How did you know it was time to cut the nap?

Question

So my two year old fights naps hardcore on occasion, so after an hour of struggling I just let him get up and play.
The days he doesnt nap there is no sign of unusual crankiness and he sleeps only waking up one or twice during the night, and falls asleep faster. When he does nap he wakes frequently (I really dont know if that's just coincidence though) and takes forever to fall asleep. His bedtime is 7:30 and he wakes at 5:30-6:30 depending on the day. He usually naps at 11-11:30 for like an hour. Advice? He turned two in July. Thanks!

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My now 3 year old hasn't napped since she was almost 2. We have no issues and I never forced a nap.  I went with her timing and we have never had an issue. She does sleep 13 hours at night without waking though.

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My daughter turned 3 in July and she just recently started skipping naps some days. I let her decide now, unless she’s really having a struggle and seems really tired. We fought naps for a while before this, right around when she turned two, but it was a phase and I tried to really enforce it because if she didn’t nap she’d either be a miserable bear all day, it she’d fall asleep at like 5, be impossible to wake up, then be up super late. Now I’m fine if she doesn’t nap because it makes bedtime less of a struggle.

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I would try a little longer and see how it goes. My daughter had a phase shortly after she turned two where she was fighting naps like crazy for a few weeks, but eventually went back to her old routine. Sleep is so important for their development, 10-11 hours a day (night) doesn’t seem like enough for a 2 year old in my opinion.

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My daughter turned 2 in June. She still takes a nap everyday, or I at least enforce it. If she fights it, then she gets an hour of quiet time in her crib. She fights it some days, others she goes out pretty quickly. She sleeps from about 730pm or 8pm to about 830pm. So an hour nap for her is sufficient for the amount of sleep they need in a 24 hour period.

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I knew when my son started fighting it and he wasn’t ready for bed until like 11. Definitely not ok for a 2&1/2-3 year old 😅 so we cut naptime and now he’s 4 and goes to bed at 8 and sleeps until 7:30/8 the next morning. It’s amazing 🙌🏼 it’s worked well for us for the last year or so.

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My daughter is 4 and still takes naps. 
She gets up at 6:30 am 
Naps from like 12-1:30
And bed at 9:00 pm.

How did you know it was time to cut the nap?

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