9 1/2 Month Old Wont Take Naps

I just went though the same problem with my daughter, she stopped taking her early morning naps then she was too overtired to take her afternoon naps, and super cranky at night she even stopped sleeping through the night. I adjusted her nap times and that has helped instead of a 30 min nap at 10 she has a 2 hour nap at around 1 (which was a hard loss for me because I always napped or showered during her first nap depending on what I needed to do that day) And now she takes her second nap around 6 for 30 min. I take her in her room and turn out the lights and give her a bottle and rock her, If she is really sleepy she will fall asleep in 5 min and if not we get up and play for about 30 min before we try again, I don't force the naps because when I did she would only sleep for 15 to 20 min then she would wake up just as cranky, you can also try reading that's how I get my little one to sleep at night I read her the same book (we switch it up every couple of nights) and I have never had to read a story more than twice to get her to sleep (It may sound stupid but I don't really let her touch the books we read at night so she knows that it is quiet time but when were in her room she can play with them) Hope this helps

Maybe try rocking him to sleep for the naps. He might just want the comfort of mommy til he gets his schedule worked out!!

I have a 17 month old daughter and I went through this when she was younger too. I think it actually happened at around 5-6 months old, but I had the same issues. She actually had been sleeping through the night since she was about 2 months old, but she would only fall asleep if we were out and about somewhere for naptime. When I tried to put her to sleep in her crib at naptime, she would cry for hours too. It was absolutely the hardest time for me because it was excrutiating to hear her cry so much for so long.

The only thing I can tell you is to try to find the "right" time to put him down for a nap (you may have to try a few different times, but try to catch him when he is starting to get sleepy as opposed to when he is already overtired) and stick with it! I can't remember how long it took for her to finally start napping in her bed without the fits, but I want to say it was a least a couple of weeks (the crying fits got progressively shorter). You can't give up though because they do have to learn at some point. Now my daughter will actually ask to go to sleep when she's tired. She has a naptime, but if she's tired early...she tells me. It gets better, so just do your best to keep him in there. (My pediatrician said to leave her in there until she went to sleep, but I was like you...after a couple of hours of her crying, I had to get her up) So, do what works for you, but you have to at least keep trying. He will get the hang of it eventually!

Maybe he needs a pacifier to sooth him since nursing helps him fall asleep. Or maybe make sure he is full when you put him down for a nap. A full belly might help him rest. Good luck.

Is he still taking his moring nape. THat could be the problem. Try giving him one nape a day that is what I had to do when my little ones were smaller.

when my son was about a year old he stopped taking two naps a day. i would try skipping the morning nap and putting him down after lunch (a little earlier than 2, maybe around 1)
sometimes if you wait too long to put him down then he might have a harder time winding down and going to sleep.