DS won't sleep at nursery; what shall we do?

[bunnybunyip]

Hello
DS is 10 months, and has been going to nursery Monday-Wednesday for the past 3 months. Initially he napped reasonably well there but for the past few weeks he has had almost no sleep in the day; maybe 2 x 10min naps max. He is really grumpy those evenings, screams if you try and bath him etc. Yesterday at home he napped for nearly 4 hours and was like a different child, splashing about in the bath and laughing. I do spend 10 mins rocking him to sleep and then gently lie him down on our bed (he has a cot at nursery). At night he sleeps in his cot and self soothes no problem (most nights).

Nursery do have just one room for the babies so I wonder if there is just too much going on for him to sleep. Otherwise we are happy with the nursery and he is used to it so I am reluctant to change.

Should I make it more like nursery at home, i.e. put him down awake and make noise etc, to try and make it more like nursery. I don't really want to do this as he will be a grumpy bugger at home too, at least initially. Or shall I just accept it and let him sleep it off on thursday?

I used to look after a friend's DD when she was a baby and she would not go to sleep at ours ever because she was too excited. Had I 10 minutes to rock her, while DS who was same age and also needed rocking, perhaps she would have gone off, but she was used to being put down and mum leaving her awake, so perhaps even that wouldn't have worked.

He won't be that age for long, and will probably become more used to staying awake for longer without being horribly grumpy. I'm guessing at nursery there's no-one available for 10 minute cuddles before naps?

I think that he probably won't sleep at any nursery, sorry!

Thanks musical mum,
You are right, nursery do try to spend the time getting them off to sleep but if they are busy and lots of other children need attention then it is not always possible.
I think we will just have to ride it out and as you say he will cope better with the lack of sleep as he gets older.

my little one has been at nursery for 4 months. Initially no sleep at all. Hated the cots and screamed. They now put him down on one of the floor mats with another child who is slightly older and in a different room from the babies sleeping area and he drops off quite quickly. He still only gets an hour of sleep rather than the 3 at home, but at least it is some sleep and then he sleeps really well that night! It sadly just seems to take time whilst they settle into their new surroundings.

I have had the same problem my 12 month old is only just starting to sleep at nursery now on a bean bag in the main room. Rarely slept in the cots either because, the other babies woke him or he refused to go in the cot, would be hysterical. He's also too interested in what is going on and doesn't want to miss anything! It really is a case of waiting. I'm hoping once he is running around he will get to sleep better in the day.