Just wanting some advice from other mothers on day sleep for toddler.

My son is 26mths and I have just dropped his day sleep. He sleeps 11-12hrs overnight now. I think the recommended amount of sleep for his age is 13hrs - so he is close.

The "having a day sleep" thing became a massive battle and then I would have him up until 9pm at night.

Now he falls asleep by 7pm all on his own (which is important as I have a nearly 3mth old daughter).

However, he is very whingy and wild from 5pm on...I have found that I am giving him dinner at 4-4.30 in the arvie and have just decided to make lunch dinner and dinner lunch (as he is too tired to eat properly). Will he just adapt soon?

I insist on quiet time at noon still and make him lie quietly for 40-60mins (depending on how tired he is) and sometimes he falls asleep but 90% of the time he doesn't.

He has never been a big day sleeper - and when I dropped the sleep he was only have 30-40mins...

When did you drop the sleep?