Just 2yo DD has become increasingly fraught and tantrumy, and I feel that she is probably overtired most of the time, and also not getting enough one-to-one attention from us due to a busy routine.
At the moment, I work full time and she is in nursery fulltime, this is until May when I go on maternity leave again. Day to day, she
- wakes up at 8ish, but would sleep later if allowed, has milk and gets dressed at home then has breakfast in nursery. I'm usually rushing her as have to be in work by 9, ideally I would be dropping her at 8 to be in work before 8.30.
- has snack, lunch, snack, and an hour sleep in nursery
- usually picked up about 5.30. She has started resisting coming home with me and having a tantrum leaving nursery (lovely
), but is usually fine by the time we arrive home. Has a quick tea about 6, then a little bit of TV between 6.30 and 7. She previously would have played or coloured during this time, but recently seems too knackered, and just zones out in front of Ben and Holly.
- has milk at 7, then a bath, into her pyjamas in our room, a few stories and a song in her room, then into cot. She is usually fine actually being put down, but getting pyjamas on is a struggle with lots of running around and messing, often disintegrating into a full on tantrum. She generally sleeps through from 8 or 8.30ish.
- On the weekends, she will wake about 8.30, and usually has a 2 - 3 hour nap in the afternoon, which we try really hard to protect.
I have a really strong sense that this routine isn't working, and I hate rushing her in the mornings because she sleeps so late! Her tantrums at bedtime I presume stem from over tiredness / overstimulation. When she is good she is lovely, but at the moment everything seems like a struggle for both her and me (and DH who is great with her, but getting equally frustrated!)
Any ideas would be welcome, I can't see the wood for the trees at the moment!