Please tell me he's not dropping his day sleeps

[MantaRay]

So DS2 has always been a great sleeper (well, since about 3 months of age anyway!). He used to sleep for 4 hours during the day and it has been 2 1/2 hours a day for a long time now. He goes down easily, usually asking to go down as soon as lunch is finished. He can even wake up at 5:30 and be down again for the night by 7pm. Until......

the last 2 days at day care they haven't been able to get him to sleep. Usually he's the first one asleep, but the last two days they have had to pat him etc - and he still hasn't slept. By 5 pm he is a tantruming mess.

Please let this just be a short phase and not the beginning of the end

[Arimeh]

Ummm...
Aricyn dropped his day nap quite a while ago.

Its a rare day that he will have one. Sorry!!! Could be the beginning of the end my friend.

[rufalina]

Oh hun, My DS has just gone from two day sleeps to one, and that has been hard enough, so I hear your pain. Hopefully for you all it is just a phase and he will sleep again, or else adjust to the new routine soon.

[Snacks]

Could just be a phase. Is he in care every day?
Natty's in care 2 days/week and some days she doesn't have a sleep there (whereas at home she will usually have 2-3 hours).
Could be he is just having an off week and will get back into his regular pattern soon enough. (I'm all for positive thinking - I am dreading Natty giving away her day sleep, LOL!)

[MantaRay]

Thanks for the positive thoughts Snacks. He's in care 3 days a week, and so far is still sleeping well at home. But two days in a row without a sleep scares me - he has never done it even once before. I guess tomorrow at home will be the test.

I know that some kids drop sleeps at this age, but he is such a great daytime sleeper and even DS1 who was never keen on going down for a day sleep had them daily until 3 1/2 and still sometimes does.

[Nadine216]

O I know exactly what you are going through!!!

We have a carer at home since the begining of the month and me and DH made the executive decission to not force dd down for a nap in the afternoon. Getting her to sleep in the evening is drama enough. She would usually have had a 2 hour nap from noon.

So now she does not really have a nap. Some days she goes down at around 15:00 on her own and I wake her up at 16:00, but that is SOOOO rare. On the days she does not sleep, she may pass out at 17:20 without dinner poor thing.

But I knew that she would be dropping the sleep eventually ... that is until she is my age and CRAVE it!!!!!!

[Astrolady]

Ashton hardly has day sleeps now Mel. That is mainly to me being in and out all bloody day now we have a 2nd car LOL. Tomorrow he will be in the school creche for a while so I know he will be tired and fall asleep when we get in from school, but if he does he will sleep through till 9 or 10pm and then up for a couple of hours I have to start being a mean mummy and waking him up when tea is ready LOL