We’ve tried a mat/patting - I spent the whole nap time chasing her down and putting her back on the mat.
She’s a very defiant child - “no” is a game to her - tell her no, stop, shhhh and she looks at you like “what are you going to do about it” and continues.

I’ll have to try keeping my hand on her until she’s asleep and see if that helps at all.

Also...in this situation, today, for example - she finally went to sleep around 2:45ish - just as the others were starting to get restless and easing awake - would you let her continue to sleep or wake her?
She’s a heavy sleeper - it’s HARD to wake her. Generally I’m against waking a sleeping child when unnecessary, but I feel like she needs to wake with everyone else - you chose not to sleep during nap time, so you only get a short nap...?
Even if she’s woken, she’s a very bubbly giggly child - she doesn’t wake up upset or grumpy, hardly ever (for her, being grumpy at all is a red flag that she’s not feeling well.

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