Sleep in the second year

Somewhere in this year the second nap usually goes, and the transition is bumpy in both directions for a few weeks. Bedtime resistance appears around the same time, for the same reason everything else does: a growing sense of having opinions. A short predictable routine in the same order every night carries most of the weight. Night waking can return after a settled stretch, often around illness, teeth or a change at home. Moving to a bed too early tends to create a problem rather than solve one.