odd behavious after nap please help

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esp when naps for long as 2 1/2 hours - little one 17 months old wakes up and then is screaming constantly

as if grumpy, still waking up woke up but also could it be growing pains???

nothing can console him until 1/2 hour at least of cuddles goes by and we find the right book to read to him and soft music

takes ages to calm down and only happens when naps long

anyone else had this? any any any advice much appreciated as my hubby is worried about this!

anyone?

DS was a bit like this - would be inconsolable for up to 30 mins and have to be cuddled for ages. We wondered if it was maybe a bad dream - or being disorientated when he woke up.
He's grown out of it now (he's 3) but can still wake up and be tearful and look like he's not sure where he is

My elder two were like this. If they napped too late in the day they were really grim misery-guts afterwards. I found that they had to be up by 3.30 - no matter what time they went to sleep.

Ds can often be grumpy after his nap. I put it down to low blood sugar and try and get a snack down him asap. Sometimes he'll push his banana/buttered scone away at first but once he's eaten it he tends to be in a much better mood.

Worth a try maybe?

Can't really help but will watch your thread.

My DD 2.5 is similar. Very often after a nap (2hrs in bed or 30 mins in car) Can be grumpy and crying for anything from 5mins to 20 mins. Always a blessing when she wakes up happy.

Yep, My DD will be grumpy-grizzly if she naps for too long, even refusing milk. I just cuddle lots and try to distract and eventually she calms down.

both dd and ds have been like this after a nap. A lot of the time they dont want cuddles though and I had to just leave them to have a strop and come out of it in their own time. I do end up trying distraction and sticking the tv on or getting a snack, etc

DS used to do this. What cheered him up was looking at photographs of himself on the computer.

How narcissistic is that?

thanks cyana...growing pains is my main hunch but also dehydration...but you are right low sugar could also be an option however

have tried to give water/food and it gets refused...will persevere with food now!!

thanks

OMG i think the chocolate (tried that just now) may be a winner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Seems to be very common - there are a lot of threads on it. DD used to do it about this age. Low blood sugar is one option, but also they might be starting to dream and get confused.

Bumbly - he'll be looking for chocolate for breakfast if you start that!!! I strongly suggest you try a natural sugar hit, or like my dd he'll start refusing everything if he thinks there's chocolate about.

walkton point taken but luckily he is not a sweet tooth what else could i use?

where are the other threads?

Our toddler has only recently stopped afternoon naps but for much of the time when an afternoon nap for 1 to 2 hrs was the pattern, she would wake up grumpy, would cry and be generally difficult and only want to watch a vid or cuddle on the sofa.

We found that the best solution to ease her through this was as follows:

Just before wake up, have a cup of warm milk and a small bowl of grapes and/or blueberries ready. Go and get her up then sit quietly on the sofa with the fruit and drink....usually watching a bit of video at the same time. The bowl of fruit and drink then became a "habbit" for her and really helped as the trigger for snapping out of the grump. But, having said that, sometimes it would take half an hour or more.

In the end, I think my daughter is like me after a short nap. I feel utterly lousy after a daytime nap...thick headed, and sluggish and generally wishing I hadn't bothered.

thanks mule