Fighting sleep

Is anyone else's little literally fighting sleep?

The past couple weeks during nap or bed time my daughter will fight me to not go to sleep. And it doesn't matter what time it is.

Usually she wakes up at 8:30, naps from 1:40 to about 3/3:30 and then goes to bed at 9. But lately she's been fighting me tooth and nail.

Screaming, crying, kicking, flipping etc. I tried letting her up and playing for a little longer but once I try to put her down again she does the something. She was up until 1am the other morning and still fought me.

(I do not pop or spank her, I don't really believe in that and her peds believe she might be autistic. All I do is lay her down next to me like I always have and tell her it's night night time. When she starts fighting I tell her no it's not play time it's time to go night night and lay her back down)