Starting nursery

[vickie]

Can anyone help - this is a general ques really, but 12 month dd is due to start in nursery for a day a week. She's always been an insomniac and wont sleep if there is anything going on. I struggle to get her to sleep during the day (she's a dream at night - bath, bottle and bed straight away no messing) but in the daytime I normally have to cuddle her to sleep. I know the nursery arent gong to take kindly to this as they have other babies to deal with and wont have time to be cuddling her to sleep. Should I do CC? If so, how do I start and what's best? Any advice gratefully received.

Perhaps it will be different in nursery? My ds always had to be cuddled to sleep and sleep in my arms during the day. I also worried, but when I spoke to my nursery about it they said they did cuddle to sleep. They are used to this from experience with so many different children. When ds started nursery (at 7 months) they just put him down in his cot and he slept like a stone for 2 hours (and still does).At home he still refuses to go in his cot (cheeky little sod!)I think often children pick up on the routine in nursery and behave differently to what they do at home. I think you should speak to your nursery as they are sure to have come across this before.

Good luck!

My dd goes to nursery one day a week (she is nearly 13 months) and although she usually has two naps a day at home, when in nursery she will only have a nap of usually not longer than 20 minutes. I think there is too much going on and she thinks she may miss something! Will it matter if your dd doesn't sleep in nursery? Or will she get miserable? It doesn't seem to make a difference to my dd whether she sleeps or not.

I hadnt thought of it like that...I suppose when we have a 'busy' day she only has a little nap and she's ok with that. I think she wil be too busy at nursery to bother much with sleeping. Thanks for the thoughts..