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When she has a bad nap day I do bedtime early. Not too much earlier cause I don't want her waking up at 4 in the morning.

How old is she? I'm guessing she's pretty young?

It sounds like you're having a hard time getting her to sleep is because she's overtired and she actually needs an earlier bedtime. We've put our LO to bed as early as 5:30pm.

Maddy had a no nap at the babysitter day. It's terrible because she is cranky and refuses to eat, at 2 it's already hard! I put her to bed at 7:45 instead of her regular bedtime of 9.

We do an earlier bedtime (sometimes as early as 5:45pm but for sure by 6:30pm) anway but ifshe is very tired when I pick her up I let her get a short nap in right when we get home. I do miss being able to spend time with her, but have figured out that the awake time if super tired isn't enjoyable for either of us anyway. (DD is 6 months)

At that age, if LO fell asleep in the car I would let him sleep. If he was awake, I would start bedtime a little earlier, but not much. LOs bedtime is 7:30 p.m.

Sometimes a quick catnap, like 15 min or less, will help reset mine and minimize the overtired effects. You might be able to find LO's sweet spot, as I'm sure it's different for each kid. Mine, if they sleep longer than 15 in the car/ergo, it might prevent them from falling asleep at their usual bed/naptime. But less than 15 and it usually just helps give them a second wind and stave off crankies