Trouble sleeping

Hey...if anyone has any ideas or just advise on this I would greatly appreciate it! My 2 and a half year old has been taking naps during the day all his life. Well as he has gotten older when he does take a nap he has been harder to get him to go to sleep untill 10pm or sometimes later. I tried not giving him a nap and putting him to bed and he goes to sleep pretty fast and early but then he wakes up in the middle of the night crying really badly for like 10min. I just dont know what to do about it. Either i give him a nap and he is not grumpy during the day and goes to sleep late or I dont give him one and he is grumpy and goes to bed early and then wake up in the middle of the night. I DONT know what to do about it. I have been giving him his naps between 1pm and 2pm and even then it takes him a while to fall asleep and I have just been letting him sleep untill he wakes up unless we have to go somewhere. I just dont know what to do and if anyone has any ideas or advise I would GREATLY appreciate it!!! Thanks for your help!

i had that problem too... so now i just dont give my 3 yr old a nap. she does really well without one... and when i put her to bed at night shes out fairly quick. now i just have the problem of keeping her asleep.. she wakes up every few hrs and thats rough cause i also have a new born. i just keep her busy thru out the day and shes fine