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Change nursery over naps?

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MrsCremuel · 16/12/2021 17:55

DS 2.5 goes to nursery twice a week. I’m on mat leave with newborn and we’ve kept him there. He is an early riser, between 5 and 6 whatever we do so he goes to sleep between 7.30 and 8 and has a 2hr nap from 11-1. His nursery have a policy of only putting them to sleep where they shown signs of tiredness. Which tends to be for him when he’s there around 12 and one. At home I actively managed naptime and put him down to sleep. They then let him sleep till three or four which completely ruins our evening and mucks up sleep for the next few days. On these days he doesn’t go to bed till between 9 and 10 and still wakes up 5/6.

Do I switch to half days, suck it up or find a new nursery? I’ve spoken to them they won’t change their methods.

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larrythelizard · 16/12/2021 17:59

Will they not wake him? DS is the same age and at both his current and previous nursery they would take our lead in terms of length of nap (ie at the moment we've said 45mins max). I never asked them to put him down at a certain time because they have set lunchtimes etc and I don't think they have control of that in the individual rooms.