DD is 3y and 3m. DH and I both work full-time so she is at nursery all day. Until recently, she was napping for around 1 hour every day, but a month or so ago, she started telling the staff that she 'doesn't need to nap any more'. She's been one of the only ones in her group still napping, so she was going down with the slightly younger kids and they don't have a separate room for sleeping - just a curtained off area, which must be hard for her if she can hear her friends playing.
For a while the staff continued trying to get her to nap, but apparently after 30 or 45 mins they would give up, as she just wouldn't. So I think now they have stopped even trying. But she pretty much always naps at weekends and on holiday, usually for 2 hours (or sometimes 3), and she has been super-grumpy in the evenings recently. We only get home at about 6pm and start putting her to bed from about 7.15, and sometimes it feels like we just get tantrums the whole time we get with her, which makes me frustrated and sad.
I know that she will stop needing naps at some point, but I'm not sure she's ready to drop them yet. It would be different it we could put her to bed at 6pm while she adjusts and then gradually move bedtime back again, but that's just not really an option given that we only get home at 6!
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kivvi · 11/05/2016 20:01
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