Two Naps or One?

Yesterday was a one nap day.  Not because I scheduled it like that... 

William had one nap, because he refused to take his second nap of the day.  He woke from his first nap at 9:30 am (he gets up at 5 or 5:30 am).  From 9:30 am to 5:30 pm he was awake.  He was a pretty good sport until about 5 pm when he completely broke down into a part screaming / part gasping fit. He was in his crib for about 2 -3 hours playing. 

Today we are on track for another one nap day... Right now he is playing in his crib with a few bits of whining here and there.  He has been doing this for about 1 hour.  He refuses me to rock him to sleep, which usually works when he is too tired to fall asleep on his own.

So when does a baby go from two to one nap a day??  I think it is too early for him, but his second nap of the day has become a shorter nap - 30 minutes or so.  Or not at all - yesterday.  From what I have read this is one of the first signs that William might be beginning the transition.  I have also read that this transition can take a few months and during the transition he will go from 2 naps to 1 nap to 2 naps, etc.  When he made the transition from 3 naps to 2 naps I recall (really was it that long ago that "I recall"?) the back and forth for a few months till he was on a solid 2 naps a day schedule.

I love my two one and a half hour long naps.  I can get things done around the house, plus I can be a little bit more flexible.  We will see.  I will try a one nap day and see what happens.  Another option is to move around the 2 naps a day schedule...

We will see. 

And he finally sleeps - two naps today!  Thank goodness!!! Or maybe not... I spoke too soon!