Dropping the Morning Nap

You are doing the right thing. Try giving her a good snack before 10:30 and then let her sleep as long as she wants. Wait a week or so and make it 10:45, then 11:00. Eventually you will be able to do lunch at 11:00, then she'll take a long nap. It takes time, so try to be patient with her. Also, for now put her to bed a little earlier at night and give up on fighting her about the afternoon nap. Maybe she just doesn't need it then.

Follow her lead. She's telling you she's not ready to let go of the morning nap and it is very common for them to go thru a period of fighting some naps(her afternoon one). Stick to your routine. She probably still needs that rest in the afternoon. If she's anything like my son she'll fight it for a bit and then go back to her routine. My son took 2 naps a day forever.

What time is lunch?

In daycare it is get ready beginning at 11:00.
Wash hands, set table, serve and then have a very quite lunch with quiet music playing.. Then clean up lunch, wash hands and lay down for nap.. This is around 11:30 to 11:45..

Then they sleep 1.5 hours or 2 hours depending on age.. get up have small snack or drink.. do some activities or play creative play inside. Also can be a good time for errands. And then outside active play for as long as you can keep her going.. come inside, get dinner started.. eat, bath and bed..

Ugh...we just did that here. I think my son is mostly transitioned now. I think he really does need both naps, but just like your daughter, he won't do the afternoon nap if he does a morning. It's rough. I would say either let her sleep but wake her up early, even though that's terrible and it makes you feel horrible, or keep trying to push back that nap. You could scoot lunch up a bit. There were times when I'd just leave the house b/c I knew my son would do better if we were out somewhere. I would pack a snack and give it to him and if he fell asleep in the car I just put him to bed. Sleep was more important than food to him. I would feed him lunch when he woke up, even if it was 3pm! We don't eat dinner until like 6:30ish so that worked for me. This is a hard time. Good luck!

My 14 month old is doing the same thing. I could put him back down by nine and he would happily take a nap, but then he won't go down in the afternoon (even if he's yawning and tired). It's just too long to go all day like that. Today I kept him up til 11:30 and then he slept three hours. That was good, but three days a week I have to pick up big sister at school at 1. Very inconvenient, so now we are on a different schedule every day. No advice, but just commiserating with you.

There is no easy answer. Nap transitions are just hard. If you think she's not in need of two naps any longer, just grin and bear it and make the transition to one. Not to be a Debbie Downer, but the transition from one nap to NO naps is even harder! Good luck, Mama.

We started with only letting our daughter take 30 minute morning naps. Waking her up for lunch then she'll go down for late nap.
Then shorten every week. Then eventually not at all.
But do take your cues from her. Some days are harder than others for her, and she may still take 15-30 minutes in the morning. But it's probably once a week at the most.

I switched daycares when my Daughter was 11 months old..she went into the 1-2 year old room and immediately dropped her second nap. I think it helped her transition because it was a new room, new kids, new toys etc. not sure what I would do in your shoes since during the week daycare takes care of that stuff...My first thought would be to go to a park and play for an hour...after a week, she will get into the rythm or put that time for her to watch Sesame Street. I guess whatever path you choose, keep doing it for a couple weeks before throwing in the towel
good luck.

Sounds like she still needs that morning nap. If she won't go down for the afternoon one, just give her some quiet time at 2:45 instead. My kids were done with both naps by 2 years old.