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Starting nursery - still on 2 naps

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Berangere · 10/07/2023 21:59

DS (nearly 1) starting nursery next week and still on 2 naps, loves a daytime sleep and have to wake him up from both naps every day!
Had a settling in session this morning where nursery workers seemed shocked he was still on 2 naps, and seemed to intimate that he will just “fit in” with what everyone else is doing. They said they will try to get him to nap but this is in a corner of the baby room in bright daylight with kids playing and being noisy at the other end of the room! Most children in baby room are 1-2 and will have a lunchtime nap 1-3pm apparently, so he will be only one of 2 babies who have 2 naps.
DS can’t go more than 4 hours without having a tired meltdown so I am a bit concerned about him getting enough sleep. Do I just need to let go and roll with it and see how he is? Can i get him to have 2 naps the days he is at home? I just don’t think he is ready to drop a nap yet and they seemed pretty keen on him not having 2!

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3ofus3 · 10/07/2023 22:03

Berangere · 10/07/2023 21:59

DS (nearly 1) starting nursery next week and still on 2 naps, loves a daytime sleep and have to wake him up from both naps every day!
Had a settling in session this morning where nursery workers seemed shocked he was still on 2 naps, and seemed to intimate that he will just “fit in” with what everyone else is doing. They said they will try to get him to nap but this is in a corner of the baby room in bright daylight with kids playing and being noisy at the other end of the room! Most children in baby room are 1-2 and will have a lunchtime nap 1-3pm apparently, so he will be only one of 2 babies who have 2 naps.
DS can’t go more than 4 hours without having a tired meltdown so I am a bit concerned about him getting enough sleep. Do I just need to let go and roll with it and see how he is? Can i get him to have 2 naps the days he is at home? I just don’t think he is ready to drop a nap yet and they seemed pretty keen on him not having 2!

It's absolutely your choice. If you think he needs 2 naps then they will have to implement that as that's his routine x

Sandrine1982 · 10/07/2023 22:05

This is strange from your nursery. DD started nursery at just shy of 12 months and was on 2 naps until she was roughly 14 months. The nursery made this possible as many babies in the baby room were on 2 naps. The nursery should really replicate your routine but maybe they just don't have the space and it's very unpractical to do so ..

Applecrumble24 · 10/07/2023 22:18

My dd started nursery at 14 months and was still on 2 naps, they continued with my routine to start with but she gradually started to sync with the other babies and nursery routine with just 1 longer nap.
It didn’t really matter, she would still have 2 naps at home until she dropped to 1 at home too.

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