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Should I Cut My 33 Month Old's Nap?

My daughter is 33 months old and still takes a mid afternoon nap, which is at least 1hr but sometimes can last 2+ hrs, depending on how her night sleep went. The problem is, when she naps, she is not tired at bedtime. 8:00, 8:30, 9:00, 9:30. She's just not tired. So she will fall asleep late and still wake up early, only having 9-9 1/2 hrs night sleep, and is just cranky all day. Even after her nap, by late afternoon she is just a mess. The couple of nights where she actually got 10+ hours of sleep, enabled her to skip her nap the next...