My daughter is two years and two months old and has always settled fairly well at nap times in her cot with quite a definite nap time routine. However, for the past week she has suddenly started going mental when I leave the room at nap time, not so much a tantrum but more like an anxious panic with her screaming till she is hoarse, and clinging on to me for dear life when I go in to try and settle her again. She is still going down fine at night time though. Is this a developmental stage that anyone else is familiar with (ie she is dropping her nap)?
The last few days I have just given up and got her up again, but you can see she is knackered. Was out in the car yesterday at 4pm on way to somewhere and she was asleep by the time the car had left our road!
Her Dad is off on holiday at the moment so it could just be the extra attention that she is getting.
I would be happy for her to miss her nap if I thought she wasn't tired but she clearly is, and her behaviour in the afternoons is bad if she is overtired.
Also worry about leaving her to cry in her room when she is clearly so anxious.
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Two year old having major panic attacks at nap time
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GlummyMummy · 29/07/2016 12:47
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