ColinsMum- I am the one who needs more sleep. Somehow she can do without much. She is the type of kid that if we are on vacation and don't want to go back for naps we don't have to and she will be fine the whole day (the one plus!!!).
BUT skipping naps doesn't mean more sleep at night, we tried. And I so desperately NEED the hour/hour and a half she takes the afternoon nap. The issue is she wakes up continuously throughout the night. The other day I let her get up and play because I was still up.... but she likes to get up around 2-3am when I am mid-REM. I put a music player in there the other day and she was rocking out in the morning but not sure if she used it at night.
utkallie: she loves her wooden plan toys people and makes houses for them out of blocks. I will check out the fisher-price, sounds really neat! I think we are going to get the Educo wooden house for her 2nd birthday (in about 3 1/2 months) so I will compare the two! Thanks!!