My DD (2.9) started nursery school a couple of months ago, for just one day a week (from 9am til 3.30pm - we live in Australia where children go for full days rather than half ones). She is in the process of giving up her daytime sleep so only has half an hour when she's there, but even on days she hasn't had a sleep she's totally unbearable for the rest of the day and night. She is totally overexcited, quite badly behaved (which I gather is quite normal after being 'good' all day at nursery) but the hardest thing to deal with for the whole family is how she finds it really hard to get to sleep and stay asleep at night.
Is this normal? Has anyone else had a similar experience? Is it because she's only going one day a week so it's a big exciting change from her usual routine?
I don't want to pull her out as she seems to be thriving there, but it's getting to the stage where DH thinks we should because she was up from 2am til 4am last night having not even gone to sleep til 9pm (usual bedtime: 7pm). In fact my view is opposite - maybe she should be going twice a week to get her more used to it, or maybe then she'll just not sleep 2 nights a week..... hmm
I try to keep the rest of her day pretty low key after picking her up, make sure she doesn't watch much TV etc.
Sorry for rambling - v. sleep deprived! Any ideas gratefully received.
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Arrgh, totally overstimulated toddler after nursery school - any tips?
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ejbab · 05/07/2008 04:16
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