impose the rest time, they will revert to taking naps. Lots of people quit naps in the 2's I think for this reason, but I think having a nap or quiet rest period built into their day makes rest time easier to swallow when they're older and dealing with the exhaustion of things like preschool, pre-K or kinder.