My 28mo underwent surgery for obstructive sleep apnea one week ago. I appreciated that he would be in pain and that he would be sleepy for a while after. But it’s now 7 days later and it’s like his circadian rhythm is completely messed up.
We’ve just been letting him nap as long as he likes to help with healing but he’s sleeping for hours and then is understandably hard to put to bed and waking frequently.
Last night he went to bed about 7:30 and was wide awake for the day at 4am. He fell asleep at 1pm today for a nap and naturally woke at 2:50.
He then completed lost the plot for an hour begging to go back for a nap then saying he wants to be outside and I couldn’t reason with him. I just can’t justify putting him back to sleep at 4pm. My husband and I are also completely exhausted.
Any experiences or advice would be really appreciated.