My kids have been solidly on 2-3-4 nap schedule for a couple months now and it doesn't seem to be doing the trick anymore. They are 10 months old and I don't think they are ready to go to 1 nap. However, they have recently been fighting both their morning and afternoon naps, so I think we need to do something to adjust.

For instance, they woke up at 6 this morning (after a really good night of sleep!) and it's 9 now. This nap attempt has been going on for 45 minutes and they are no where near sleepy. They are in great moods, listening to books, climbing all over me and each other. I've done the nap routine several times now and when it comes to nursing (when they usually get super drowsy or fall asleep), they just eat and smile at me, play with my hair, bite me (Blake's new trick), etc. No drowsiness in sight.

The last few days I've eventually just put them in their cribs and said ok, it's naptime, and let them cry until they sleep. But yesterday that took 15 minutes for each nap so I really think that's excessive and means something needs to change. For right now, I think I'll just wait them out and see when they finally get sleepy. It's hard to count on that working as a long term solution, though, because with twins you're almost guaranteed to catch one's drowsy point perfectly while the other one has to wait and melts down in a huge way. So I'm hoping there's some sort of schedule I can figure out instead of just waiting for sleepy cues.

I'd love some advice on what you did to bridge the gap between 2-3-4 and one nap.