toddlers and sleep.. tired signs or set nap time

[melsa31]

We have a set time usually 11:30 - 11:45am. He always goes to sleep regardless of when he woke up in the morning. DS won't sleep anywhere but at home and daycare though

[meow]

Ours is somewhere in between- probably more on the tired signs thing (putting a child to bed who is not tired seems crazy to me). But just to help me be aware of thsoe signs I do a little clock watching. He goes to sleep anywhere between 11am and 2pm so it's a very wide window but I'll judge it based on how many hours since he woke up so I can understand if he's probably cranky for sleep, food etc.