at 9 months was having 2 sleeps but I remember having problems getting him down. I found that moving around his meal times helped heaps, as with the activities I was doing with him. (should say that he wasnt on full on meals obviously but he was still having small ones and breastfeeds). I was giving him morning tea before his first sleep and lunch before his 2nd. For us we found all that did was give him an energy high when he couldnt handle it. I still gave him the breastfeeds before nap time, but gave him the food after he woke up, we found that really help get him down easier. hope you get some relief soon.