Our household was struck with horrible flu on sunday. Our xmas was totally ruined as we had planned to stay over at our inlaws sunday night.
Our 3yr old toddler was feverish, chesty, and unbelievably sleepy so since sunday, we followed him and let him nap for however he needed. He slept for hours in the day some days but hes recovering so that's ok. (Normally he has a 30 min nap in the day and sleeps relatively through independently), but hes been napping for upto 2-3hrs.
Because he had longer naps in the day, his bedtime got pushed from 7.30 to 9pm. Last night he slept at 10pm! Today he woke at 10.30am! He is so much better now except for a niggly cough. We also have a 10 month old who is recovering too but having trouble sleeping at night.
How do I revert back to normal routine? Do i wake the boys tomorrow morning early at 7.30 (their normal wake up time)?
Toddler has gotten unbelievably clingy to me too. Normally at bedtime, I would cuddle and leave him awake and hed put himself to sleep but now he cries and cries for me and refuses for DH to put him down. Last night, I was with the baby, and DH ended up lying next to the toddler. Im worried we have gone backwards with all the hard work we put in months ago to get him to sleep through the night.
We dont have any help in the area so it really has been tough last few days. Toddler usually has 30 mins screentime on a weekend....well that went out the window last few days....probs watched 1.5hrs a day since sunday. Mustering up the strength for DH and me to even cook has been hard. But we are on the mend.
Any advice appreciated as I fear iv botched up toddlers sleep.