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My LO is a great night sleeper, but since we weaned from swing napping, not the greatest napper. I haven't given up entirely, but im super relaxed with naps. If she falls asleep while nursing or driving -great. I just don't stress because she's never been a baby I could put down in her crib same time every day to nap.

My LO has done this and he usually then sleeps in the car. I'm with @andrea on this one!

We don't force naps, never have. She actually hasn't been napping at home for the past few wknds since we moved her to her room/toddler bed. We just adjust bedtime and that usually works out. It's too stressful for all parties involved if we keep trying to get her to nap and she won't go down.

Most of the parents I know IRL are pretty relaxed about naps and told me if LO didn't want to nap, maybe she didn't need it. Or, she'll nap when she needs to. But being a SAHM, I was the one who really needed the structure and consistency of some nap time each day. I had a horrible napper - and felt so many times - ready to just give up on naps. And I did try a few days - but she would still need a nap, and end up going to sleep too close to bedtime and messing up evening sleep too. So now I don't let her nap too close to bedtime. If she misses a nap, I will just keep her up until bedtime.

I did realize though - really really late in the game - that I was missing the optimal times for putting her down to nap. If I miss the window period, forget it. So maybe try moving up nap time little by little to see if it improves? If you really want to give up, I'm all about the "whatever works for you" rule. Really, truly, I understand nap time battles. Good luck!

I used to worry about it when DS was very little. I thought he would suffer somehow with no nap. Well, he just doesn't need as much sleep as I thought. I realized I can't make him sleep! Now we go with the flow - car naps, stroller naps - whatever works!

totally agree with @char54! i drove myself crazy (to tears...yep) reading online how much sleep babies are supposed to get versus what LO actually got, and then finally realized that she doesn't need that much sleep. she was a crap napper - 30 minute cat naps from 4 months until she turned 1, and she was totally fine! she started to figure it out after 1-year. so my two bits of advice are: 1) you can't always control a baby's sleep so just go with the flow! and 2) sometimes they become better naps as they get older. but crap naps still happen. on saturday she had 1 30 minute nap all day. but she was fine, and so were we! (she is 17 months btw)

I probably don't know your level of frustration. We used the Sleep Easy Solution book for sleep training (started at 5 mo old). It worked for nights in 3 days. My LO resisted naps on and off for 6 weeks but I kept at it and now he goes down in his crib awake without any problem. I did have to drive him in the car and push him in the stroller many times just to get him to sleep a little so he wouldn't be so over tired and totally resist the next nap. Its such a vicious cycle! I hope you find something that works for you!