Screaming after nap

[ceb80]

Ds is 13 months and for the last month or so he has woken from his nap (afternoon) crying. He usually sleeps for about 2 hours if he wakes after only a short time I always resettle him and see if he will have a bit longer which he usually does.
He is a good sleeper but I am dreading my afternoons now when he wakes up as he just continues to cry for at least the next hour. I'm pretty certain he's not still tired, I offer him a snack but he is usually too distressed to have it. Any ideas, he goes to nursery 2 days a week and he doesn't do it there
Any ideas?

ds2 does this. it's normally a blood sugar thing, so now i try and have a cup of oat milk or someth9ing ready for him

That was what I was thinking as I am the same, very grumpy after waking but I just can't get him to take anything for at least half an hour.As for trying to put him down or change his nappy well I pity the neighbours!

Try giving him carbohydraty food like porridge before he goes to sleep, slow release carbs should still be in the system after 2 hours. A really full tummy might do the trick!

My dd2 used to do this. I found distracting her with her favourite tv programme (Peppa pig at the time!) as soon as she woke up, seemed to work wonders. She'd calm down enough to eat something - even if it was only a biscuit, or a drink of milk, and the whole episode was over much more quickly

If he is still sleeping in a cot, I would try leaving him to re-seetle. It sounds like he could be over tired (maybe due to nursery) so is not settling properly? Try not go to him straight away, leave him for 5-10mins and he will re-settle or the crying will lessen. If you pick him up straight away and he is still crying for an hour or so and is still grumpy this is a sleep, rather than food issue.

If he usually sleeps for 2 hours leave him in his cot for 2 hours and if he wakes after 1 hour, that's fine but leave him to "come to" on his own. If you go to him when he is fully awake, you will find he is a much happier baby and you will still have your break too.

Hi ceb80, is he being sick or clumsy or anything else you an think of?
Don't want to alarm you but my dd was like this, I hated her sleeping at all as it was a screaming match for a couple of hours. Turned out she had a brain tumor and she was in pain. This went on for a few months then she started being sick and getting very clumsy. We didn't realise what it was until she had a seizure and then an MRI scan.
Speak to your gp or HV and see what they advise. Hopefully it'll be something simple

My DS went through a phase of doing this, no idea why he did it but he grew out of it after a few months thankfully!!

Crikey ShirleyL that must have been a shock. Thankfully he isn't noticeably clumsy. We went to the GP for a thorough checkover and one of his ears was a little red so that may have had something to do with it. He's asleep now so will see what wake up time brings, unfortunately he is totally disinterested in the television but I think a snuggle with a book might do the trick to let him come to slowly.
THanks for all your advice

DS did this a lot constant screaming for 40 mins or so on waking from nap , and DD does it sometimes. We found the screaming was worse the later in the day the nap was and the later he went to sleep.
so trying to get him to sleep earlier helped.
of course this may be linked to the blood sugar stuff.