Hi everyone,
I'm new here.
I was hoping for some advice.
My son has just turned one and has been going to nursery for just over a month now. He goes for three morning sessions a week (8-1:30).
When at home he has two naps a day and usually sleeps reasonably well. His bedtime is 8pm which works for us and I'm reluctant to change because my husband doesn't get home until about 7ish.
When he started nursery I noticed that his naps were quite late- about 12, once they finish lunch. they'd tell me every day that he was too tired to eat his lunch (turns out this wasn't the problem and is eating now) and he'd sleep from 12 until about 1:30 when I collected him. Sometimes less but sometimes he had to be woken up when I got there.
I asked if he could be put down before lunch (I put in his file that he has two naps so I'm not sure why they're giving him an 'afternoon' nap. They tell me they try it every day but he won't go down and just goes between 12 and 1:30 for somewhere between 25 min to an hour and a half.
Now the problem is that because he's going so late it's almost impossible to squeeze in a second nap and when I do manage it it's almost a forced nap and I end up holding him for an hour because he's not fast asleep enough to put down.
Even if he has a full hour and a half (which is rare) he still can't go from 1:30-8 without sleep.
I end up with a cranky baby or waste an hour holding him for a nap then struggle to get him down at night.
I just can't see it getting better even if he drops down to 1 nap. If he's being put down at 12 and collected at 1:30 the most he gets to sleep is an hour and a half. Surely that's not enough.
I want to start working more days but feel it's unfair on him to be so tired and cranky. I'm also not sure how hard they try to put him down in the mornings. I get the impression that it's easier for them all to go at once but wouldn't want to accuse anyone of lying.
Any advice? I'm really struggling with his mood in the evenings.
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JonesCat · 05/10/2016 16:34
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