My baby started at nursery last week. He's loving it and has settled in well in that he plays and has fun and eats well, but he has not been napping at all there so far. He's always either been fed to sleep or had carrier or buggy naps, but he's not a big daytime sleeper. Even with me he often only sleeps 2 x 30 minute naps. At night he sleeps 12 hours with one or two wake ups for feeds that don't last long.
At nursery he hasn't had any naps yet, having spent 4 half days over past two weeks. Today is our first full day because I'm back to work 3 days a week now and I'm very anxious that they won't be able to get him to settle. He takes a bottle of formula but has been refusing it there. I usually lay down with him at home and they do have a dark quiet room and I think they will be trying to lay him down on a mat on the floor to sooth him (we sleep on a floor bed which works great). They've tried him in the carrier and buggy and he refused to sleep - maybe just too overstimulated? It's a lovely nursery on a farm and he loves his key worker so far.
Anyway, I guess I'm looking for reassurance that he'll be ok and figure it out eventually... (Please no sleep training advice that involves leaving him to cry).
So many people have told me that nurseries are magic and they will just figure it out eventually but this hasn't been the case yet. We're leaving him longer today in the hope that the sleep pressure will build up and he'll have a rest there.