Reassurance needed please

[northender]

dd is 3 (almost) and stopped sleeping during the day about 6 months ago. She dropped the sleep herself and seemed fine ie she could get up at 6 have an active day at the beach in the summer and still have a 30 min drive without nodding off.

About a month ago she was a bit off colour, nothing specific but just not herself and this coincided with her last 2 teeth arriving. Since then she has needed a daytime sleep most days (up to 90 mins) and is having more sleep at night ie waking later in general than she used to.

I took her to the GP who checked ears, tummy, throat etc and couldn't find anything wrong but couldn't really explain it either. She's happy for me to bring her back if it continues (which it has).

My gut feeling is that something is not right but I'd love a simple explanation. Are changes in sleep pattern like this common? Could it be a growth spurt?

Thankyou for reading this

I have found,that the more sleep they have the more they need.So if you are lucky enough they still have a day time nap,they sleep better in the night.
My youngest never really sleopt has a baby.(he was a poorly baby,long story).I was lucky if he slept half hour in the day,and he woke every 2 hours in the night.He is now just over 2 and sleeps through most nights now.He also sleeps 2 hours in the day.He is also very healthy now.
DD3 slept all night every night from the day she was born,and had naps in the day.
I hope that helps.

it could be a growth spurt but personally I would go back to the doctors and start getting some stuff ruled out (diabetes, anaemia, thyroid off the top of my head) Sorry they all sound such scary things but I'd err on the side of caution.

Thanks madmommy I know what you mean about needing more sleep I think what worries us is that she was so settled without a sleep for several months but now is needing this sleep so badly. cargirl those things are just what are lurking at the back(or maybe not quite so far back) of my mind. The GP was great, despite making me feel very old by looking like she'd just left school(!), and I'm sure will do some blood tests if I take her back this week.