How Much Does Your Young Toddler (Around 19 Months ) Sleeps?

Based on our son I would say you are doing okay and I wouldn't worry. Our 20 month old son sleeps 9-10 hours each night. He naps each day after lunch for between one hour and two hours (sometimes it is as little as 30 minutes, though). He has always been under the recommended amount. Also he has always been a terrible napper. Recently we put his toddler mattress on the floor and he sleeps there wonderfully. Go figure we say. He still sleeps in his crib at night without difficulties. We never worried about sleep. What could we do to force to him to sleep or nap? We set up the routine and went with the flow. Our nanny does let him watch a little bit of TV right around nap time. I understand it to be their collective down time so she turns on a novella (Mexican soap opera). She says he never struggles when he is ready to nap. She sits in the room with him while he falls asleep. Once he's asleep, she turns the TV down for the noise factor. At that point she's free for the rest of his nap. At night we don't watch TV either except for the ocassaional episode of opera which our son is fascinated by. I would think TV could be very stimulating, though, so I would avoid it if possible if you think it contributes to the problem. Good luck.

My 21 month old sleeps 10 hours at night. She also takes a 2 hour nap everyday. And she's been on this schedule for months.

One of my kids did not like to nap at that age. It was always a struggle !
She has sensory integration dysfunction and could never get quite comfortable unless she had a heavy "weighted" blanket on her ! Sometimes "white noise" worked. At other times, I tried to let her cry for a bit and sometimes she fell asleep for 15 more minutes.

As a parent educator (and Mom), I can tell you that some kids might need more excercise and playtime than others. I would have her outside for at least 2 hrs every morning when I was off.

I ended up bringing my daughter to OT. It helped !

My son, now 6 didn't sleep much when he was young. Can't remember the exact number at that age, but probably around 10 hrs. Didn't take a long nap either. Since he was a baby, sleep was always a struggle.
My daughter (now 2.5) on the other hand always slept well.

With my son, I thought I was doing something wrong, but I guess some kids don't sleep much. If he's usually chill and playful, I don't think you need to worry about it :) Also, kids sometimes stop naking naps for few days (or a week or so) or refuse to go to bed at night all the sudden, but if you stick to the schedule and usual bed routine, they'll go back to the normal schedule eventually, I found.
As he gets older, it'd get easier. My son still goes to bed at 8:30pm which has been the same since around 2. I recommend to just put him to bath, read, whatever you do at the same time everyday, and keep the same routine no matter what. (Of course some special days like someone's birthday, you can just forget about the schedule)

My son never slept the recommended amount when he was young, but he was/is just fine. You're not letting him watch TV at night or anything, don't worry about it!

About 11 hrs at night/90 min to 2 hr nap (one nap after lunch), get him to nap on his own, that habit will get harder to break as he gets older and it will drive you insane to have to nap with him when you don't want to. Does he get enough physical play and fresh air?