Need Help!! 1 Year Old Won't Sleep Anymore!

He may need a change in his schedule. My son just turned 1 this week and his naptime has changed a bit in the last couple of weeks. He's just not tired as early as he used to be and trying to put him down when he's not ready is not going to work out. He wakes up between 7 and 7:30 and he takes a nap between 12:30 and 1pm. He'll sleep for about 3 hours. Then, he goes to bed at 8. If I watch him and follow his cues of when he's tired, he goes to bed with no problem.
I wonder what his napping place is like at Gramma's houses. If he still naps well at home, it could be because it's more comfortable there or darker, quieter, more condusive to sleep. Check out his rooms and cribs at Gramma's houses and try to make them as condusive to sleep as possible. Talk to your father and try to see if he's doing anything different with him than your mom and mil that helps him sleep better. Maybe he tires him out more or has a different routine to settle him down before a nap.
Good luck.

I remember when I girls were about a year they had MAJOR separation anxiety and with your dad coming to your house he probably feels more comfortable because thats where he lives rather than at your moms and mil house. He might just be feeling a little insecure because he isn't home. I know my girls used to cry when i left the room because they wanted me or if i left them somewhere they would freak out for a while.. i am not sure if that is the case but maybe if he has a favorite toy he could sleep with at your moms and mil's house.. When i brought my daughter to day care at that age she didnt want to stay but i started to bring her favorite stuffed toy and she held on to it most of the day and even had a chair at daycare for it.. but anyway, it helped her a great deal to have something familiar from home.. hope this helps.

I am sure it is just him testing the waters. And sorry but grandma's usually give in. He probably cried one time and they took him out and now he knows that if he cries they will come get him. It doesn't take kids to long to learn how to manipulate us and especially grandma!!! I really have no advise other then they are going to have to be firm with him and let him cry NOT HAPPENING I'M SURE!! My mother would have swung from the chandelier if my kids asked her to. She had a really difficult time saying no to them. Isn't that what grandmas do? I feel for you, your mom and your mother in law. However until they get fed up enough with him not sleeping, be firm by just leaving him in his crib and tell him he has to do night night it probably won't change. Good luck!

Oh boy, isn't turning a one a doozy! :) My son is about to turn 13 months, and he is changing his nap patterns like crazy. And it's hard to figure out!

In addition to holding firm (I agree with Dianne- grandmas are easy to play!), it's time to look very carefully at your son's cues. I finally realized that my son was telling me, loud and clear, that he was ready for more time between naps! He had ALWAYS gone down within 2 hours of waking up, and I was just continuing with that. But he was changing. These are the other things that I just discovered:

1. Around this time, my son could stay up for 3 hours (yay!) between waking up and his first nap. So if he wakes up at 6:30, I put him down at 9:30.

2. Before this, I would try to put him down early, to avoid him being overtired. But he's too smart and active for that now! So now I wait until he's POOPED, and then I put him down. No chatting, no fussing- he just conks out!

3. Your little guy is probably getting ready to walk, right? I let my son RUN around the house before his nap! He's not one of these guys that needs soothing. He needs to tire himself out, so I play with him (hard!) for that hour before his nap. Or I take him out of the house and let him see cool stuff, like going grocery shopping (he loves that) or on a walk where there are a ton of people to see. Even before he walked, I chased him everywhere while he crawled. Then he'd really be ready for his nap!

Every baby is different, so I don't know if any of this will help you. But I was amazed at how my son changed around 11-12 months! What he needed became very different, though you're right- he still needs that sleep! Now my son still takes two good naps, but I have to work a little harder to tire him out.

Worth a try! Good luck! :)