My 1 year old started nursery 5 weeks ago. Pre starting he napped 9am-10am, 2pm-3:30pm and slept through the night 7:30-5/5.30am. He ate 3 meals and had about 500mls of milk a day.
Since starting he’s been forced to drop the morning nap, it’s not really nurseries fault he has no interest when he arrives as there’s too much going on so he refuses it. It’s nap time at midday when the hope is they’ll do a solid 2 hour + nap but so far we’re getting 45mins max. This means by the time we collect him at 5ish he is shattered. We try to push bedtime to 6:30/7 but it is a struggle. A quick late nap isn’t really an option as he’ll then refuse bed until far too late. He’s so tired dinner time is a struggle and he’s not eating anywhere near what he used to for any of his meals most breakfast.
We have gone from 10ish solid hours at night
(Very lucky I know) to 2-3 wakes. We offer milk which he seems starving for. But desperately don’t want to get back into the habit of endless night feeds. It’s worth mentioning he has also had a cough ever since starting which doesn’t seem to be bacterial (no temp) but just isn’t going away- we’ve tried humidifier, honey, cough mixture, calpol plug in, Vicks baby rub. Don’t think that’s helping the night sleep either.
I’m just wondering if anyone has any advice? Will it eventually settle down? Can I do anything to help the transition? I’m back at work and trying to manage bad sleep, hungry/ angry baby and demanding job is exhausting.
Thanks in advance x