Where we are DC start school immediately after their 4th birthdays, mornings only for the first few weeks. DD's birthday was last weekend so on Monday morning she trotted off to school, proud as punch.
She's loving it and it's going really very well. She's tired when I collect her at lunch time but doesn't appear to be exhausted, she isn't usually upset at drop off or while she's there.
But since she started she's being very difficult at bedtime and in the night, needing us to cuddle her to sleep and then waking (frequently) through the night. She can only be settled by co-sleeping. She's always been a difficult sleeper - didn't sleep through until 2 1/2 - and at times it was definitely fucking about/ learnt behaviour rather than there actually being something wrong.
Anyway, what with the massive change and all the excitement of her birthday weekend before that she's utterly knackered. As are DP and I after a week of broken nights (amazing how quickly you get used to having sleep hey). There's no chance of her having a nap after school, she just wont. She does have a rest while DS (2 1/2) has his nap but as soon as he's up they're both wild as anything, which tires her out even more.
I feel one of us should just sleep with her for reassurance until she feels more settled, although I am worried about getting her out of it again afterwards. DP thinks the demands to co-sleep are class A Fucking About and we need to get it sorted before it becomes a problem (again). That said, he slept with her last night.
So, what do you think? How can we best handle this?